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Cristiano Ronaldo is, unquestionably, one of the most impactful players in the history of the game and over the last few years he has impressed the world on several occasions. Remember here some of the most iconic moments of CR7’s career.
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Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his 39th birthday this Monday. Over the more than 20 decades spent in the spotlight of world football, the captain of the National Team collected not only titles, but also moments that will go down in history.
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on the island of Madeira on February 5, 1985 and made football his life from an early age. The first touches were made at the service of the modest CF Andorinhawhere he immediately showed that he was different from the others.
The National of Madeira followedbut it didn’t take long to make the jump to Sporting, at just 12 years old. In Lisbon, it was confirmed: he was a great. Reason that led László Bölöni, coach of Sporting’s first team at the time, to bet on the young virtuoso. In 2002, he made his debut in the Lions’ main team and remained there until the start of the following season.
From ‘Prince’ of Alvalade to ‘King’ of Madrid
Portugal started to be too small for the unusual talent of the still CR28. From the ‘Land of His Majesty’ came a proposal that made Ronaldo leave Portugal at the age of 18. In 2003, he signed for Manchester United, the club where He won everything there was to win. In 2008, he joined the restricted group of Ballon d’Or winners, before moving to Madrid. There, he spent the golden years of his career where, once again, he achieved everything there was to achieve in collective terms. The story is the same when it comes to individual awards.
All fairy tales have an ending and this one was no different. In 2018, he left Spain for Italy and signed for Juventusfor those who failed to win that competition that to this day he can still call “his” – he is the player with the most goals, games, assists and titles.
From dream to nightmare
In the summer of 2021, to the delight of his admirers, he returned to a place where he was happy. Manchester became his home again, more than 10 years later. But the story, which had everything to be romantic, ended in hate. The relationship between Ronaldo and Erik Ten Hag, the coach who guided the ‘Red Devils’ from 2022 onwards, became increasingly worse, which led to CR7’s early departure.
To the surprise of many, at the end of this year joined the Saudis from Al Nassr, in a transfer that generated a countless amount of news and comments around the world, also due to the values present in his contract.
With the ‘corners’ on the chest he reached the final of Euro 2004 and, since then, he has carried the Portuguese army towards all competitions, having become the best scorer in the history of Portugal and the world teams. In addition to 128 accurate shots, the Portuguese star won Euro 2016 and the Nations League in 2019.
Despite being close to four decades, the years don’t seem to pass him by and proof of this These are the 54 goals he scored in 2023which earned him the title of top scorer of the year, surpassing names like Mbappé, Haaland and Harry Kane.