By Kartik Lakhwani
Cristiano Ronaldo is a professional Portuguese soccer player who plays as a forward for Saudi Professional League club Al Nassr as a forward, and captains the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo is considered one of the greatest soccer players of all time and is very loved and renowned around the world.
Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985, in Sao Pedro, Funchal, Portugal, to municipal gardener José Dinis Aveiro (father), and cook/cleaner Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro (mother), of a very poor Catholic family, an unwanted fourth child. Ronaldo’s mother had tried to abort him several times by trying homemade recipes because the family already had 3 children, and suffering from poverty.
After Ronaldo’s birth, and as Ronaldo grew up, the family’s poverty worsened because of the expenses, and his father’s alcoholism. His mother took up a cleaning job to earn some money and had to clean the streets, people’s homes, etc. with help from her kids. His siblings loved and pampered him, doing most of the chores for him, and allowing him to be free and do what he pleased.
Ronaldo had trouble controlling his temper and was expelled for throwing a chair at a teacher. He assumed he’d become a village fisherman and wasn’t really interested in academics. And since Ronaldo wasn’t really interested in school, and wanted to only play soccer, he started playing at the place where his father was a kitman. He agreed with his mother to only play soccer, starting his career as a player by age 14, dropping out of school in 6th grade. One year later, he was diagnosed with tachycardia and underwent heart surgery that altered his resting heart rate.
Although Ronaldo was imposed with all of these harsh conditions, Ronaldo never gave up, and had a constant work ethic at what he loved to do: play soccer! This is how he got better, and he became more noticed amongst the clubs and national teams he played in, gradually becoming the GOAT he is now.
Ronaldo has over 300 trophies and awards such as 5 Ballon d’Or awards, record for most goals in the UEFA Champions League and the EUFE Championship, the FIFA World Cup, and the UEFA Nations League Finals, FIFA Player of The Year Award, 2 of The Best FIFA Men’s Player Awards, a FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball Award, 3 FIFPro World Player of the Year Awards, 5 World Soccer Player of the Year Awards, 6 Globe Soccer Awards for the Best Player of the Year, 3 Gold Onze Mondial Awards, and the Golden Foot Award. He is named the best Portuguese soccer player by the Portuguese Football Federation. He is also the first soccer player to earn over $1 billion as his salary.
Ronaldo’s hobbies and interests list is pretty long, but he mostly likes to play poker/gamble, listen to music, and play soccer.
Sources: Wikipedia, The STRIVE
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo |
| The STRIVE | https://thestrive.co/cristiano-ronaldo-success-story/ |
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