"of São Vicente, Cape Verde. He has one older brother, Hugo (b. 1975), and two older sisters, Elma (b. 1973) and Liliana Cátia ""Katia"" (b. 1977), who is a singer. Ronaldo grew up in a Catholic and impoverished home, sharing a room with all his siblings. As a child, Ronaldo played for amateur team Andorinha from 1992 to 1995, where his father was the kit man, and later spent two years with Nacional. In 1997, aged 12, he went on a three-day trial with Sporting CP, who signed him for a fee of £1,500. He subsequently moved from Madeira to"
"World Cup. Ronaldo became the majority owner of La Liga club Real Valladolid in September 2018 after buying 51% of the club's shares. Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima was born on 18 September 1976 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the third child of Nélio Nazário de Lima, Snr. and Sônia dos Santos Barata. Ronaldo has a brother, Nélio Jr. His parents separated when he was 11, and Ronaldo dropped out of school shortly afterward to pursue a career in football. He played on the streets of Bento Ribeiro, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro. His mother states, “I always found"
"of the Match in the final. Ronaldinho scored three goals in the tournament, taking his total to nine, making him the competition's joint all-time leading goalscorer. Ronaldo de Assis Moreira was born 21 March 1980 in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. His mother, Dona Miguelina Elói Assis dos Santos (daughter of Enviro Assis), is a former salesperson who studied to become a nurse. His father, João de Assis Moreira, was a shipyard worker and footballer for local club Esporte Clube Cruzeiro (not to be confused with the larger Cruzeiro Esporte Clube)."
"2015 back to the top league. The Juventus and Portugal footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was born in Madeira and played for Nacional before going to Sporting Lisbon. C.S. Marítimo is considered the biggest club of Madeira and has enjoyed various campaigns in the UEFA Cup having recorded famous results against teams such as Juventus, Leeds and Rangers. Having finished 5th in the league in the 2009/2010 season, C.S. Marítimo qualified for the Europa League for the 2010/2011 season. C.S. Marítimo has nurtured great players such as Pepe, now at Besiktas J.K., Danny, who is playing for them currently, Jorge Costa, retired"
"describing them as an ""intentional defamation campaign"" with parts significantly ""altered and/or completely fabricated"", a claim which ""Der Spiegel"" categorically refuted. Sporting CP Manchester United Real Madrid Portugal Notes Citations Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Juventus and captains the Portugal national team. Often considered the best player in the world and regarded by many as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo has a record-tying five Ballon d'Or awards, the most for a European player, and is the"
"Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Juventus and captains the Portugal national team. Often considered the best player in the world and regarded by many as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo has a record-tying five Ballon d'Or awards, the most for a European player, and is the first player to win four European Golden Shoes. He has won 26 trophies in his career, including five league titles, five UEFA Champions League titles and one UEFA European Championship."
"Madeira Airport Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo CR7, commonly known as Madeira Airport (), or Funchal Airport () , is an international airport in the civil parish of Santa Cruz in the Portuguese archipelago and autonomous region of Madeira. The airport is located east-northeast of the regional capital Funchal after which it is sometimes informally named. It mostly hosts flights to European metropolitan destinations due to the importance of Madeira as a leisure destination, and is pivotal in the movement of cargo in and out of the archipelago of Madeira. It is the fourth busiest airport in Portugal. The airport"
"Ronaldo then became father to twins, daughter Eva and son Mateo, born on 8 June 2017 in the United States via surrogacy. The types of surrogacy of his children are not stated. He is in a relationship with Spanish model Georgina Rodríguez (b. 1995), she later gave birth to daughter Alana on 12 November 2017. Ronaldo has made contributions to various charitable causes throughout his career. Television footage of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami showed an eight-year-old boy survivor named Martunis wearing a number 7 Portuguese football shirt who was stranded for 19 days after his family was"
"be renamed ""Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo"" (""Aeroporto Internacional da Madeira Cristiano Ronaldo"") in honour of Madeira native football player Cristiano Ronaldo. The unveiling of the rebranded terminal took place on 29 March 2017, with a bust of him also being presented. Neither the bust nor the name change were unanimous, actually far from a consensus, as the former was ridiculed by ""Saturday Night Live""'s character Cecilia Giminez portrayed by comedian and actress Kate McKinnon, with the latter being subject to much debate and controversy locally by politicians and citizens who even started a petition against the move. A year"
"Emanuel Santos Emanuel Jorge da Silva Santos (born 20 November 1976) is an artist from Madeira, Portugal. In 2017 he became famous for a sculpture of the footballer Cristiano Ronaldo which was widely derided in media articles. The English newspaper ""The Guardian"" commented ""Suddenly, this sculptor was the most famous artist in the world"". Santos is married with one son and lives in Caniçal, the principal cargo port of Madeira. He works part-time at Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport. In 2017, Santos became leader of Caniçal Parish Council, when his centre-left PS party won the local election. Santos makes sculptures and"
"of the runway and taxiways, increasing the area usable by in excess of 1,500 m². Madeira Airport Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo CR7, commonly known as Madeira Airport (), or Funchal Airport () , is an international airport in the civil parish of Santa Cruz in the Portuguese archipelago and autonomous region of Madeira. The airport is located east-northeast of the regional capital Funchal after which it is sometimes informally named. It mostly hosts flights to European metropolitan destinations due to the importance of Madeira as a leisure destination, and is pivotal in the movement of cargo in and out"
"girl, born in São Paulo, was named Maria Alice. Coincidentally, Maria Alice was born exactly 10 years after her older brother Ronald. In December 2010, Ronaldo and his family moved to a new mansion in São Paulo. Also in December, Ronaldo took a paternity test and was confirmed to be the father of a boy named Alexander, born in April 2005. The boy was born after a brief relationship between Ronaldo and Michele Umezu, a Brazilian waitress who Ronaldo first met in Tokyo in 2002. After the confirmation of his fourth child, Ronaldo stated on 6 December 2010 that he"
"three of Portugal's group stage matches. Ronaldo left the competition early: after Chile defeated Portugal 3–0 on penalties in the semi-finals, he was allowed to return home to be with his newborn children. Therefore, he missed Portugal's third-place play-off match in which Portugal defeated Mexico 2–1 after extra time. On 31 August 2017, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 win in a World Cup qualifier over the Faroe Islands, which saw him overtake Pelé and equal Hussein Saeed as the joint-fifth-highest goalscorer in international football with 78 goals. These goals brought his tally in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers"
"of the latter. Santos has created two bronze sculptures depicting Ronaldo. The first was unveiled at the newly renamed Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport on the Portuguese island of Madeira on March 29, 2017. The renaming ceremony was attended by Ronaldo, the nation's president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and the prime minister, António Costa, among other guests and hundreds of fans. The sculpture received a strong reaction from news outlets and on social media following its unveiling, with most commenting on the work's lack of resemblance to Ronaldo, and was intended to be on permanent display outside the airport's terminal entrance."
"on 15 December 2013 by Ronaldo himself and his son, who had the honour to unveil the plaque that marks the inauguration. Other participants in the opening ceremony were the second President of the Regional Government of Madeira Alberto João Jardim, Pepe, Paulo Bento, Emilio Butragueño and the girlfriend of Ronaldo at the time, Irina Shayk. At the opening, the collection had 126 trophies on display. The original location of the museum was in a 400 meter space located on ""Rua Imperatriz Dona Amélia"" in Sé, Funchal. On 24 March 2016, the bronze statue of Ronaldo was moved several meters"
"him drinking heavily in a nightclub while recovering from an injury in July 2008. His mother, Dolores, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 but eventually recovered. Ronaldo has four children. He first became a father to son, Cristiano Jr., born on 17 June 2010 in the United States. He stated that he has full custody of the child and would not be publicly revealing the identity of the mother as per agreement with her, it was unclear whether it was a relationship or surrogacy. In January 2015, Ronaldo announced his five-year relationship with Russian model Irina Shayk has ended."
"the club reached an agreement with the local government to promote the region. The name also symbolises the fact that the stadium is the most modern sports venue on the island of Madeira, though not the biggest. That position is held by the municipal stadium, the Estádio dos Barreiros, home to Nacional's rivals Marítimo. Also in 2007, the academy campus was also renamed to Cristiano Ronaldo Campus Futebol. Estádio da Madeira Estádio da Madeira, formerly named Estadio Eng. Rui Alves and informally known as Estádio da Choupana is a football stadium in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. It is currently used mostly"
"is named after Madeiran football player Cristiano Ronaldo. The airport is considered one of the most peculiarly perilous airports in the world due to its location and its spectacular runway construction. It received the ""Outstanding Structure Award"" in 2004 by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering. The History Channel program ""Most Extreme Airports"" ranked it as the ninth most dangerous airport in the world, and the third most dangerous in Europe. Pilots must undergo additional training to land at the airport. Madeira Airport was officially opened on 24 July 1972, with two runways. The first flight ever to"
"March, Ronaldo agreed to be the ambassador for The Mangrove Care Forum in Indonesia, an organisation aiming to raise awareness of mangrove conservation. Ronaldo was named the world's most charitable sportsperson in 2015 after donating £5 million to the relief effort after the earthquake in Nepal which killed over 8,000 people. In June 2016, Ronaldo donated the entirety of his €600,000 Champions League bonus after Real Madrid won the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League. In August 2016, Ronaldo launched CR7Selfie, a selfie app for charity to help Save the Children that lets participants take a selfie with him in one of"
"Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer) Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (; born 18 September 1976), commonly known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Popularly dubbed ""O Fenômeno"" (""The Phenomenon""), he is widely considered to be one of the greatest football players of all time. In his prime, he was known for his dribbling at speed, feints, and clinical finishing. At his best in the 1990s, Ronaldo starred at club level for Cruzeiro, PSV, Barcelona, and Inter Milan. His moves to Spain and Italy made him only the second player, after Diego Maradona, to break the"
"After Ronaldo's older brother Roberto signed with Grêmio, the family moved to a home in the more affluent Guarujá section of Porto Alegre, which was a gift from Grêmio to convince Roberto to stay at the club, but Roberto's career was ultimately cut short by injury. It was in their new home where his father hit his head and drowned in the swimming pool when Ronaldo was eight. Today, Roberto acts as his manager, while his sister Deisi works as his press coordinator. Ronaldo's football skills began to blossom at the age of eight, and he was first given the"
"Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus (born 19 June 1965 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian former footballer, better known on the football pitch as Ronaldo, or Ronaldão (""big Ronaldo""), to differentiate him from his younger compatriot and teammate, also dubbed Ronaldo, who was initially nicknamed Ronaldinho (""little Ronaldo""), a nickname later adopted by footballer Ronaldinho Gaúcho. A former defender, Ronaldão played 14 matches in the ""Seleção"" (Brazil national football team) between 1991–1995, scored two goals, and won the 1994 FIFA World Cup with the Brazilian national side, although he did not take part in any games."
"fires and to help the victims. Russia is also expected to send air help due to a bilateral agreement between the two countries. Cristiano Ronaldo also donated £100,000 to his hometown of Funchal. 2016 Portugal wildfires The 2016 Portugal wildfires are a series of wildfires that burned across mainland Portugal and the Madeira archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean during August 2016 that prompted the evacuation of more than one thousand people and destroyed at least 37 homes near Funchal on Madeira island. Flights were also disrupted at Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport due to high levels of smoke. At least"
"April 1999, Ronaldo married female Brazilian footballer Milene Domingues, at the time pregnant with the couple's first son, Ronald, who was born in Milan, on 6 April 2000. The marriage lasted four years. In 2005, Ronaldo became engaged to Brazilian model and MTV VJ Daniela Cicarelli, who became pregnant but suffered a miscarriage; the relationship lasted only three months after their luxurious wedding at the Château de Chantilly. The ceremony reportedly cost £700,000 (€896,000). Despite his fame – a 2003 poll by Nike listed him the world's most famous sportsperson (and third most famous person overall) – Ronaldo is protective"
"of his spell. In the 2002–03 campaign he only missed one Süper Lig match, as the Istanbul-based team was crowned national champions after an eight-year wait. Aged 31, Ronaldo returned to his country but, two years later, moved abroad again, going on to be a defensive mainstay with Aris Thessaloniki F.C. in the Superleague Greece for several seasons whilst helping it qualify three times to the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League. Ronaldo represented Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics, playing in all the games for the bronze medal-winning squad. Ronaldo Guiaro Ronaldo Guiaro (born 18 February 1974), known as Ronaldo, is"
"regrow the affected areas to lush mangrove vegetation. Initiated by Tomy Winata at the start of 2013, the Mangrove Care Forum Bali is established in partnership with: Cristiano Ronaldo, the famous Portuguese footballer, has been appointed the ambassador for this movement to conserve mangrove by the Mangrove Care Forum Bali. He came on board because of the mangrove forests’ ability to help buffer against tsunamis, a cause he dearly supports after witnessing first-hand the devastation of the tsunamis when he visited Aceh after the 2004 tsunami. He met up with the 8-year-old boy who was found alive after 19 days"
"He was also successful for his club sides, winning numerous trophies. Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus (born 19 June 1965 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian former footballer, better known on the football pitch as Ronaldo, or Ronaldão (""big Ronaldo""), to differentiate him from his younger compatriot and teammate, also dubbed Ronaldo, who was initially nicknamed Ronaldinho (""little Ronaldo""), a nickname later adopted by footballer Ronaldinho Gaúcho. A former defender, Ronaldão played 14 matches in the ""Seleção"" (Brazil national football team) between 1991–1995, scored two goals, and won the 1994 FIFA World Cup with the Brazilian"
"the electricity used in Madeira. The Islands have two airports, Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport and Porto Santo Airport, on the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo respectively. From Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport the most frequent flights are to Lisbon. There are also direct flights to over 30 other airports in Europe and nearby islands. Transport between the two main islands is by plane, or ferries from the Porto Santo Line, the latter also carrying vehicles. Visiting the interior of the islands is now easy thanks to construction of the ""Vias Rápidas"", major roads that cross the island. Modern roads reach"
"Founded in 1916, it is the oldest club in the islands, and won its only Copa del Rey title in 2003 and was the runner-up in the 1999 European Cup Winners' Cup. Tennis player Rafael Nadal, winner of 17 Grand Slam single titles, and former world no. 1 tennis player Carlos Moyá are both from Majorca. Rafael Nadal's uncle, Miguel Ángel Nadal, is a former Spanish international footballer. Other famous sportsmen include basketball player Rudy Fernández and motorcycle road racer Jorge Lorenzo, who won the 2010, 2012 and 2015 MotoGP World Championships. Whale watching is also expected for expanding future"
"Ronaldo Mendes Ronaldo César Mendes de Medeiros (born 16 August 1992), known as Ronaldo Mendes or simply Ronaldo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Emirati club Al-Fujairah on loan from Al Wasl as an attacking midfielder. Born in Nova Erechim, Santa Catarina, Ronaldo was a Paraná Clube youth graduate, but after failing to make his breakthrough, he moved to Corinthians Alagoano in 2011. The following year, he joined CSA, and made his debut for the club on 24 June 2012 by starting and scoring a brace in a 3–1 home win against Vitória da Conquista. Ronaldo scored four goals"
"at age 24. He is the second male player, after Andre Agassi, to complete the singles Career Golden Slam. In 2011, Nadal was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year. Rafael Nadal was born in Manacor, a town on the island of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, Spain to parents Ana María Parera and Sebastián Nadal. His father is a businessman, owner of an insurance company, glass and window company Vidres Mallorca, and the restaurant, Sa Punta. Rafael has a younger sister, María Isabel. His uncle, Miguel Ángel Nadal, is a retired professional footballer, who played for RCD Mallorca,"
"Tiago Ronaldo Tiago Alexandre Carvalho Gonçalves (born 28 December 1988), commonly known as Ronaldo, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for F.C. Penafiel as a midfielder. Born in Loures, Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Ronaldo graduated from Vitória de Guimarães' youth academy for the 2007–08 season, as the Minho club had just returned to the Primeira Liga. His competitive input with the first team consisted of two substitute appearances, against C.F. União de Lamas for the Taça de Portugal (4–2 home win) on 19 October 2008 and against S.C. Olhanense for the Taça da Liga the following 18 January (3–0 triumph,"
"sites. In spite of some access restrictions in the centre of Funchal and some other parts of the island, all services were soon fully functional and normal life was restored. No tourist resorts were affected by the event, except for a few small hotels inland where some blocked roads caused access restrictions. While full restoration of all affected infrastructure may take up to a few years and cost around , most of the island is fully functional. In support of the flood victims, Real Madrid footballer and noted Madeiran Cristiano Ronaldo pledged to play in a charity match in Madeira,"