Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo born 5

February 1985 is a Portuguese
professional footballer who plays
as a forward for Premier
League club Manchester
United and captains the Portugal
national team. He has won 32
trophies in his career, including
seven league titles, five UEFA
Champions Leagues, and
the UEFA European
Championship. Ronaldo holds
the records for
most appearances 183, goals 14
0, and assists 42 in the
Champions League, goals in the
European Championship 14,
international goals 117,
and international
appearances by a European
(191). He is one of the few
players to have made over 1,100
professional career
appearances, and has scored
over 800 official senior career
goals for club and country. Ronaldo began his senior career He won back-to-back Ballons d'Or
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signing with Manchester United in 2003, d'Or"2013 and HYPERLINK
aged 18, winning the HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIFA
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subject of the then-HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messi
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sive_association_football_transfer" \o Ronaldo rivalry"career rival. In 2018, he
"Most expensive association football signed for HYPERLINK
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football transfer when he signed C." \o "Juventus F.C."Juventus in a
for HYPERLINK transfer worth an initial €100 million , the
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Madrid most expensive transfer for an Italian club
_CF" \o "Real Madrid CF"Real Madrid in and for a player over 30 years old. He won
2009 in a HYPERLINK two HYPERLINK
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sociation_football)" \o "Transfer "Serie A"Serie A titles, two HYPERLINK
(association football)"transfer worth "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercoppa
€94 million, where he won 15 trophies, _Italiana" \o "Supercoppa
including two HYPERLINK Italiana"Supercoppe Italiana, and
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Liga" \o a HYPERLINK
"La Liga"La Liga titles, two HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppa_Itali
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_del_R a" \o "Coppa Italia"Coppa Italia, before
ey" \o "Copa del Rey"Copa del Rey, and returning to Manchester United in 2021.
four Champions Leagues, and
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"List of Real Madrid CF records and
statistics" \l "Goalscorers"the club's all-
time top goalscorer.