Footballs have always played a major role in Cristiano Ronaldo’s life. From the time he used to kick them about with his friends on the streets of Madeira to the crowning moments of his career, his two FIFA Player of the Year awards, the Portuguese superstar has had a special relationship with the small spherical object that will bring the world to a standstill during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. It is with a ball at his feet that Cristiano Ronaldo has broken just about every record there is to beat. At 29 years of age he has been the top scorer in England, Spain and the UEFA Champions League, before naturally fulfilling his destiny as Portugal’s record goalscorer, overtaking Pauleta’s tally of 47. Goals have always been the lifeblood of Ronaldo’s career. His dream of becoming a footballer made him leave his family behind him in Madeira at just 12 years of age, and head to the capital in mainland Portugal and Sporting Clube de Portugal. Like most of football’s all-time greats, he made his senior debut at a young age, breaking into the first team at 17, announcing himself with two goals. At the inauguration match of the club’s new Estadio de Alvalade, ahead of the 2003/04 season, his brilliant performance against Manchester United convinced Sir Alex Ferguson to buy him and hand him the mythical No7 shirt of the Red Devils. The rest, as they say, is history. He was an idol at Old Trafford for six seasons before breaking the record for the highest transfer fee paid in football history when he switched to Real Madrid in 2009/10. All the while he continued to sparkle for his national team. He is the first Portuguese footballer to win two FIFA Player of Year awards, surpassing the legendary Eusebio and Luis Figo, became Portugal’s top scorer and this year he and Ricardo Costa will become the first Portuguese players to appear in three World Cups. In Brazil he will be striving to achieve the one objective that has escaped him: winning a trophy for Portugal. After finishing as a runner-up at UEFA EURO 2004 and reaching the semi-finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™, Ronaldo dreams of becoming a world champion. The mythical Estadio do Maracana would certainly be an apt stage for the coronation of a new king of football.
Posted on: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 06:42:07 +0000
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