(born February 5, 1985) is a professional football player from Portugal who plays forward for Al Nassr in the Saudi Professional League and the Portugal national team, where he also serves as captain. With four European Golden Shoes and five Ballon d'Or victories, Ronaldo, who is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, has won the most European player accolades (note 3). He has won 32 titles during his professional career, including the UEFA European Championship, the UEFA Nations League, five UEFA Champions Leagues, and seven league championships. In the Champions League, Ronaldo now leads the league with 183 appearances, 140 goals, 42 assists, 14 goals in the European Championship, 123 goals overall, and 200 appearances abroad.
Since he is one of the select few players with more than 1,100 professional games and more than 800 senior-level goals for both club and country, he is the all-time leading goalscorer.
In 2003, Ronaldo started his senior career with Sporting CP before moving on to Manchester United. He won the FA Cup that year. At the age of 23, he won the Champions League, the FIFA Club World Cup, and three straight Premier League titles. At age 23, he also captured his first Ballon d'Or. Ronaldo's 2009 transfer to Real Madrid, which cost 94 million (80 million), was the then-most expensive in association football history.
In addition to Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale, he evolved into a major player and formed an offensive trio that was essential to the team's four Champions League victories from 2014 to 2018, including La Decimal. During this time, his purported career rival Lionel Messi claimed back-to-back Ballon d'Or victories in 2013, 2014, and 2016, and he also placed second three times. Between 2012 and 2018, he finished first in the scoring standings for six consecutive seasons, becoming both the competition's all-time leading scorer and the club's all-time leading goalscorer in the Champions League. While playing at Real, Ronaldo won four Champions Leagues, two La Liga titles, two copes del Reyes, three UEFA Super Cups, and three Club World Cups.
The father of five children is Ronaldo. On June 17, 2010, he gave birth to a son in the United States. In accordance with their agreement, he has full custody of the child and has kept the mother's name a secret. The five-year union between Ronaldo and Russian model Irina Shayk ended in January 2015.
Ronaldo's twins were born on June 8, 2017, in the United States, thanks to surrogacy. He is currently dating Argentine-born Spanish model Georgina Rodriguez, who gave birth to a daughter on November 12. The pair would become parents to twins in 2022. The male twin died during giving delivery, while the female twin survived.
In September 2005, when Ronaldo was 20 years old, his father Jose passed unexpectedly at the age of 52 from a liver condition brought on by drinking.
Ronaldo has said he doesn't drink, and he was given libel damages as a result of a Daily Mirror article from July 2008 that said he was seen drunk in a nightclub while he was recovering from an injury. Ronaldo has maintained that he doesn't use alcohol. Due to his frequent blood and bone marrow donations, he also lacks tattoos.
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