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Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH, (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾɨʃtiˈɐnu ʁuˈnaɫdu]; born 5 February 1985), commonly known as Cristiano ... More »Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH, (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾɨʃtiˈɐnu ʁuˈnaɫdu]; born 5 February 1985), commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo is the most expensive player in football history after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer deal worth £80 million (€94m, US$132m). In addition, his contract with Real Madrid, in which he is to be paid £11 million per year over the following six years, makes him the highest-paid football player in the world, and values him at €1 billion as per his buyout clause. Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha, where he played for two years, then moved to Nacional. In 1997, he made a move to Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal. Ronaldo's precocious talent caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and signed the 18-year... [ Wikipedia ]

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Irina Shayk fights stalker worries with dinner, dancing with Cristiano Ronaldo

Russian supermodel Irina Shayk seemed unfazed over her troubles with a stalker on Tuesday night with boyfriend Cristiano Ronaldo. The Real Madrid soccer stud and the Sports Illustrated swimsuit model had dinner at Russian restaurant Mari Vanna with several friends, including model Anne ...

UEFA Qualifying: Portugal beats Russia; Italy draws Czechs; more

Helder Postiga's ninth-minute winner in Lisbon lifted the Portuguese from third to first in Group F, boosting the chances of football fans seeing Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in Brazil next summer. While Portugal's qualification is still far from secure, Italy is now four ...

Football's elite players have no interest in coming to the Premier League

Jose Mourinho has yet to enter the mid-summer transfer fray but if Chelsea ever had any chance of signing Cristiano Ronaldo it has broken down along with his relationship with the Happy Special One. Will he stay or will he go? Manchester United have been linked with Dortmund's Robert ...

Forbes names Tiger Woods as world's highest-paid athlete

Golf's Hall of Famer Phil Mickelson is seventh on the list after making $48.7 million, with soccer trio David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi completing the top 10. Former England captain Beckham recently ended his playing career with a five-month spell at French side Paris ...

Spurs legend advices Bale to snub Real Madrid for Manchester United

Real are trying to woo the Welshman with former Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane talking him up, claiming the Tottenham star is in the same bracket as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Whilst Real are favourites for Bale's signature, Hoddle thinks a move abroad may be to early for ...

Gareth Bale would break transfer record admits Zinedine Zidane

That would smash the £80m they paid Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo four years ago. 'The talk about Gareth Bale is not a surprise,' Zidane, who is Madrid's sporting director, said. 'It is impossible to have the season he just had and not be linked with the biggest clubs in ...

Ronaldo deserved Ballon d'Or ahead of Messi: Pele

Ronaldo deserved Ballon d'Or ahead of Messi: Pele IBNLive Sports | Posted on Jun 16, 2013 at 10:51am IST Madrid: Brazil legend Pele has claimed Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo should have won the 2012 Ballon d'Or ahead of Barcelona's Lionel Messi following his efforts for Real ...

Pellegrini to provide 'holistic' approach to heal Manchester City

During his reign at Real Madrid four years ago, in which he led the side to a second place finish with 96 points, Pellegrini successfully dealt with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Kaka and Xabi Alonso. Critics point out that he spent over $300 million only to finish ...

Pellegrini named Manchester City manager

The likes of David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and the Neville brothers, Phil and Gary, came through the ranks to feature alongside marquee signings Eric Cantona, Peter Schmeichel and Cristiano Ronaldo. Defending its league title last season, City finished a distant second after ...

Belgium, Portugal win in World Cup qualifying

Elsewhere, Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal defeated Russia 1-0 to move into top spot ahead of Fabio Capello's men in Group F. Veteran striker Helder Postiga netted on a tap-in in the ninth minute in Lisbon to end Russia's perfect 4-0 record. Portugal, which qualified for the 2010 World Cup ...

Five reasons why the Russian team lost the Portuguese

Well, we do not have a Cristiano Ronaldo! No luck, as the Ukrainians who lived in the era of Shevchenko. We only caricature - Andrey Arshavin. There were no leaders who are at the right moment can take the game over and solve everything. Here's the result. What's next? The lost points we ...

Man Utd want Fergie to persuade Ronaldo to leave Real Madrid

IBNLive Sports | Posted on Jun 16, 2013 at 01:19pm IST Manchester: English Champions Manchester United will use the influence of their former boss Sir Alex Ferguson to lure Cristiano Ronaldo to Old Trafford this summer, according to reports in English media. Ronaldo has been ...

Spain dominates Uruguay, wins 2-1 in Confederations Cup

Soldado scored 24 goals in La Liga this season, surpassed only by the likes of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Radamel Falcao and Alvaro Negredo. Among the other strikers, Fernando Torres scored only eight goals in the Premier League this season for Chelsea, and David Villa managed only ...

Manchester City hires Manuel Pellegrini as new manager

Madrid finished its one and only season under Pellegrini with 96 points, a club record at the time, despite being without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo for six weeks. After finishing second to Barcelona in La Liga and getting eliminated in the second round of the Champions League, he was ...

Lindsay Lohan is moving yet again in rehab, possibly to Long Island

Following reports Irina Shayk was being targeted by a stalker, Real Madrid soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo kept a watchful eye and protective hand on his supermodel girlfriend in Manhattan. Shayk, who lives in the West Village, was out around town with Ronaldo and a burly pal ...

Bill Thompson’s daughter Jennifer pushes

MADRID’s hot soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo did 9 p.m. dinner at Bâoli Miami. He came with bodyguards. He left with models. .. Scruffily bearded Sondheim got a Marlon Brando Award someplace and said: “Did I get this for my looks or my acting ability?” Before his lone acting job a friend ...

Confederations Cup: Sportsmail gives you everything you need to know about the World Cup warm-up

Relatively new to the Italy set-up, this is a real opportunity for El Shaarawy to demonstrate on the world stage why observers in some quarters have been happily comparing his style of play to Cristiano Ronaldo. There doesn’t seem to be a day go by when the supremely talented Cavani ...

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