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 toc   =Introduction = Cristiano Ronaldo Dos Santos Aveiro was born on February 5, 1985 in Madeira, Portugal and he is a fantastic **[|footballer]**. We all know him by Ronaldo. Ronaldo has a big family, parents, elder brother and 2 elder sisters. His name was after a U.S. president named Ronald Reagan because his dad really liked him.  =**Childhood Years **=
 * Cristiano Ronaldo **

Madeira was the place Ronaldo first learned his first football skills. When he was small he played for a Portuguese team. He also went training in soccer schools. The Portuguese team he played in is Nacionial. By the time he turned 12 years old, he was the top scorer of Nacional. It wasn't long before he was offered to play in much bigger professional Portuguese teams called Sporting Lisbon, Porto and Boa Vista. He chose to play for Sporting Lisbon that was a team he played in while growing up. Every single day Ronaldo went to team training or School training. He worked extremely hard. He also had support from his family. That is how he is now the best footballer in the world.  =**How He Got To Manchester United **=

When Sporting Lisbon played against Liverpool, the Liverpool coach watched Ronaldo play. The coach of Liverpool was thinking to **[|sign]** him to Liverpool but he was thinking to sign him a little bit later so he can be a better player. In 2003, when Sporting Lisbon played against Manchester United and defeated them, Manchester uniteds coach saw ronaldo play and signed him immediately right after the match. In sporting Lisbon, Ronaldos **[|jersey]** was number 7 but Ronaldo requested for number 28 in his Man United jersey. He did not feel he could take number 7 which many good United wore such as David Beckham.  = =

=Teams he played in= Ronaldo first played in Nacional when he was small. When he got older he played in Sporting Lisbon. That was the team he got skills from. After Sporting Lisbon he played Manchester United. Manchester United was the team that got him very famous. Manchester United also made him the best footballer in the world. He is now in Real Madrid. Real Madrid signed Ronaldo from United for £80,000,000. That was the world record. Ronaldo is the most expensive footballer in the world.



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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Whoever read this and is interested in soccer should watch in T.V. or see Cristiano Ronaldo live playing soccer. Once you see him you will be surprised of how fast his tricks are. His skills are awesome. Thank you for reading my work. <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msochartype: symbol; msohansifontfamily: Arial; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">J <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

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