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This is a glimpse into the life of professional soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo.
Personal information
Date of birth:
February 5, 1985
Place of birth:
Funchal, Portugal
Birth name:
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Father:
Jose Dinis Aveiro, gardener
Mother:
Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, cook
Children:
with Georgina Rodríguez: Alana, 2017 (mother's name not publicly available);
Eva and Mateo (twins), 2017 (mother's name not publicly available);
Cristiano Jr., 2010
Other data
Portugal's all-time top international scorer.
Winner of the Golden Ball for the best footballer of the year five times (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017), and the European Golden Boot four times (2007-08, 2010-11, 2013-14 and 2014-15).
One of his acts of charity was paying for brain surgery on a 10-month-old boy.
Other events include fundraising for survivors of the 2004 Indonesian tsunami and paying for the treatment of a 9-year-old cancer patient.
His father named him in honor of the President of the United States, Ronald Reagan.
Chronology
Early 1990s -
Joins local amateur team Andorinha.
Late 1990s:
Joins Clube Desportivo Nacional da Madeira, one of Portugal's leading professional soccer clubs.
Early 2000s:
signing with Sporting Clube de Portugal.
August 12, 2003 -
Signs with Manchester United for £ 12.24 million (US $ 19.7 million).
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August 20, 2003:
debuted with the Portuguese team.
June-July 2004:
Represents Portugal at the UEFA European Championship and scores a goal in the first tournament.
This is his first major international tournament.
July 2004:
Plays for Portugal during the Olympics.
Portugal are eliminated in the group stage.
2005:
Wins the FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year award.
October 2005: He
is investigated for an alleged sexual assault, but no charges are brought against him.
June 17, 2006 -
Scores his first World Cup goal against Iran.
Portugal wins 2-0.
2008:
Win the FIFA World Player of the Year award.
2009:
Transfer to Real Madrid.
The deal includes a transfer fee of £ 80 million (more than US $ 130 million).
December 15, 2013: He
opens a museum dedicated to his football career in his hometown of Funchal, Portugal.
January 6, 2014 -
Scores 400th goal of his career.
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January 20, 2014: He
is appointed Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry.
October 17, 2015:
Officially becomes Real Madrid's all-time top scorer in the club's 3-0 win over Levante at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.
November 9, 2015:
The documentary "Ronaldo" opens in London.
November 8, 2016 -
Signs a "lifetime" sponsorship agreement with Nike.
January 2017 -
Named the first FIFA Best Male Player of 2016.
June 13, 2017:
He is accused of defrauding the Spanish authorities with US $ 16.4 million in taxes between 2011 and 2014.
August 14, 2017:
According to the Spanish Football Federation, Ronaldo was suspended for five games after his red card in Real Madrid's 3-1 victory over rival Barcelona.
In addition to a one-match red card penalty, he missed four more games for pushing referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea as he left the field.
October 23, 2017 -
Win the FIFA Best Male Player award for the second year in a row.
December 7, 2017:
Claim his fifth Ballon d'Or, equaling the record set by eternal rival Lionel Messi.
July 10, 2018 -
Leaves Real Madrid to join current Serie A champion Juventus, based in Turin, Italy, on a four-year contract and a transfer fee of US $ 117 million.
September 27, 2018:
Kathryn Mayorga files a lawsuit in Clark County, Nevada, accusing Ronaldo of raping her in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009. She seeks to overturn a nondisclosure and settlement agreement that says Ronaldo and her colleagues forced her to sign.
Ronaldo's legal team denied the allegations.
January 10, 2019 -
Las Vegas Police Spokesperson Officer Laura Meltzer confirms that in the course of investigating a rape allegation against Ronaldo, they sent an order to authorities in Italy requesting a sample of his DNA .
January 22, 2019:
Ronaldo agrees to resolve his tax fraud case with Spanish authorities by paying a fine of US $ 21.6 million and accepting a 23-month suspended prison sentence.
Under Spanish law, first-time offenders can avoid imprisonment if the sentence is less than two years.
April 20, 2019 - Juventus defeat Fiorentina 2-1 to claim the Italian Serie A championship title. Ronaldo becomes the first player to win titles in the Premier League (with Manchester United), La Liga (with Real Madrid) and Serie A (with Juventus).
May 8, 2019:
Mayorga voluntarily dismisses the lawsuit filed in Clark County, Nevada, accusing Ronaldo of rape.
Larissa Drohobyczer, Mayorga's attorney, told CNN that “the state case was dismissed by us because we filed the same claims in federal court due to federal court rules on dealing with foreigners, we basically just switched places, but claims remain. '
July 22, 2019 -
The Clark County district attorney's office says Ronaldo will not face sexual assault charges in Las Vegas.
The office says the allegations, which were first made in 2009, cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
August 16, 2019 -
Federal court documents reveal that following Mayorga's rape charge in 2009, Ronaldo paid Mayorga US $ 375,000 in a confidentiality and conciliation agreement.
Mayorga asks the court to invalidate the agreement on the grounds that Ronaldo and his legal team took advantage of her fragile emotional state to force her to sign it.
May 2020 -
Ranked # 2 on Forbes' annual list of the world's highest-paid athletes, with estimated earnings of $ 105 million.
September 8, 2020 -
Scores his 100th international goal in Portugal's Nations League game against Sweden, becoming the second man in history to reach the milestone.
October 13, 2020:
Tested positive for coronavirus, according to a statement from the Portuguese Football Federation.
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