My role model Cristiano Ronaldo

Who is my role model? My idol is Cristiano Ronaldo, He is a professional football player and plays as a forward for Manchester united. He captains the Portuguese national team and wears the iconic number 7. He is 36 years old, but doctors say his body is like a twenty-year-old.

Interesting facts about Ronaldo: He is born the fifth February 1985 in a hospital in Funchal in Portugal. He weighs 85 kg and is 187 cm tall.

Ronaldo is the football player, who has scored the most goals in UEFA Champions League in history. He has also won five champion league titles, which is the second most by a player in history. He has won five Ballon dor´s. And in 2005 he got arrested on rape charges.

Background story and career: Ronaldo began his career as a youth player at Nacional in Portugal and his success at Nacional led to a move to the capital club Sporting CP two seasons later. Ronaldo's great talent attracted the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, and he signed the 18-year-old Portuguese for £12.24 million in the summer of 2003. The following season, Ronaldo won his first tournament, the FA Cup, and reached the Euro 2004 final with Portugal, scoring his first international goal against Greece in the opening match, which Portugal lost 1–2. In 2008, Ronaldo and the rest of the United team won the UEFA Champions League. Ronaldo was named the final man of the match. He was then named FIFPro World Player of the Year and FIFA World Player of the Year, while becoming Manchester United's first ballon d'Or winner in 40 years.