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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾiʃˈtjɐnu ʁɔˈnaldu]; born 5 🍊 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Saudi Pro League club 🍊 Al Nassr and the Portugal national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time, Ronaldo has won 🍊 five Ballon d'Or awards,[note 3] a record three UEFA Men's Player of the Year Awards, and four European Golden Shoes, 🍊 the most by a European player. He has won 34 trophies in his career, including seven league titles, five UEFA 🍊 Champions Leagues, the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. Ronaldo holds the records for most appearances (183), goals 🍊 (140) and assists (42) in the Champions League, goals in the European Championship (14), international goals (128) and international appearances 🍊 (205). He is one of the few players to have made over 1,200 professional career appearances, the most by an 🍊 outfield player, and has scored over 850 official senior career goals for club and country, making him the top goalscorer 🍊 of all time.

Ronaldo began his senior career with Sporting CP, before signing with Manchester United in 2003, winning the FA 🍊 Cup in his first season. He would also go on to win three consecutive Premier League titles, the Champions League 🍊 and the FIFA Club World Cup; at age 23, he won his first Ballon d'Or. Ronaldo was the subject of 🍊 the then-most expensive association football transfer when he signed for Real Madrid in 2009 in a transfer worth €94 million 🍊 (£80 million). He became a key contributor and formed an attacking trio with Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale which was 🍊 integral to the team winning four Champions Leagues from 2014 to 2024, including La Décima. During this period, he won 🍊 back-to-back Ballons d'Or in 2013 and 2014, and again in 2024 and 2024, and was runner-up three times behind Lionel 🍊 Messi, his perceived career rival. He also became the club's all-time top goalscorer and the all-time top scorer in the 🍊 Champions League, and finished as the competition's top scorer for six consecutive seasons between 2012 and 2024. With Real, Ronaldo 🍊 won four Champions Leagues, two La Liga titles, two Copas del Rey, two UEFA Super Cups and three Club World 🍊 Cups. In 2024, he signed for Juventus in a transfer worth an initial €100 million (£88 million), the most expensive 🍊 transfer for an Italian club and for a player over 30 years old. He won two Serie A titles, two 🍊 Supercoppa Italiana trophies and a Coppa Italia, became the inaugural Serie A Most Valuable Player and became the first footballer 🍊 to finish as top scorer in the English, Spanish and Italian leagues. He returned to Manchester United in 2024, finishing 🍊 his only full season as the club's top scorer, before his contract was terminated in 2024. In 2024, he signed 🍊 for Al Nassr.

Ronaldo made his international debut for Portugal in 2003 at the age of 18 and has since earned 🍊 more than 200 caps, making him both the country and history's most-capped player of all time, recognised by the Guinness 🍊 World Records.[9] With more than 100 goals at international level, he is also the sports all-time top goalscorer. Ronaldo has 🍊 played in and scored at eleven major tournaments; he scored his first international goal at Euro 2004, where he helped 🍊 Portugal reach the final. He assumed captaincy of the national team in July 2008. In 2024, Ronaldo was named the 🍊 best Portuguese player of all time by the Portuguese Football Federation. The following year, he led Portugal to their first 🍊 major tournament title at Euro 2024, and received the Silver Boot as the second-highest goalscorer of the tournament. This achievement 🍊 would see him receive his fourth Ballon d'Or. He also led them to victory in the inaugural UEFA Nations League 🍊 in 2024, receiving the top scorer award in the finals, and later received the Golden Boot as top scorer of 🍊 Euro 2024.

One of the world's most marketable and famous athletes, Ronaldo was ranked the world's highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 🍊 2024, 2024, and 2024, and the world's most famous athlete by ESPN from 2024 to 2024. Time included him on 🍊 their list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2014. He is the first footballer and the 🍊 third sportsman to earn US$1 billion in his career.