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TOPIC:
CRISTIANO RONALDO
FULL NAME:
ANTHONY
CYCLE:
CONVERSATION I - A
TEACHER:
HUAMAN
INDEX
INTRODUCTION..3
I.
EARLY LIFE..4
II.
CLUB CAREER5
II.1.
EARLY LIFE..5
II.2.
SPORTING LISBON5
II.3.
MANCHESTER UNITED.6
II.4.
REAL MADRID.7
III.
ABILITIES..9
IV.
CURIOSITIES10
CONCLUSIONS.11
BIBLIOGRAPHY....12
INTRODUCCION
Cristiano Ronaldo Dos Santos Aveiro was born on 5th February of 1985, known
as Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for
Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team. He is a forward and
serves as captain for Portugal.
He is considered one of the best players and one of the sportsmen most
mediatic today. He has been honored with the award for best player in the
Premier League in 2007 and 2008, as well as Portuguese Sportsperson of the
Year in the same periods. His remarkable performance in the 2007-08 season
earned him the Golden Boot, the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player in 2008.
He began his career at an early age in the C.D. National and then join the
Sporting Lisbon, in the club with which debuted in the top flight of Portuguese
football in 2001.
After observing to Ronaldo in a friendly in 2003, Manchester United signed him
for 12.24 million.
After long negotiations the middle of 2009 was transferred to Spanish club Real
Madrid for 80 million ( 94 million, US $ 132 million), becoming the most
expensive transfer in football history. He made his first appearance with the
Portuguese national team in 2003 and since 2008 serves as the captain.
Identified in media with the numeronym CR7, is considered one of the best
players in the world, even to be the best and most complete for a large number
of people and the press linked to sport, as well as one of the figures more
mediatic.
CRISTIANO RONALDO
I.
EARLY LIFE.Ronaldo was born in Santo Antonio, a neighbourhood of Funchal, Madeira, the
youngest child of Maria Dolores Dos Santos Aveiro, a cook, and Jos Dinis
Aveiro, a municipal gardener. His second given name, "Ronaldo", was chosen
after then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who was his father's favourite actor.
He has one older brother, Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Ctia.
His great-grandmother Isabel da Piedade was from Cape Verde.
The family was staunchly Catholic. Ronaldo later claimed that he lived in
poverty, sharing a room with his brother and sisters. Ronaldo was popular with
other students at school, but he was expelled after he threw a chair at his
teacher. Ronaldo later said of the incident, "He disrespected me". At age 14,
Ronaldo agreed with his mother to focus entirely on football. He states, "When I
got to 14 I felt I had the potential. I thought I was maybe good enough at that
time to play semi-professionally".
II.
CLUB CAREER.II.1.
EARLY CAREER:
At age eight, Ronaldo played for amateur team Andorinha, where his father was
the kit man. In 1995, Ronaldo signed with local National Club, and, after a titlewinning campaign, he went on a three-day trial with Sporting CP, who
subsequently signed him for an undisclosed sum.
II.2.
SPORTING LISBON:
Ronaldo joined Sporting's other youth players who trained at the Academia
Sporting, the club's football academy, in Alcochete. He became the only player
ever to play for Sporting's under-16, under-17, under-18, B-team, and the first
team, all within one season. He scored two goals in his league debut on 7
October 2002, which Sporting CP won 30 against Moreirense, while featuring
for Portugal in the 2002 European Under-17 Championship.
At the age of 15, Ronaldo was diagnosed with a racing heart, a condition that
might have forced him to give up playing football. The Sporting staff were made
aware of the condition and Ronaldo's mother gave her authorization for him to
go into hospital. While there, he had an operation in which a laser was used to
cauterize the area of his heart that was causing the problem.
The surgery took place in the morning and Ronaldo was discharged from
hospital by the end of the afternoon; he resumed training only a few days later.
However he came to the attention of Manchester United manager Alex
Ferguson in the summer of 2003, when Sporting defeated United 31 in the
inauguration of the Estadio Jos Alvalade in Lisbon. Ronaldo's performance
impressed the Manchester United players, who urged Ferguson to sign him. In
April 2013, Sporting honored Ronaldo by selecting him to become the
100,000th member of the club.
II.3.
MANCHESTER UNITED:
The trainer Sir Alex Ferguson he assigned the dorsal "7" left by the former
captain of Manchester United, the English midfielder David Beckham, when he
left Real Madrid that same season.
In its second year on British lands, Cristiano Ronaldo would grow as a
footballer, settling as one of the best young of world football.
Noteworthy that from year 2007, is the image of acclaimed football videogame
"Pro Evolution Soccer", being cover the same in the 2008 edition ("Pro
Evolution Soccer 2008"). During the summer of 2008 it was speculated about
the possible departure of Manchester United to join Real Madrid.
II.4.
REAL MADRID:
Ronaldo kept proving its worth and improving year after year their records
scorers, which always exceeded those achieved with Manchester.
In 2011 took the top scorer trophy at top scorer in the Spanish league, beating
also, with 41 points, the historical record of the competition.
III.
ABILITIES.Cristiano Ronaldo is a dynamic and fast player who takes advantage of the
offensive spaces. He is right-handed, although left-handed handled equally, this
allows you to play for the two bands. Constantly overflows the sides because of
its ease to go the outside or inside and its various dribbles. His good ball
handling allows you to accelerate their moves, this same speed gives a
considerable advantage to face opposing defenses, giving superiority in attack.
He is a fast player at Euro Austria / Switzerland 2008 recorded a top speed of
29.41 km / h. It takes a great leap and a remarkable height (measured 1,86m)
that allows you to overcome the defenses in the headers, however leverages
more its placement to win him the back on the defensive, than its physical
strength.
Should be noted that possesses a powerful shot from middle distance, his
scrimmage exceeds 100 km / h, the average speed in hit potential of a
professional footballer is between 87.4 km / h and 95.76 km / h.
IV.
CURIOSITIES.-
It was agreed with the mother that her identity be kept secret and the child
would be under his tutelage.
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CONCLUSIONS
Cristiano Ronaldo has gone through several problems both are family and
personal but he has overcome all these to prove that he can be one of the
best players in soccer history.
Cristiano Ronaldo besides being a great football player has shown also to
be a good son and father, and he loves his family very much, because he
will always seek their professional and personal achievements are enough
to feel proud of his mother.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.buenastareas.com/ensayos/Cristiano-Ronaldo-Dos-Santos
Aveiro/4089993.html. Recovered 13/08/2015.
http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/r/ronaldo_cristiano.htm.
Recovered 17/08/2015.
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