Mr. Cristiano Ronaldo | Football Legend Hero | The Story Behind The Legend | Documentary |

Over the years I've realized that Ronaldo and Messi saga has been glorified so much that people have started to be unfair to them some say we have to appreciate them both and I would say they're right but the thing is their careers are so exceptional that it's hard to truly grasp just how great they are they have given us years of entertainment always defying what we deem possible they deserve to have their story told not just by numbers not just by their greatest moments but all of it how did they come to be how is it possible to become Christiane Ronaldo he's in good shape that's typical absolutely brilliant and the story starts before he was even born in the late 1960s his father was part Kev Verdean had to serve mandatory military service he left to Angola where he had to fight the locals demanding independence from Portugal the conditions for the soldiers were awful they had no drinking water food supplies would often rot and they would be left to starve not to mention how they weren't prepared to face the diseases.

they would find in Africa as many would die from malaria for 18 month you would live amongst death and suffering Angola would eventually win the war his dad would return home to find a different Portugal who had fallen into an economic pit as they used all the resources in a war there were no job openings and he was left to under the streets of Madera wallowing in his own misery soon he would develop a drinking habit which would quickly turn into fully blown alcoholism over the next decade he would have three children with his wife Dolores and will find a job as a gardener but also a side gig as a kit man for the local club And rings the family would face a major crisis as the lurch got pregnant a fourth time they decided there was no way the family could afford to have another child as they were facing massive financial issues she would talk to her doctor about the possibility of having an abortion but he would disapprove

the lord believed there was really no way of bringing this child into the world so she took matters into her own hands as she told it herself she would attempt to force an abortion by drinking as much south beer as she possibly could and going for runs only stopping when her body wasn't able to sustain the fatigue but she would fail and on the 5th of February of 1985 at 10 20 am in the city of San Pedro in madeira a baby would be born they would name him Cristiano Ronaldo the lords would decide to keep and raise the baby as she believed that she failed to abort him because god had a great destiny awaiting her child despite making it into this world his life would be as green as the lord's anticipated they would struggle to make ends meet every month living in a tiny home with no electricity where Cristiano shared a room with all of his three siblings on Christmas he would receive no gifts so just like most Portuguese kids Ronald would take on the streets to play football with the local children despite being very gifted.

the other children would call him sure which would roughly translate to crybaby in English as he would get very frustrated whenever the other kids failed to play up to his standard seeing this his parents would take him to anchoring there his love for football would flourish it got to the point where he would carry a ball wherever he went his dedication made it so his talent would be even more notable amongst other kids soon he would earn himself another nickname they would start calling him Obama or little v in English because he was very small compared to other kids but also very fast and less than three years after in 1995 national one of the biggest clubs from Adera would sign him as their tales from this wonder kid from one of their scouts who had no trouble finding him as he was actually his godfather his time at national served to show the locals how amazing it really was it would be moved up the academy team to the point where he would end up playing with kids three years older than him and to further shock everyone.

he would still manage to be the captain of his team the worth would go around the island who up till then never even had a player good enough to be called up for the national team a kid had arrived and he was bound to conquer the world a local man who had strong connections with sporting would be introduced to Ronaldo and he would be so impressed with his skills that he would immediately call out Ellie Prada who was a sporting cup scout asking him if Ronaldo could get a tryout which it would allow but with one condition Ronaldo had to come to Lisbon later that day the 12 year old would talk to his mom and soon he would be leaving his humble roots to go fight for his dream he went into training knowing he was being tested in what might have been one of the first times Ronaldo showed how well he performed under pressure it would perform so magnificently among the spartan academy players that the pro players who played in the pitch next where Ronaldo was would move over so they could watch him play clearly leaving the club speechless.

he would be signed on the spot but this would lead him to make the most important decision of his life he would have to leave his family at 12 years old to go live by himself at sporting cp's academy and hope that one day it would make it being from Rivera Cristiano had a very thick accent which it would relentlessly get mocked for it would feel so depressed that it would eventually be sent back to madeira in his first year since the coaches believed he couldn't focus as long as he felt so down about it back in madeira his family would show him how much he meant to them telling him that he had to ignore people who wish to see him fail a young Ronaldo realized that his potential could not be wasted the next year he would power to the eight and go back to sporting cup as eventually the other players would become like family to him being an 11 year old academy player for one of the biggest Portuguese clubs might seem like a dream to many and it surely is but the conditions were still not the best the rooms were very small and Ronaldo didn't like them,

so we would only go there to sleep spending his days either at the pitch training at school or roaming the streets of Lisbon money was still tight in his early years there to the point where he and his friends had a habit of going to the local McDonald's late at night and asking the employees for the leftover burgers they still had two of his most difficult years would come after he hit 14 years of age despite the environment he created for himself at the academy he still got bullied at school he tried to ignore them and remain calm but one day a teacher mocked him in front of his class for his accent this would make Ronaldo furious would talk back but instead of realizing how out of pocket his statements were the teacher would double down and mock his family for being poor Ronaldo snapped threw a share at the teacher and that same day he was expelled it would talk to his mom and another big decision would come from this conversation Ronaldo would decide to leave school and focus full time on his football career this would put him under immense pressure it could not allow himself to fail.

he had to give it all and just like that something out of his control would come to nearly ruin his life at the age of 15 Ronaldo was diagnosed with racing art syndrome this meant his art would race even when he was quiet how could he go through so much physical effort without compromising his life that same week Ronaldo had to go through surgery take a second to imagine you are a 15 year old boy who just left his hometown and dropped out of school in search of his dream and now that single source of hope could be taken away from you and that first week would pass and fortunately this treatment would go by smoothly and just a few days after it would be back to training over these years Ronaldo had proved his value so many times that he had progressed to the academy's rankings always playing with far older players than him this would lead him to being called up to the youth national teams many times getting a total of 18 goals over 34 appearances for the different tiers.

but as he turned 16 he would become illegible for playing professionally and sporting cp's coach at the time Laszlo Bolani would not let that opportunity be wasted Ronaldo would become the first ever player to play for the under 16 17 18 b team and first team all in one season but his debut in the Portuguese league would only come in 2002 a few months after he turned 17 in a match against Modradians Ronaldo would go all in getting the ball in the net for the first time just as the game started but it would be deemed offside it would test the keeper's reflexes once again later and before half time he would get the ball near the center circle dribble not one not two but every meridians player and then ship the ball over the keeper to get his first competitive goal that same game it would show how much he enjoyed scoring them as he got his second goal in the last minute of the match he would finish the season with the third highest goals per minute only behind the two main strikers which is understandable.

as he played as an attacking midfielder for sporting its performances would catch the high of many European clubs including Manchester united who wanted to sign him and then loan him back to sporting so he could keep progressing but his faith would be truly decided on the 6th of august of 2003. sporting has built themselves a new stadium as partial prepared for the euro 2004 and for its inauguration they decided to invite over Manchester united to play a friendly match against him it is hard to put into words what happened that day Ronaldo was a man on a mission it would look simply unplayable an 18 year old was terrorizing the Manchester united defense he would get his first assist by the 25th minute by half time it would be all the noted players talked about in the locker room the second half would be equally impressive before the match ended it would create the chance for the third sporting goal as they defeated Manchester united three to one on

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the plane home Manchester united players told tales of the Portuguese wonderkid they had found begging sir Alex to sign him and only six days later Ronaldo would be arriving in Manchester he was the first ever Portuguese player to be signed by Manchester united at 13 Malian pounds he was the most expensive teenager in English football history surpassing another Portuguese teenager uGu Viana Newcastle paid 8 million for as he was shown around the premises and dealt with the remaining bureaucracy Ronaldo was asked to choose his shirt number it would choose the number 28 but then sir Alex Ferguson would personally speak to him and ask him to wear the number seven this was a sign of what was to come sir Alex saw in Ronaldo what the world would only witness a few years later Ronaldo would not shy away from the pressure and he would follow George best eric cantina and more recently David Beckham in the task of carrying the weight of the number 7 on his back only four days after signing contract with man united Cristiano stepped into old Trafford for his first match as a red devil 67 000 people sheared in the stands as on the 61st minute sir Alex looked back onto the bench and asked Ronaldo to get ready the 18 year old would come on exchange for Nikki

butt with dyed blonde streaks tape around both his ankles wearing silver 9 mercurial vapors as he shoot gum he stepped onto the pitch and another fairy tale would start Cristiano absolutely destroyed the opposition with a seemingly never-ending skill set his feet seemed too fast for the human mind to process he was so confident that by stoppage time he would ask Phil Neville to step aside so he could take a free kick his confidence was surely never in question by the end of the match George best would call it undoubtedly the most exciting debut he had ever seen as his last few weeks seemed like a frenetic run from one meaningful day to another just four days after his debut for Manchester united it would also have his debut for the Portuguese national team in a one-nil win over Kazakhstan in his first season he would get 40 appearances mostly coming from the bench as he would manage 4 goals and 9 assists it would also make his debut in the champions league against Stuttgart as he would crash out of the competition in the last 16 in a treated two defeat against Porto would go on to win the competition his last two matches would be the most notorious as he would score on both getting his first red card on the first of the two a league game against Aston villa and winning his first trophy in a second as he scored the opening goal in the fa cup final as summer arrived it was time for another big challenge Cristiano would be called up for the euro 2004 the first ever to be played in Portugal imagine you are 19 years old and you are put on a bus that will drive across your homeland you look around and

the other people in it are balloon d'or in champions league winners legends known all around the world you look out the window and there's thousands swarming the bus no matter how far from the stadium you might be euro 2004 was one of the most magical and memorable moments in Portuguese football everyone came together to witness the golden generation power through the competition throughout that tournament Portugal truly played with 12 men on the pitch Ronaldo was no average young man he would not let himself fall under pressure from the first game he would come in from the bench and score Portugal's only goal as they lost against Greece then they would play Russia and once again Ronaldo came in late and assisted Rory costa as he doubled Portugal's lead in the last match of the group stage they would beat Spain as Ronaldo was part of the starting lineup just like that Portugal were three matches away from possibly becoming European champions in their own turf the quarter-final match would start in the worst way possible as Michael Owen put England in front just three minutes into the match both teams would battle each other for 80 minutes only to be stopped by elder postage would come from the bench to equalize

the game would go into extra time and the drama would not stop their hui Carson would score 10 minutes before the end but Portugal would not manage to hold that a lead as frank Lampard would tie the match once again it was time to play the roulette the game would be decided on penalties David Beckham would miss the first hui costa would miss as well, and they were partial to the semi-finals where they would meet the Netherlands this would be Ronaldo's best match during the competition as Portugal would win 2-1 with Ronaldo scoring the first goal and then assisting the second leading Portugal to their first ever major final at the age of 19. this would be a character-building moment for Cristiano with all the odds in favor of Portugal they would go into the final and lose Christian Ronaldo's obsession with perfection would be obvious to everyone for the first time it would succumb in the center of the pitch not being able to contain himself he would start crying seeming immune to the constellation of his teammates in the press conference he would promise the Portuguese people that he would make up for the disappointment his second season that united would follow the same route as his first with not much success trophy wise as

they would only win the league cup but with many sparks of brilliance by Cristiano the most iconic moment of this season would come as he met arsenal in the start of 2005. the game would start with Patrick Vader scoring after nine minutes gigs would equal eyes and bear camp would give arsenal the lead later on right before half time Cristiano would get on a fight with tea Habanera as he refused to give the ball back as it went out of bounds this would upset the arsenal fans would boo Ronaldo for the rest of the match Ronaldo famously once said that your love makes me strong, but your hate makes me unstoppable, and it would show what unstoppable Ronaldo looked like immediately two goals in four minutes and just like that Ronaldo would put man united in front incredible for a 19-year-old and even more incredible as he there to celebrate his goal by telling the arsenal fans to stay quiet the next season would be a difficult one Ronaldo would constantly get himself in trouble in the champions league he would travel to Lisbon to play against sporting rivals Benfica who wouldn't spare him of the usual taunting to make matters worse

they would beat Manchester united getting them knocked out of the champions league in the group stage for the first time in a decade this would upset Ronaldo who would raise his middle finger to the fence as he got subbed off in 67 minutes and would get a one-man span for his actions he would also be found in the center of unfounded rape allegations which would be dropped as the police found no evidence these are the same allegations which would follow him for over a decade it gets sent off in a Manchester Darby for kicking ex-united player Andy Cole it would also be the first time Ronaldo and Vanessa Roy clash which was most likely not Ronaldo's fault as Vanessa Roy was known for being problematic and envious of Ronaldo as he seemed to have stolen his spotlight over the last few years you might wonder where all of this erratic behavior stemmed from and well if you look at the time frame of Ronaldo's life there's clearly a dramatic event that directly preceded all of this the death of his father Ronaldo has claimed to barely know him as I mentioned

he was a heavy drinker and that would be his demise at just 52 years old as ears of liver damage would catch up to him Ronaldo has said that he dreamt of one day having his father see him succeed it's hard to pinpoint the source of his desire to see this but most likely just hoped that he would be able to pull him away from the dark path he was following regardless it was too late and his life had to move on that summer Ronaldo would get called up for the world cup for the first time ever Portugal would easily top their group winning all matches as Ronaldo got his first world cup goal against Iran once again they would meet the Netherlands this time in the last 16 this match will be forever known as the battle of Nuremberg the match would instantly be notable for how violent the Netherlands players were being with the first yellow card coming on the second minute it would all escalate as Dutch defender khalif bulrush would injure Ronaldo would be escorted off the pitch this foul seemed intentionally excessive, and the Portuguese players would furiously clap back the match would be a never ending sequence of bookings with every foul being more horrific than the one that came before it by the end of the match there have been 16 bookings including four red cards both being all-time records in the competition if you think that the next round could not match the drama scene in the last 16 well,

you're wrong as Portugal faced England for their quarter-final match Rooney would eventually step on a Ricardo value and Ronaldo would be seen pleading with the referee to send off Rooney to which he would concede seeing this Rooney would get upset at his Manchester united teammate and would confront him on the pitch before being sent off by this moment Ronaldo was already public enemy number one in England, and all became much worse when he was seen winking at the bench still Portugal would win and move to the semi-finals