Most Interesting Facts About Cristiano Ronaldo

The Top Ten

1 He got the name "Ronaldo" after then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who was his father's favourite actor.

But it was his birth name..

2 He is the youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, a cook, and José Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener. He has one older brother, Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Cátia.

3 He grew up poor and said he shared a bedroom with his siblings.

4 Ronaldo was popular with other students at school, but he was expelled at the age of 14 after he threw a chair at his teacher.

5 Ronaldo was nicknamed "cry-baby" as a child. He used to cry when he passed and his friends didn't score. People called him 'cry-baby' and 'little bee' because nobody could catch him.

6 At the age of 15, Ronaldo was diagnosed with a racing heart, a condition that might have forced him to give up playing football.

7 His first professional game for Sporting Lisbon at the age of 17 and that was the start of a journey which will make him one of the greatest players ever.

8 Manchester United paid £12 million to sign him in 2003-a record fee for a player of his age.

9 Ronaldo announced that he had become a father on July 3, 2010.

10 He's Going to Juventus

The Contenders

11 Ronaldo faced personal challenges in 2007 after his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.

12 He has a son who also plays football

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