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In addition to these accolades, he also been awarded the 2007 ]. In addition to these accolades, he also been awarded the 2007 ].


==International career==
Ronaldo made his international debut in August 2003, against ]. He scored Portugal's only goal in their 2–1 loss to ] in the opening match of ] and the first goal of the semi final against the ], which Portugal won 2–1. The final saw a rematch of the opening game of the tournament, and again, Greece emerged victorious.


Ronaldo represented Portugal at the ], and was the second highest scorer in ] in the European zone with 7 goals. As of ], ], he has scored 11 goals in 25 appearances for his country.

Ronaldo scored his first ] goal against ] with a penalty kick.

In the Round of 16, he left Portugal's 1-0 win over ] injured after a high tackle by ].

Ronaldo was named the national team captain for the first time in a friendly match against ] on ], ], a day after his 22nd birthday. This move was in honor of Carlos Silva, the Portuguese Football Federation president who had died two days before. Scolari explained, "Mr Silva asked me to make him captain as a gesture. He thought the English fans would give him a difficult time and this was a response. He is too young to be captain, but Mr Silva asked me, and now he is no longer with us."<ref name ="Guardian captain">{{cite news
|title=Scolari delighted with Portugal victory over Brazil
|url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6398205,00.html
|first=Mike
|last=Collett
|publisher=The Guardian
|date=
}}</ref>

===World Cup incident===

On ] ], after the sending off of United team-mate ] in the ] between ] and Portugal, and after much speculation in the English media that he had influenced Rooney's red card, Ronaldo told reporters that he thought he "should get out of Manchester as the circumstances are not right to keep playing there".<ref name="muLeave">{{cite news
| title =Ronaldo intends to leave Man Utd
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/5120332.stm
| author =
| publisher = BBC
| date =]
| accessdate = 2006-07-08
}}</ref>

"I have told my agent I am prepared to leave. I want to do it in the best manner possible. I want to play for Real Madrid and dream of doing so," Ronaldo allegedly told the Spanish sports daily '']''.<ref>{{cite news
| title =Cristiano Ronaldo plans Real move
| url = http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200606/s1673309.htm
| author =
| publisher = Reuters
| date =]
| accessdate = 2006-07-10
}}</ref>
]
On ], he also told ], a Portuguese television channel, he cannot understand all verbal violence and pejorative speculation about him. Ronaldo declared he did not behave wrongly when Portugal defeated England and so cannot be blamed for defending his home country colours. He added that he cannot live and work in a place where people do not like him, so he would be glad to move out of ].

After England's elimination Ronaldo was attacked by the English tabloids. '']'' made a dart board with a picture of his wink in a similar fashion to the one made after the ] for ] by '']'', another English tabloid.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Beckham gives up armband
| url = http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/14955082.htm
| author = Luis Arroyave
| publisher = The Chicago Tribune
| date =]
| accessdate = 2006-07-10
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
| title = British press bids Eriksson `good riddance'
| url = http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5754016
| author =
| publisher = Associated Press
| date =]
| accessdate = 2006-07-10
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| title = Give Ron one in the eye
| url = http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006300479,00.html
| author = Tim Spanton
| publisher = The Sun
| date =
| accessdate = 2006-07-10
}}</ref>

Ronaldo has said that Rooney was a friend, and that he was not trying to get Rooney a red card.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Ronaldo: I never asked for Rooney red card
| url = http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=373109
| author = Tim Spanton
| publisher = The Sun
| date = ]
| accessdate = 2006-07-10
}}</ref> Rooney said, "I bear no ill feeling to Cristiano but am disappointed that he chose to get involved."<ref>{{cite news| title = Rooney Thanks Team-mates| url = http://worldcup.sportinglife.com/football/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/06/07/04/WORLDCUP_Rooney_Ronaldo.html| author = Matt Barlow| publisher = Sporting Life| date = ]| accessdate = 2006-07-06}}</ref>

Wayne Rooney was investigated by FIFA's disciplinary committee after being sent off during England's World Cup quarter-final defeat against Portugal, banned for two competitive matches and fined 5,000 ]s (£2,207).

After the match Ronaldo admitted reports that ] were interested in him were correct, and was now more likely to go to the Spanish club or elsewhere over the summer transfer period.<ref>{{cite news
| title = World-Ronaldo's future at Manchester United in doubt
| url = http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldFootballNews&storyID=2006-07-01T214514Z_01_L01398402_RTRIDST_0_SPORT-SOCCER-WORLD-RONALDO-REAL.XML
| author =
| publisher = Reuters
| date = ]
| accessdate = 2006-07-10
}}</ref>

On ], in the semi-final against ], which ] lost 1-0, Ronaldo was loudly booed each time he had possession of the ball, by French and English fans alike. Several reports accused Ronaldo (and other members of his side) of trying to influence the referee by ].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch_fullscreen?video_id=l3TJyMPcI8g&l=46&t=OEgsToPDskLY1QRlZiQwAwgoJPINeovl&fs=1&title=Portugal%20have%20a%20dive
|title = Portugal have a Dive
| accessdate = 2006-07-20
| author = youtube.com }}</ref><ref name=dive1>{{cite news
| title = Diving threatens to ruin game
| url = http://www.eurosport.com/football/worldcup/2006/sport_sto920730.shtml
| author = Mike Hytner
| publisher = Eurosport
| date =]
| accessdate = 2006-07-10
}}</ref><ref name=dive2>{{cite news
| title = Semifinal act
| url = http://washingtontimes.com/sports/20060706-120346-1861r.htm
| author = John Haydon
| publisher = The Washington Times
| date =]
| accessdate = 2006-07-06
}}</ref><ref name=dive3>{{cite news
| author = Martyn Ziegler
| url = http://worldcup.sportinglife.com/football/features/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/06/07/05/WORLDCUP_Portugal_Overview.html
| title = NO FOND FAREWELL FOR SCOLARI
| publisher = Sporting Life
| date = ]
| accessdate = 2006-07-10
}}</ref><ref name=dive4>{{cite news
| author = Bruce Crumley
| url = http://www.time.com/time/europe/2006/wcup/070506,franceportugal.html
| title = Hungry to the final whistle
| publisher = Time
| date = ]
| accessdate = 2006-07-06
}}</ref> There have been similar accusations in the past, and Ronaldo has been booked for the offence more than once in the English Premiership.<ref name=dive5>{{cite news
| author = Henry Winter
| url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/04/18/sfgnew18.xml
| title = Ferguson's men script a showdown
| publisher = The Daily Telegraph
| date = ]
| accessdate = 2006-07-06
}}</ref><ref name=dive6>{{cite news
| author = Roy Collins
| url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2004/01/18/sfgwol18.xml
| title = Wolves turn the tables on United
| publisher = The Daily Telegraph
| date = ]
| accessdate = 2006-07-06
}}</ref><ref name=dive7>{{cite news
| author = Tim Rich
| url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/04/21/sfgeve21.xml
| title = Two sent off as United receive history lesson
| publisher = The Daily Telegraph
| date = ]
| accessdate = 2006-07-06
}}</ref> Shortly after he dropped back to second place in the online voting for Best Young Player, it was reported by BBC Sport that this was partly because of an email campaign by an England supporter urging people to vote for ], who was the second place player to prevent Ronaldo from winning the award.<ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5153870.stm
|title=Supporters 'hijack' Ronaldo vote
|publisher=BBC
|accessdate=2006-07-10
|date=]
}}</ref> Though the online vote only affected the nomination process, FIFA Technical Study Group awarded the honours to ] ], citing Ronaldo's behaviour as a factor.<ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5157434.stm
|title=Podolski beats Ronaldo to award
|publisher=BBC
|accessdate=2006-07-10
|date=]
}}</ref>

On ], United released a statement saying "The club can confirm there is no possibility of Cristiano being sold. Cristiano recently signed a new contract until 2010 and the club fully expects him to honour that contract. The club will not listen to any offers for Cristiano," and on ], Sir Alex Ferguson said, "Cristiano will be coming back," while ] manager ] said, "If he stays in England, I think he can turn things around."<ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=373773&cc=5901
|title=United Won't Listen to Ronaldo Offers
|publisher=ESPNsoccernet
|accessdate=2006-07-12
|date=]
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5791538
|title=Fergie: Ronaldo will be back
|publisher=FoxSoccer.com
|accessdate=2006-07-17
|date=]
}}
</ref> In addition, ] sent assistant boss ] to Portugal, hoping to change the young player's mind,<ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=4297
|title=Ferguson sends Man Utd No2 Queiroz to Ronaldo meeting
|publisher=Tribal Football
|accessdate=2006-07-11
|date=]
}}</ref> and Rooney pleaded with Ronaldo not to leave the team, and to let their differences rest.<ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=4004
|title=Rooney pleads with Ronaldo not to quit Man Utd
|publisher=Tribal Football
|accessdate=2006-07-11
|date=]
}}</ref> Ultimately, Ronaldo stayed at Manchester United for the 2006-07 season.


==Personal life== ==Personal life==

Revision as of 11:48, 26 April 2007

Cristiano Ronaldo
Personal information
Full name Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Right/Left Winger
Forward
Team information
Current team Manchester United
Number 7
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 28, 2007

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH (pron. IPA or ), (born 5 February, 1985), better known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a professional Portuguese footballer, who plays for Manchester United F.C. and Portugal.

In addition to these accolades, he also been awarded the 2007 Portuguese Footballer of the Year.


Personal life

In October 2005, Ronaldo and another man were questioned by police for an alleged sexual assault. Ronaldo denied the accusation and the Crown Prosecution Service stated there was insufficient evidence to press charges.

Ronaldo has done charity work, as well as flying out Martunis, an 11-year-old Indonesian tsunami survivor and his father to attend one of their World Cup qualifiers in June 2005; covering all their expenses. Subsequently all the players contributed money to buy them a house in Indonesia.

Cristiano opened fashion shop "CR7" to his hometown Funchal in February, 2006. His elder sisters are the manager in the shop.

After the two World Cup qualifiers, Ronaldo flew to Indonesia to visit the areas affected by the tsunami and to raise funds. He met the Vice President of the Indonesian Republic Jusuf Kalla and the President of East Timor Xanana Gusmão, and raised £66,000 (about $120,000 USD) by auctioning off his personal sports gear in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Career stats

(Correct as of 15 April 2007)

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season Domestic League Domestic Cups Europe Total
Apps Goals Assts Apps Goals Assts Apps Goals Assts Apps Goals Assts
Manchester United 2006-07 29 16 13 7 3 1 9 2 5 45 21 19
2005-06 33 9 6 6 2 1 8 1 0 47 12 7
2004-05 33 5 4 9 4 - 8 0 - 50 9 4
2003-04 28 4 4 6 2 0 5 0 - 39 6 4
Total 181 48 34
Sporting Clube de Portugal 2002-03 25 3 - - - - - - - 25 3 -

References

  1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany - Player Profile Page - CRISTIANO RONALDO - Portugal". FIFAworldcup.com. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
  2. "Ronaldo will not face rape charge". BBC. 2005-11-24. Retrieved 2006-07-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. "Cristiano Ronaldo: "United can win the title"". FIFA.com. 2005-02-28. Retrieved 2006-07-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. Dyah Ayu Wanodyasari (2005-06-27). "Revisit the Tsunami Victim: a Little Miracle for Little Martunis". Blogcritics.org. Retrieved 2006-07-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. "Ronaldo will wait on United deal". Soccernet. 2005-06-23. Retrieved 2006-07-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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Preceded byNone FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year
2005, 2006 		Succeeded byIncumbent
Preceded byWayne Rooney PFA Young Player of the Year
2007 		Succeeded byincumbent
Preceded bySteven Gerrard PFA Player of the Year
2007 		Succeeded byincumbent
Preceded byWayne Rooney PFA Fans' Player of the Year (Premiership)
2007 		Succeeded byincumbent
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Portugal squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup fourth place
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