Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese soccer phenom Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on February 5, 1985 in Funchal, Madeira. As a free-scoring attacking midfielder, Cristiano Ronaldo is known for his fantastic technical skills that consistently leave defenders scratching their heads. Ronaldo plays as a winger for popular Spanish club Real Madrid and serves as captain of the Portuguese national team.

Ronaldo currently holds the distinction of being the most expensive player in soccer history after having transferred to Real Madrid from Manchester United in a deal reportedly worth $132 million...David Beckham who?

Amongst his countless individual accolades, Cristiano Ronaldo was selected as the FIFA "World Player Of The Year" in 2008. He also won the prestigious Ballon D'or award that year, which is awarded to the best player from a European club as determined by a panel of journalists from around the world.

He guided Manchested United to 3 consecutive English Premiership championships in 2006-2007, 2007-2008 and 2008-2009.

Ronaldo has been romantically linked to a number of famous beauties, including popular British actress Gemma Atkinson and notorious Hollywood socialite Paris Hilton.

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• Messi wins Ballon d’Or

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 157
  Barcelona forward Lionel Messi beat last year’s winner Cristiano Ronaldo into second place in the poll for Europe’s footballer of the year, organized by France Football magazine. Messi, 22, the first Argentine to win the prestigious trophy, becomes the sixth Barcelona player to take the award but the first for ...
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• Lionel Messi v Wayne Rooney v Cristiano Ronaldo v Kaka

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  How the Barcelona forward compares to his Ballon dOr rivals.
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• Real Madrid claim "laser attack" at Nou Camp

  
  Mad About Ftbol — Authority: 410
  Real Madrid mouthpiece Marca has officially become El Sun . The Madrid rag relegated the news of Lio Messi winning the Balon DOr on their front page to mentioning that the Merengue players were attacked by "an organized group of fans"with lasers. This affected both Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe. The Madrid sports ...
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• Messi wins Ballon D’Or almost unanimously

  
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  Messi wins Ballon DOr almost unanimously
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• Messi Wins Ballon d’Or

  
  La Liga Talk — Authority: 118
  As expected Lionel Messi succeeded Cristiano Ronaldo as the winner of the Ballon d’Or award. The Barcelona star comfortably won the prize but he admitted his surprise at the margin of victory as he received 240 points more than Cristiano Ronaldo who finished second. Messi was quite close to winning all 480 ...
  7 hours ago

• Barcelonas Lionel Messi named European Footballer of the Year

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Barcelona and Argentina forward beats last years winner Cristiano Ronaldo for prestigious Ballon dOr.
  8 hours ago

• Barcelonas Messi wins Ballon DOr

  
  Never Captain Nicky Butt — Authority: 428
  Barcelona forward Lionel Messi became the first Ballon DOr winner from Argentina last night, eclipsing runner up Cristiano Ronaldo (last years winner) by a 240 - point margin. Of the 10 finalists, 7 players ply their trade outside of the English Premier League - which got me thinking, who would you love to see ...
  9 hours ago

• Messi wins Ballon dOr by record margin

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  • Lionel Messi beats Cristiano Ronaldo by 240 points • Barcelona effectively boast four players in top five spots Lionel Messi has won the 2009 Ballon dOr, awarded to the European footballer of the year, after inspiring Barcelona to the treble last season. The forward was outstanding as the Catalan club won the ...
  12 hours ago

• Cristiano Ronaldo Sig #4

  
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  Title: Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid Author: IL-Caesar Size: 400 x 150
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• Football: The 2009 Ballon dOr shortlist

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images Kaka Milan, Real Madrid and Brazil 2009 club appearances 35 2009 club goals 12 2009 honours Fifa Confederations Cup Kaka ended his six-year stay at the San Siro with a £56m move to Madrid in the summer after leading Brazil to victory over the United States in the ...
  20 hours ago

• Cristiano Ronaldo sighting

  
  News - Mostbeautifulman.com — Authority: 140
  Cristiano Ronaldo takes his shirt off yesterday after being away for nearly two months because of an ankle injury. The Real Madrid Champion Leaguer played for roughly 21 minutes against FC Zurich and says he’s feeling good. (more…)
  21 hours ago

• Question Of The Day In La Liga

  
  La Liga Weekly — Authority: 470
  Why take Cristiano Ronaldo Off?You are in a 0-0 draw coming off a halftime whistle in which you have, if not dominated, then certainly played better than you opponent. You may not have secured... Looking to advertise on our site? Want to send us your comments? You can reach us at, owngoalnetwork[at]live[dot]ca
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• Luciano Moggi Had Signed Cristiano Ronaldo & Steven Gerrard For Juventus; Calciopoli Was Invented - Former Coach Gigi Maifredi

  
  Goal.com — Authority: 714
  A former Juve coach has spoken and some shocking revelations have been uncovered...
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• Ballon D’Or Quotes: Battle Of The Barcelona Stars

  
  Goal.com — Authority: 714
  There appears to be little doubt that the award goes to Barcelona this season. However, is Messis triumph a foregone conclusion? Can Xavi or Andres Iniesta rival the Argentinian for the top honour? Heres what the football world has had to say on the matter...
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• CRISTIANO RONALDO & LIONEL MESSI - CONNECTED

  
  SPANISH FOOTBALL & SPORTS — Authority: 434
  Funny how life pitches two people, in this case Sportsman & FootballPlayers, together to follow a same path. Destiny? I would´nt knowat all, but what I´m sure is that with the years & in retirement bothwill look back & thank their rival for pushing them on to theirhighest levels & prizes. One seems ...
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• Barcelona v Real Madrid

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic sends Barcelona top of La Liga on debut El Clasico match.
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• Real Madrid Star Cristiano Ronaldo Fell Short Of His 10 Or 20 Goals - Barcelona Defender Daniel Alves

  
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  The Brazilian hails a great win from the Blaugrana...
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• DTotD: Hypocrite gets served

  
  Dirty Tackle — Authority: 592
  During Barcelona’s 2-0 win over Real Madrid on Sunday, Andres Iniesta was shown telling Cristiano Ronaldo to shut his greasy head and giving him a little lovetap on the chest (which is as high as Iniesta can reach). After the match, Iniesta revealed that Ronaldo had the brain-melting gall to call him out for ...
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Carles Puyol the Differences as Barcelona Edges Past Real Madrid

  
  La Liga Talk — Authority: 118
  The hype, the pomp, the circumstance.  All of these rose to a higher level for this episode of El Clásico at the Camp Nou on Sunday evening.  Coming into this match, FC Barcelona turned their fortunes around in the UEFA Champions League with a 2-0 victory over Inter Milan.  The scoreline hardly gave any justice to ...
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• Supersub Ibrahimovic wins Clasico for 10-man Barca

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 157
  Swedish supersub Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the hero as 10-man Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 1-0 in an enthralling ‘El Clasico’ at Camp Nou to move top of the table by two points on Sunday. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who was exceptional, both started but it was Ibrahimovic, back from injury, who stole ...
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