How old was cristiano ronaldo when he started playing soccer. Just as is typical for the iconic athlete one goal wasnt enough for his debut and he ended up scoring two goals in the 3 0 victory at sportings old stadium. By daniel conroy on october 2 2019. In 2001 when ronaldo was just 16 years old manchester united paid more than 12 million to sign him a record fee for a player of his age.
In 1993 ronaldo began his football career playing for cruzeiro. Turin italy ap cristiano ronaldo bellowed out a loud expletive when he missed a chance at the end of the first half in italys first soccer match in more than three months. Cristiano received his name after a famous american actor and the us president ronald reagan.
Brazilian defender cafu on 17 year old ronaldo. He received his first golden ball award when he was mu forward. Asked in soccer historyinternational footballfamous peoplecristiano ronaldo.
Cristiano ronaldo started playing amateur soccer at the age of 8for a team called andorinha based in portugal. He led portugal to the 2016 european championship the first major international title in the countrys history. He also starred for the domestic clubs manchester united real madrid and juventus.
Asked in english football international football cristiano ronaldo. Ronaldo came to national public attention on 7 november 1993 scoring five goals in the game against bahia. In a game between sporting lisbon and moreirense on oct 7 2002 the 17 year old took moreirenses goalkeeper by surprise.
Cristiano ronaldos teams manchester united. The first goal that cristiano ronaldo scored on the big stage was a remarkable one. At the age of 18 he started to play soccer.
On 17 june 2020 cristiano ronaldo started in the coppa italia final against napoli although juventus suffered a 42 defeat on penalties following a goalless draw after regulation time. According to balague juventus early exit from the champions league has the serie a winners considering selling 35 year old superstar cristiano ronaldo before the start of the new season. On 22 june he scored a penalty in a 20 away win over bologna overtaking rui costa to become the highest scoring portuguese player in serie a history.