Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on 5th February 1985 in
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. The youngest of four children by mother
Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and his late father José Dinis Aveiro.
His mother worked as a cook and his dad was a humble gardener.
They lived in a run down shack in the working class district of Funchal. Funchal is now a modern City and the largest of the Madeira Islands. Cristiano’s mother Maria still lives there. Cristiano Ronaldo was named after former US president Ronald Reagan, who was his father’s favourite actor. Growing up he supported Benfica, arch rivals of the team he was to later join.
As a young child Ronaldo was obsessed with football. His mother would ask him if had any homework to do after school, Cristiano used to lie and say no. He just wanted to play football. While his mother was making dinner for the family Ronaldo would just grab some fruit and climb out of the window. Sometimes he would not come home till nine o’clock at night because he had been playing football.
He first club was the less well known Andorinha. They are an amateur club from Funchal
who allow local professional side Maritimo to play there youth team games on there pitch. Cristiano’s dad worked for Andorinha as a kit man. Ronaldo used to get teased by the other players as he would regularly cry when he passed the ball to a team mate and they lost possession or wasted a chance. Such was his determination to succeed.
Two seasons there left nobody in any doubt that Ronaldo had talent and at just 10 years of age two local professional clubs came calling; CS Maritimo and CD Nacional. The bigger of the two sides, Maritimo were favourites to sign the young kid but they missed a vital meeting which paved the way for Nacional. He spent two seasons winning the title in his second season, when Sporting Lisbon offered the 11 year old Ronaldo a trial.
It was a big decision for him and his parents to make as going to Lisbon would mean the young kid being away from his family and friends. It was either he goes to Lisbon or stay in Madeira and not get the same level of coaching. His mother was nervous about letting Cristiano leave but he wanted to go and develop with a bigger club.
Source: http://www.cristianoronaldo.org.uk/early-year/
They lived in a run down shack in the working class district of Funchal. Funchal is now a modern City and the largest of the Madeira Islands. Cristiano’s mother Maria still lives there. Cristiano Ronaldo was named after former US president Ronald Reagan, who was his father’s favourite actor. Growing up he supported Benfica, arch rivals of the team he was to later join.
As a young child Ronaldo was obsessed with football. His mother would ask him if had any homework to do after school, Cristiano used to lie and say no. He just wanted to play football. While his mother was making dinner for the family Ronaldo would just grab some fruit and climb out of the window. Sometimes he would not come home till nine o’clock at night because he had been playing football.
who allow local professional side Maritimo to play there youth team games on there pitch. Cristiano’s dad worked for Andorinha as a kit man. Ronaldo used to get teased by the other players as he would regularly cry when he passed the ball to a team mate and they lost possession or wasted a chance. Such was his determination to succeed.
Two seasons there left nobody in any doubt that Ronaldo had talent and at just 10 years of age two local professional clubs came calling; CS Maritimo and CD Nacional. The bigger of the two sides, Maritimo were favourites to sign the young kid but they missed a vital meeting which paved the way for Nacional. He spent two seasons winning the title in his second season, when Sporting Lisbon offered the 11 year old Ronaldo a trial.
It was a big decision for him and his parents to make as going to Lisbon would mean the young kid being away from his family and friends. It was either he goes to Lisbon or stay in Madeira and not get the same level of coaching. His mother was nervous about letting Cristiano leave but he wanted to go and develop with a bigger club.
Source: http://www.cristianoronaldo.org.uk/early-year/
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