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Here's a look at the life of professional footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.
Birthdate: February 5, 1985
Place of birth: Portugal
Birth name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Father: José Dinis Aveiro, gardener
Mother: María Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, cook
Children: with Georgina Rodríguez: Alana Martina, 2017; Bella Esmeralda and male twin (name unpublished, she died giving birth), 2022; via surrogate mother: Eva and Mateo (twins), 2017; with mother's name not publicly available: Cristiano Jr., 2010
All-time leading male goalscorer in international football.
First male player in history to score a goal in five different World Cups.
Portugal's all-time leading international goalscorer.
Winner of the Ballon d'Or for footballer of the year on five occasions (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017), and the European Golden Boot on four occasions (2007-08, 2010-11, 2013-14 and 2014-15 ).
One of his acts of charity was paying for brain surgery for a 10-month-old child. Other acts have included raising money for survivors of the 2004 Indonesian tsunami and paying for treatment for a 9-year-old cancer patient.
His father named him after American President Ronald Reagan.
Early 1990s – He joins the local amateur team Andorinha.
Late 1990s – He joins Clube Desportivo Nacional da Madeira, one of Portugal's leading professional football clubs.
Early 2000s – Signs with Sporting Clube de Portugal.
August 12, 2003 – Signs with Manchester United for £12.24 million ($19.7 million).
August 20, 2003 – Debuts with the Portuguese national team.
June-July 2004 – He represents Portugal in the Euro Cup and scores a goal in the first match of the tournament. This is his first major international tournament.
July 2004 – Play for Portugal during the Summer Olympics. Portugal is eliminated in the group stage.
2005 – Wins the FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year award.
October 2005 – He is under investigation for an alleged sexual assault but is not pressing charges.
June 17, 2006 – Scores his first goal in a World Cup against Iran. Portugal wins 2-0.
2008 – Wins the FIFA World Player of the Year award.
2009 – Transfers to Real Madrid. The deal includes a transfer fee of £80 million (more than $130 million).
December 15, 2013 – He opens a museum dedicated to his football career in his hometown of Funchal, Portugal.
January 6, 2014 – He scores the 400th goal of his career.
January 20th, 2014 – He is appointed Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry.
October 17, 2015 – He officially becomes Real Madrid's all-time leading scorer in the club's 3-0 victory over Levante at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.
November 9, 2015 – The documentary “Ronaldo” premieres in London.
November 8, 2016 – Sign a “lifetime” endorsement deal with Nike.
January 2017 – He is named the inaugural FIFA Best Player of 2016.
June 13, 2017 – He is accused of defrauding Spanish authorities of $16.4 million in taxes between 2011 and 2014.
August 14, 2017 – According to the Spanish Football Federation, Ronaldo is suspended for five matches following his red card in Real Madrid's 3-1 victory over rival Barcelona. In addition to a one-match red card suspension, he will miss four more matches for pushing referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea as he was leaving the field.
October 23, 2017 – Wins the FIFA Best Player award for the second consecutive year.
December 7, 2017 – He claims his fifth Ballon d'Or, equaling the record set by eternal rival Lionel Messi.
July 10, 2018 – He leaves Real Madrid to join reigning Serie A champion Juventus, based in Turin, Italy, on a four-year contract and a $117 million transfer fee.
September 27, 2018 – Kathryn Mayorga files suit in Clark County, Nevada, accusing Ronaldo of raping her in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009. She seeks to void a settlement and confidentiality agreement that she says Ronaldo and his legal team forced her into. sign. Ronaldo denies the accusations.
January 10, 2019 – Las Vegas police spokesperson Officer Laura Meltzer confirms that in the course of investigating a rape allegation against Ronaldo they sent a warrant to authorities in Italy requesting a sample of his DNA.
January 22, 2019 – Ronaldo agrees to settle his tax fraud case with Spanish authorities by paying a $21.6 million fine and accepting a 23-month suspended prison sentence. Under Spanish law, first-time offenders can avoid prison time if the sentence is less than two years.
April 20, 2019 – Juventus beats Fiorentina 2-1 and is proclaimed Italian champion of Serie A. Ronaldo becomes the first player to win titles in the Premier League (with Manchester United), La Liga (with Real Madrid) and the Serie A (with Juventus).
May 8, 2019 – The lawsuit filed in Clark County, Nevada, accusing Ronaldo of rape is voluntarily dismissed by Mayorga. Larissa Drohobyczer, Mayorga's attorney, tells CNN that “we dismissed the state case because we filed identical claims in federal court because of the federal court's rules on foreign service, we basically just changed venues, but the claims remain.”
July 22, 2019 – The Clark County District Attorney's Office says Ronaldo will not face sexual assault charges in Las Vegas. The office says the allegations, which were first made in 2009, cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
August 16, 2019 – Federal court documents reveal that following Mayorga's 2009 rape allegation, Ronaldo paid Mayorga $375,000 in a settlement and confidentiality agreement. Mayorga asks the court to invalidate the agreement, alleging that Ronaldo and his legal team took advantage of his fragile emotional state to force her to sign it.
September 8, 2020 – He scores his 100th international goal in Portugal's Nations League match against Sweden, becoming only the second man in history to reach that milestone.
October 13, 2020 – He has tested positive for coronavirus, according to a statement from the Portuguese Football Federation.
August 31, 2021 – Manchester United confirms the signing of Ronaldo for the second time, completing his transfer from Juventus.
September 1, 2021 – He breaks the all-time men's international scoring record after scoring twice against Ireland in the Group A World Cup qualifying match in Almancil, Portugal.
October 6, 2021 – A federal judge is recommending that the rape case against Ronaldo be dismissed because Mayorga's lawyers improperly obtained and used information from leaked documents. On June 10, 2022, the case is dismissed. In 2023, Ronaldo will be reimbursed more than $300,000 for the legal fees he spent while defending himself. U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey ruled that the attorney representing Mayorga, Leslie Stovall, pay Ronaldo. The court found that Stovall owed the money after the lawyer was deemed to have harmed the footballer through “bad faith counsel.”
March 12, 2022 – He scores his 806th career goal against Tottenham, breaking the FIFA record for most goals in competitive matches in the history of men's football.
April 18, 2022 – Ronaldo and his partner, Georgina Rodríguez, announce that one of their newborn twins, a boy, has died.
November 22, 2022 – Manchester United announce that Ronaldo will leave the English Premier League club with immediate effect. The announcement comes a week after Ronaldo gave an explosive television interview about his frustrations at the club.
November 24, 2022 – With a goal in Portugal's first match against Ghana in Qatar, he becomes the first male player in history to score in five World Cups.
December 30, 2022 – The Saudi club Al Nassr announces the incorporation of Ronaldo to the team.
March 23, 2023 – Ronaldo breaks the all-time men's international appearances record after captaining Portugal in their Euro 2024 qualifier against Liechtenstein in Lisbon.
February 28, 2024 – The Saudi Arabian Football Federation announces that Ronaldo has been suspended for one match and fined for “provoking” fans at a Saudi Professional League match.
