Born Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, February 5, 1985, a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or a striker for Real Madrid and serves as captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo is the most expensive player in football history after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer value of £ 80 million agreement. In addition, his contract with Real Madrid, where he should be paid 11 million pounds annually over the next six years, made him the highest-paid in the world football player. At the beginning of his career, Ronaldo played for Andorinha, then moved to Nacional and in 1997, made a movement towards the Portuguese Sporting Clube de Portugal club. The precocious Talent of Ronaldo was noticed by Alex Ferguson of Manchester United, and he signed at the age of 18 years, for £12. 24 million in 2003 the following season, Ronaldo won his first title of the club, the FA Cup, and reached the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal, tournament in which he scored his first international goal. In 2008, Ronaldo won the League of Champions with United, and was named player of the tournament. He was appointed the Mondia FIFPro player of the year and player of the year FIFA, becoming the first Golden Ball of the Manchester United for 40 years.