Biography Portugal's best and Manchester United's darling midfielder, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was brought into this world on February 5, 1985 in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. His mother Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and father Jose Dinis Aveiro had four children. His parents decided to name this future famous footballer after someone that you wouldn't think a Portuguese family would normally consider. He was named after the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. A passionate desire to play on the field and an undying love for football, Cristiano's interest in the great sport of football started when he was just three years old. When Cristiano was around ten or so, word of his spectacular skills on the field was …show more content…
To Cristiano's fortune Manchester United was in dire need of a midfielder after superstar David Beckhman left to play for Real Madrid. The void created by Beckham was huge and Manchester United had to fill it up with a superstar who could take them to the promised land. After a lot of speculation and drama surrounding the replacement, Manchester United finally signed Cristiano Ronaldo after his stint with Sporting CP ended in 2003.From the very day Cristiano signed with Manchester United, his football career took off and hasn't slowed since. In the same year he also made his debut for the national team of Portugal playing in a match against Kazakhstan. In the following year, Ronaldo put up one of his best performances. In the World Cup qualifying games the superstar midfielder scored 7 goals and made his presence felt in the Portuguese national team. Only a year later in 2005, Cristiano Ronaldo netted 11 goals for his country in 25 appearances. Although the up and coming superstar was making waves in the international football stage, controversy hit in the 2006 World Cup and it involved someone that was closely linked to him at his club Manchester United. Manchester United teammate of Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, striker for the English squad received a red card in a very important match, England versus Portugal in the World Cup
The match began with a classy offload from Farah catching out the defence and forcing an eventual penalty.
He was named U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year in 2003. In 2004 Donovan became the first man to be named U.S. Soccer Athletes of the Year three years in a row, before returning to the Bayer Leverkusen first team in January 2005. After playing seven games with Leverkusen in the spring season, only two of which were starts, Donovan requested to leave the club. Despite a late offer from English Premier League club Portsmouth, Donovan expressed a desire to return to the United States. Upon him returning to MLS, San Jose was denied the chance to re-sign Donovan because Earthquakes general manager Alexi Lalas had traded away his rights. The Los Angeles Galaxy, his hometown team, were able to trade leading scorer Carlos Ruiz to FC Dallas to get on top of the MLS allocation order as Donovan prepared to leave Germany. Donovan signed a multi-year contract with Los Angeles that made him the highest-paid American player in the league. In his first season with the Galaxy, Donovan scored twelve league goals with ten assists and added four goals and an assist in the playoffs as the Galaxy won the MLS Cup. He was named to the MLS All-Time Best 11 after the season
Tiger Woods was born with the name Eldrick Woods on December 30, 1975, in Orlando, Florida. Early on, Tiger’s parents, Earl and Kultilda Woods, introduced their only child to the sport he has come to dominate, giving him a sawed-off putter to practice with as soon as he could stand up on his own. At the age of 8, he won the first of six Optimist International Junior World Titles. After perhaps the most remarkable amateur career ever—he won the U.S. Junior Amateur Championships in 1991, 1992, and 1993, and the U.S. Amateur title in 1994, 1995, and 1996—and two years at Stanford University, where he won the NCAA title, Woods turned pro in the summer of 1996.
Lionel Messi was born June 24th, 1987. He was born and raised in central Argentina and suffered from a growth hormone deficiency at a young age. At age 13 Messi moved to Spain to join Barcelona. Barcelona agreed to pay for all of Messi’s medical treatments. Messi quickly moved through Barcelona’s youth academy and made his debut in October at age 17.
Lionel Messi made his debut appearance for the first team 3 years later at the young age of 16. Although he wasn't always so great, many players and coaches agreed that he could become one of the finest players to ever play the game. His soft touch and dribbling ability made him one of the greatest young talents in the world. Leo was living up to expectations, becoming the youngest player to ever score a league goal at the time. With strict training and immense talent, Messi formed himself into the greatest player in the world at an early age and helped Barcelona win countless of awards.
been well recorded, and it sometimes affects his game too much.” Ronaldo sometimes argues with players and the referee that he ends up getting sent off early with either two yellow cards or a straight red card affecting his team and teammates with one less player on the field against a full eleven man squad. I see how people create stereotypes about professional soccer players because i watch almost every soccer game of Cristiano Ronaldo's soccer team and Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s soccer team both Real madrid and Paris Saint Germain. When watching the soccer games of Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain you could see where people create these stereotypes but most of the time professional players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic play
Edson Arantes de Nascimento (otherwise known as Pele), was born into a family in poverty in Brazil on September 23, 1940. The reason I chose to do Pele is because he is a great inspiration because of everything he has done in his life. His father was a soccer player. Pele’s first soccer ball was a sock full rags and he and his friends would boot it around all day. He dropped out of school in the 4th grade because the school master had caught him playing soccer during the school day.
In January 2013, Cristiano Ronaldo became Save the Children's new Global Artist Ambassador, in which he hopes to help fight child hunger and obesity. In March 2013, Ronaldo agreed to be the ambassador for The Mangrove Care Forum in Indonesia. Ronaldo became a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador in 2000. Cristiano Ronaldo has donated €1.5 million to Palestinian children in Gaza, the Arabic version of the club’s Classico network reports, he also sold most of his sports shoes at a Real Madrid Foundation auction which was also dedicated to raising funds for schools in Gaza. Brazilian Ronaldo has also supported numerous Israeli and Palestinian children’s charities and conducted a tour of Israel and the West Bank. In support of the victims of the 2010 Madeira flood, Cristiano Ronaldo
Firstly,in the early life of Ronaldo and Messi have almost the same life, they both were born from poor families,diagnosed at a young age,gotten help from other individuals to take treatments.However,Lionel Messi Was born in Rosario , Argentina ,was the third son in his family ,and was the smallest of his
First, Edson Arantes Do Nascimento Pele was born on October 23, 1940, in a small town called Tres in the Brazilian state of Minas. His parents were poor. Pele's father was playing soccer to get
Born on June 24, 1987, in Rosario, Argentina, Messi drew attention for his impressive soccer abilities at an early age. In his younger days he used to tag along when his two older brothers played football with their friends, unafraid by the bigger boys. At the age of eight, he was recruited to join the youth system of Newell's old Boys, a Rosario-based club. Noticeably shorter than most of the kids at his age, Messi was eventually diagnosed by doctors as suffering from a hormone deficiency that limited his growth. Growing up in a very comparatively poor, hardscrabble neighborhood, Messi's youth teams had to make do with makeshift playing fields. "The only grass on the field was within the corner," Messi remembers. "There wasn´t any grass in the middle of the field! it
On October 23 in Tres Coracoes Brazil, Edson Arantes do Nascimento known as “Pele” was born. Pele was living in the city of Bauru with his family when he was little but he grew up in poverty. His parents named him after Thomas Edison and was nicknamed “Dico”. Before he became a really good soccer player he started with a rolled up sock with rags stuffed in it. There is no origin with the name “pele”, his friends just started to call him that. Waldemar de Brito convinced his parents into letting him try out for the Santos professional soccer club when he was 15 years old.
Cristiano Ronaldo scores far more goals with his head, not afraid to go in where it hurts. He manages to apply great power to his headers and undoubtly is always going to be more effective in the air than Messi. This is due to the fact that Ronaldo stands at 6'1" while Lionel Messi stands at 5'6 ½". Messi scored the memorable second goal against Manchester United, one of England's best teams, in the 2009 Champions league final with his head. But that was the exception to the rule. Most of "La Pulga Atomica’s" (The Atomic Flea) goals come from his left foot. Lionel Messi has become a lethal intruder in the goalkeeper's area. If someone were to tell you that they've seen him gently push in 40 goals with one-touch kicks inside the goalkeeper's area the past two years, they wouldn't be exaggerating. When the play needs collected finishing, Lionel is right there to lightly push it home every time.
Cristiano Ronaldo is undoubtedly one of the greatest soccer players to ever step foot on a pitch. Throughout his career, he has managed to set records and win virtually every individual and team award possible with the exception of the World Cup. Ronaldo has won the FIFA Player of the Year Award (Ballon D’or) 3 times and is very likely to be on his way to a 4th come this January. What separates Cristiano from the rest of the world is his drive. He has always believed that he is the best and is never satisfied with what he has already accomplished. The main reason however, that I chose to write about Cristiano Ronaldo is because we have something in common. He was diagnosed with a heart problem at the age of 15 which threatened his
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, KBE (born October 23, 1940 in Três Corações, Brazil), best known by his nickname Pelé, is a former Brazilian football player. In his native Brazil, Pelé is hailed as a national hero for his accomplishments and contribution to the game,[2] in addition to being officially declared the football ambassador of the world by FIFA and a national treasure by the Brazilian government. He is also acknowledged for his vocal support of policies to improve the social conditions of the poor (when he scored his 1,000th goal he dedicated it to the poor children of Brazil). [3] During his career, he became known as "The King of Football" (O Rei do Futebol) or simply "The King Pelé" (O Rei Pelé). He was given the title of Athlete