Factbox on Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who
moved to Juventus from Real Madrid on Tuesday.
EARLY DAYS
* Born February 5, 1985 in Funchal, Madeira.
* Plays youth team football at Nacional before joining
Sporting Lisbon in 2002, arch-rivals to his boyhood
favourites Benfica.
MANCHESTER UNITED CAREER
* United manager Alex Ferguson signs the unknown
18-year-old for £12.24 million in August 2003 after
an outstanding performance against United in a pre-
season friendly in Lisbon.
* Named Manchester United's 2003-04 Player of the
Year in his debut season, picking up an FA Cup
winners medal.
* In 2006-07 Manchester United win the title and
Ronaldo is named Portugal's Footballer of the Year
and England's Footballer of the Year.
* Celebrates League and Champions League double in
the 2007-08 season, finishing as Europe's top goal
scorer with 42 goals and winning several domestic
awards including England's player of the season.
* Caps 2008 season by being voted World Footballer
of the Year having already become just the third
Portuguese to win Europe's Ballon d'Or award
following Eusebio in 1965 and Luis Figo in 2000.
* In 2008-09 helps United to the Premier League title,
League Cup, Club World Cup and Champions League
final, which they lose 2-0 to Barcelona.
* Scores 118 goals in 291 appearances for United.
REAL MADRID CAREER
* Signed for £80 million from Manchester United in
2009, Cristiano Ronaldo was the world's most
expensive signing at the time.
* Nets 26 goals in 29 La Liga appearances in
2009-10 and seven in six Champions League outings
but Real finish the season without any major
silverware and coach Manuel Pellegrini is sacked and
replaced by Ronaldo’s compatriot Jose Mourinho.
* Scores a Spanish record 40 goals in 34 games in
2010-11.
* Increases his best tally for a La Liga season to 46
goals in 38 games in 2011-12 but is surpassed by
Barca forward Lionel Messi, who scores 50 in 37
games. Real win La Liga.
* Has a poor season by his standards in 2012-13
and Real fail to win major silverware, prompting
Mourinho’s exit.
* Scores a single-season record 17 goals in the
Champions League in 2013-14 as Real secure a 10th
European title. Nets a penalty in the final in a 4-1 win
over Atletico Madrid after extra time.
* Wins the Ballon d'Or award in 2008, 2013, 2014
and 2016.
* Scores the decisive spot kick in penalty shootout
against Atletico to give Real their 11th Champions
League title in 2016.
* Becomes first player in Champions League history
to score 100 goals as he scores a hat-trick in the
quarterfinal second leg against Bayern Munich in
April 2017.
* Scores two goals against Juventus en route to their
12th Champions League victory at Cardiff. Becomes
the first player to score in three finals.
* Ends season with 42 goals in all competitions to
help Real secure their third league and European cup
double, a first since 1957/58.
* Claims fifth Ballon d'or in December 2017. Joins
Lionel Messi as the only players to have won it five
times.
* Becomes first player to win five Champions League
titles after Real beat Liverpool 3-1 in Kiev. He won
four with Real and one with Manchester United.
* Ronaldo is Real Madrid's all-time top scorer with
451 goals in nine seasons, winning 16 trophies.
PORTUGAL
* Makes Portugal debut in 1-0 friendly win over
Kazakhstan in August 2003
* Helps hosts Portugal to runners-up spot at the
2004 European championship.
* Portugal are eliminated from the 2010 World Cup by
Spain in the last 16 and Ronaldo spits at a television
cameraman as he walks off the pitch.
* Helps Portugal to the Euro 2012 semifinals, where
they are again knocked out by Spain, this time on
penalties. Ronaldo does not get to take a spot kick
due to misses by his teammates.
* Portugal go out in the group stage at the 2014
World Cup with Ronaldo clearly struggling with injury.
* In March 2014 overtakes Pauleta's tally of 47 goals
to become Portugal's record scorer.
* In 2016, helps Portugal win their first European title
as they beat France 1-0 in the final.
* Scores 15 goals in World Cup qualifiers as Portugal
finish ahead of Switzerland on goal difference.
* Scores hat-trick in their opening World Cup game
against Spain, including an 88th minute free kick to
draw 3-3.
* Nets 85th international goal against Morocco to
become Europe's all-time top international
goalscorer. Only Iran's Ali Daei with 109 goals has
scored more.
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