Cristiano Ronaldo – his whole name is Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro. He was born on 5th February 1985 in Funchal. He is a Portuguese. In his team he plays as an offensive midfielder but we usually see him as a forward. His well-known nickname Ronaldo was given by father in memory to the American president Ronald Reagan. Being just 8 he began his football career in 1993 in CF Andorinha. He played two next years there. Meanwhile, he managed to draw interest of clubs such as CS Marítimo and CD Nacional. In the end he joined the second one in 1995. Two years later after tests he joined a football school of Sporting CP. He made his debut in the senior team in 2002 during a match against Braga. Spotted by Ferguson who bought him to Old Trafford for 12 million pounds. He happened to have been the most expensive youngster in England. In 2003 he began his play in Manchester Utd. He made his first appearance in Red Devil’s team in 2003 against Bolton. As for national team, he made his debut on 20th August 2003 against Kazakhstan. So far he was called-up for European Championships 2004 and World Cup 2006. Currently he became the best scorer in qualifications to Euro in Austria and Switzerland scoring 7 goals. We all know his incident during World Cup in Germany. For the foul on Petit his current colleague from the team Wayne Rooney received a red card. Ronaldo himself demanded a card for the Englishman. The TV cameras caught however the moment after this action in which Cristiano winked at his colleagues from the bench. So you could think that cooperation between Ronaldo and Rooney is bad, but actually it isn’t. Both players complement each other very well and score plenty of goals. In 2007 Cristiano also received the prize for the Best Player of the Year from club colleagues and Prize of Sir Matt Busby for the Best Player of the Year. Ronaldo is known from showy and spectacular dribbling which impresses the whole world. Rarely do we see a defender who doesn’t have problems with stopping him.