Top Eight Lesser Known Facts About Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest professional football players. He plays international football for Portugal and plays forward for Premier League Club Manchester United. He has several records on his name, and he always managed to stay in trend due to his brilliant performance. Ronaldo is one of the most beloved football players as well and is the highest following athlete on Instagram. However, there are still several things that his fans don\’t know about him. So, here are the Top Eight Lesser Known Facts About Cristiano Ronaldo. 

1: Cristiano Ronaldo\’s Full Name

Many fans don\’t know that the real name of Cristiano Ronaldo is quite lengthy. His full name is Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro. However, his name was abbreviated because Cristiano Ronaldo did the job for him perfectly. The father of Ronaldo named him after a former US President named Ronald Regan. Ronaldo\’s father really loved this guy and decided to name his son after him. 

2: Diagnosed With Racing Heart Issue

Ronaldo suffered from a racing heart issue at a really early age. At that time, he even thought he would never play football ever again. Fortunately, at the age of 15, Cristiano Ronaldo was diagnosed with racing heart disorder. He underwent life-changing laser surgery. As a result, Ronaldo returned to the pitch and decided to pursue his dream of becoming a footballer again. Now, CR is the highest international goal scorer of all time. 

3: The Story Behind CR7

Most of the fans believe that Cristiano Ronaldo used to wear No. 7 on the back of his jersey from the very beginning. When Cristiano Ronaldo joined Manchester, he was supposed to sport the No. 28 on his jersey. However, Alex Ferguson insisted Ronaldo take up number 7 on his jersey. He wanted Cristiano Ronaldo to fill up the shoes of the people who carried the same number in the past, like David Beckham and George Best, and that\’s how the journey of CR7 began. 

4: Most Decorative Footballer Of All Time

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most decorative international football players of all time. There is a reason why people consider Ronaldo the best football player in the world. He has won five Ballon d\’Or awards, four European Golden Shoes, and a total of 32 trophies in his career that included seven league titles as well. Ronaldo also holds the record for most goals in the Champions League, European Championship, and international goals by a male player. All these records made Cristiano Ronaldo one of the most decorative players of all time. 

5: Ronaldo Has A Clean Body

Nowadays, almost all professional athletes love to have tattoos on their bodies. Several successful football players like Neymar and Alves have tattoos all over their bodies. Many fans thought that tattoos would look good on Ronaldo\’s ripped body. However, CR always denies the idea of having tattoos on his body as it prevents him from donating blood. Ronaldo wants to donate blood as long as he is fit enough to do so, and hence he never gets any tattoos on his body.

7: Ronaldo Has A Really Big Heart

It goes without saying that Ronaldo is one of the most popular and richest football players that ever existed. He even topped the list of the highest-paid athletes back in 2014. Despite all that, Ronaldo never let his arrogance got the best of him. Cristiano Ronaldo is a man with a golden heart as he always uses his earnings for a good cause. Recently, Ronaldo hired three airplanes to help with the fire spread in the Amazon Forest. He even donated a handsome amount of money to Kerela relief funds as well. During the recent wave of the pandemic, Ronaldo turned his hotels into quarantine centers for the sake of the people. There were several more instances when Ronaldo came forward to help the people in need. 

8: Cristiano Ronaldo Was Expelled From School

In his early school days, Cristiano Ronaldo was used to be an angry man. Well, he is still quite aggressive on the field, but at that time, he used to show this aggression off the field as well. Ronaldo threw a chair on his teacher when he was only fourteen years old. As a result, he was expelled from his school. However, this incident worked in favor of Ronaldo as after this, and his mother advised him to channelize his anger in order to improve his football instead of causing trouble. Ronaldo certainly took his mother\’s advice, and now he is one of the greatest football players of all time.

8: Ronaldo\’s A Family Man

Along with a great professional life, Ronaldo has a great personal life as well. He is married to a beautiful model named Georgina Rodriguez. Ronaldo is a proud father of four children. However, there was a time when he got involved in a controversy regarding the identity of his firstborn, Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. Some people claimed Jr. was a result of the surrogate mother, whereas some claimed that he was a son of a waitress that Ronaldo waited at that time. 

So, these are some lesser-known facts about Cristiano Ronaldo. Keep coming back to Sports News International to get all the latest updates on sports and athletes.