Cristiano Ronaldo

I have watched Ronaldo for two decades, and my honest take is that his greatest gift is not talent but refusal, the refusal to plateau. The winger who dazzled in the Premier League rebuilt himself into a penalty-box predator in Madrid, then rebuilt again in Italy and Saudi Arabia as his legs changed. That capacity for self-revision is rarer than any trophy, including the Ballons d'Or on his shelf. I also think the rivalry with Messi was the best thing that happened to both men; each made complacency impossible for the other. A boy from Funchal who turned discipline into an art form, and that, to me, is the real CR7 story.

Name (English)

Cristiano Ronaldo

Name (Japanese)

クリスティアーノ・ロナウド

Reading

くりすてぃあーの・ろなうど

Born

February 5, 1985 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Ox

Origin

Funchal, Portugal

Height

185 cm

Occupation

association football player / fashion entrepreneur / model / athlete

Awards & achievements

• 2008 Ballon d'Or
• 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or
• 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or
• 2004 UEFA Team of the Year
• 2005 PFA Team of the Year
• 2004 Bravo Award
• 2006 Premier League Player of the Month
• 2006 Premier League Player of the Month

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://cristianoronaldo.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cristiano/
• Xhttps://x.com/Cristiano
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A6%E3%83%89

Tags

• association football player
• fashion entrepreneur
• model

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.