Cristiano Ronaldo

Full Name:                    Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Birth date:                     February 5th, 1985
Age:                                31 years old
Birthplace:                     Funchal, Madeira - Portugal
Height:                           186 cm (1m 86cm)
Weight:                           84 kg
Field position:                Left/right winger, striker/forward
First professional club: Sporting Clube de Portugal
Career debut:                October 7th 2002, against Moreirense
Current club:                 Real Madrid (since 2009)
International team:       Portugal
International debut:      August 20th 2003, against Kazakhstan
Nicknames:                    CR7, CR9, Ronny

Early Life

Born Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro on February 5, 1985, in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, a small island off the western coast of the country, Ronaldo is the youngest of four children born to Maria Dolores dos Santos and Jose Dinis Aveiro. He was named after Ronald Reagan, one of his father's favorite actors.

Ronaldo grew up in a largely working class neighborhood in a small tin-roofed home that overlooked the ocean. His early life was shaped by hardship; his father, a gardener, often drank too much, and eventually died from kidney problems in 2005. To help keep the children fed, and maintain some financial stability, Ronaldo's mother worked as a cook and cleaning person.