Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM (European Portuguese: [kɾiʃˈtjɐnu ʁoˈnaɫdu]; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Juventus and the Portugal national team. Often considered the best player in the world and regarded by many as one of the greatest players of all time,^[4][5][6]Ronaldo has a record-tying five Ballon d'Or awards,^{[note 2]} the most for a European player, and is the first player to win four European Golden Shoes. He has won 26 trophies in his career, including five league titles, five UEFA Champions League titles and one UEFA European Championship. A prolific goalscorer, Ronaldo holds the records for most official goals scored in Europe's top-five leagues (405), the UEFA Champions League (121), the UEFA European Championship (9), as well as those for most assists in the UEFA Champions League (34) and the UEFA European Championship (6). He has scored over 680 senior career goals for club and country.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo with Portugal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro[1]
Date of birth	5 February 1985 (age 33)[2]
Place of birth	Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Juventus
Number	7
Youth career
1992–1995	Andorinha
1995–1997	Nacional
1997–2002	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2003	Sporting CP B	2	(0)
2002–2003	Sporting CP	25	(3)
2003–2009	Manchester United	196	(84)
2009–2018	Real Madrid	292	(311)
2018–	Juventus	15	(10)
National team‡
2001	Portugal U15	9	(7)
2001–2002	Portugal U17	7	(5)
2003	Portugal U20	5	(1)
2002–2003	Portugal U21	10	(3)
2004	Portugal U23	3	(2)
2003–	Portugal	154	(85)
Honours Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European Championship 2004 Portugal 2012 Poland & Ukraine [note 1] 2016 France FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 Russia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:45, 16 September 2018 (UTC)