Cristiano Ronaldo
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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH (born 5 February 1985), better known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a professional Portuguese footballer, who plays for Real Madrid C.F. and Portugal's national team. Ronaldo has been Manchester United's most prolific outfield player with 42 goals in the 2007/08 season.
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- I don't play football just because I like it. I play because I've got an ambition to always win and be the best - to win every trophy and competition I'm part of.
I'll be happy when I win the Champions League, the World Cup and the European Championship. That is every footballer's ambition.
To finish my career and be able to say I did a good job overall, and say I was handsomely rewarded for it. That's it.
- We have a good chance - we are at the top of the league, Arsenal and ourselves. But I don't think it is just between the two teams. Chelsea and Liverpool are still there and are strong.
Quotes about Ronaldo
- He's a prat of a player and a prat of a person, and he will always do the little teams but when it comes to the big games he will cost them like he cost them the match against Arsenal last week, no I don't like him, I love him!
- Eamon Dunphy on Ronaldo
- We’ve had some great players at this club in my 20 years, but he’s up with the best.
- Sir Alex Ferguson compliments Ronaldo, as quoted in "Ronaldo has last laugh as penalty puts United into semi-finals" in The TImes (20 March 2007)]
- When you've got a player who does what he does at that pace this late in the game than you know you've got an invaluable talent
- I'm running out of words to describe this lad
- Andy Gray
- He's six-foot two, brave as a lion, strong as an ox and quick as lightning. If he was good looking, you'd say he has everything.
- The kid makes you sick. He looks the part, he walks the part, he is the part. He's six-foot something, fit as a flea, good-looking - he's got to have something wrong with him....Hopefully he's hung like a hamster! That would make us all feel better!
- - Ian Holloway "Holloway column" , BBC SPORTS(4 april 2008)
- There have been a few players described as the new George Best over the years, but this is the first time it's been a compliment to me."
- George Best, as quoted in "Funniest ever footie quotes" in The Sun
- When Ronaldo gets the ball, you can just leave him to it while he beats player after player!
- Ryan Giggs
- For me, he is an exceptional player.
- Cesc Fabregas on Ronaldo, as quoted in BBC News
- I have never played against anybody like that in my life - I was pleased to be taken off.
- Millwall's Robbie Ryan, who played Ronaldo in the FA Cup final of 2004
- He's a gift from heaven, he is truly a gift from heaven. Whatever he touches turns to gold.
- Commentator Alan Parry after Ronaldo's brilliant free-kick against Portsmouth
- Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United.