Cristiano Ronaldo is a professional Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Juventus and captains the Portugal national team. He is often considered the best player in the word and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Ronaldo is not a born talent, but his passion for the game and his hard work makes him the best player in the world.
Accomplishments:
Cristiano Ronaldo has won 5 Ballon d’Or awards and 4 European Golden Shoes. He has won 29 major trophies in his career, including 6 league titles and 5 UEFA Champions League, one UEFA European Championship and one UEFA Nations League. He has most recorded hat-tricks in history (56), joint -most hat-tricks in UEFA Champions League (8). He has the most international goals by an active player (99), and the joint-most goals scored in the UEFA European Championship (9). He is the only player to score more than 60 goals in all competitions in 4 consecutive seasons. He has scored over 700 senior career goals for club and country.
At aged 18 he signed for Manchester United from his old club Sporting CP. After winning the FA Cup in his 1st season, he helped United win 3 successive Premiere League titles, the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup. In 2009, he signed for REAL MADRID in a transfer worth €94 million. Ronaldo won 15 trophies with Real Madrid. He is the top goal scorer of Real Madrid’s history. In 2018, he signed for Juventus, in a transfer worth an initial €100 million, the highest ever paid by an Italian club and the highest ever paid for a player over 30 years old. He won League title with Juventus in his debut season, of which he played an integral role.
With national team, Ronaldo is the county’s all time top goal scorer. He led Portugal to their first-ever triumph in a major tournament by winnig UEFA Euro 2016, and received the Silver boot as the 2nd highest goal scorer of the tournament.
One of the most marketable and famous athletes in the world, Ronaldo was ranked the world’s highest paid athlete by Forbes in 2016 and 2017 and the world’s most famous athlete by ESPN from 2016-2019.
Tactical Analysis:
Ronaldo is considered to be a complete player with his excellence in every aspect of the game.
Space Recognition: Ronaldo is so good with recognizing space to make a run and dash towards the goal.
Finding Space b/w Defenders: Ronaldo scores lots of goals by making runs in between the defenders.
Awareness: Ronaldo is aware of his surroundings, he checks his shoulders to keep eye on opponents, his teammates and free space. He also tracks down the position and movement of opponents.
Creating Space inside the Box: Ronaldo creates space inside the box by making quick runs in the opposite direction of the defense. He looks for the space inside the box to get an opening.
The Free Kick Taker: He is 1st choice of the team for taking free kicks. His Knuckle ball technique of taking free kicks is quite sexy and the movement of the ball is so good that if the ball goes in the net , then it’s an exquisite goal. Knuckle ball technique is used by very few players.
Diagonal Runs: Ronaldo makes diagonal runs to free himself from the defenders. This technique makes it very difficult for the defenders to either mark him or tackle him.
Insane Dribbling Skills: Ronaldo is arguably one of the best in the world when it comes to dribbling and one-on-one take-ons. Because of his dribbling skills, he was called show pony at Manchester United.
Ronaldo is overall a complete player.
Weaknesses:
Cristiano Ronaldo is a complete attacking monster. But his defensive contribution is on the weak side. He plays forward and very rarely comes back for defence.
But overall he’s a goal scoring machine and a great player.
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