Born Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro on 5 February 1985, a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Real Madrid and serves as captain of the Portuguese national team.

Ronaldo is the most expensive player in football history after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer deal worth £80 million. In addition, his contract with Real Madrid, in which he is to be paid £11 million per year over the following six years, makes him the highest-paid football player in the world.

On 16 June 2014, upon starting on the group stage match against Germany, Ronaldo became the first Portuguese to play in three World Cups.