Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most famous and successful footballers in the world. His father was an admirer of Ronald Reagan so he gave the name Ronaldo to his son. He is from Portugal and he is Portuguese. There are many things you don't know about Cristiano Ronaldo. So, here is the list of 10 things you don't know about Cristiano Ronaldo.
- Let's start with an easy one and one that you may have not realized, but Ronaldo was not the highest-paid soccer player in the world last year. Taking into account wages, bonuses, endorsements, commercial revenue, and other revenue streams, Ronaldo was actually the second-highest-paid soccer player in the world in 2019. He made £109 million, which is approximately $136.4 million. Who was number one? Of course, it was Ronaldo's archival Lionel Messi who made £120 million, or around $150.1 million last year. Now, there is another reason Ronaldo can hate the Barcelona star.
- Although Ronaldo was a clever child and really took to football, the school was not his strong suit. He was not a popular student with teachers at his local school and at the age of 14, was kicked out of school after throwing a chair at one of his teacher's head. After being expelled indefinitely, Ronaldo's mom Dolores, decided he should merely focus on soccer and not learning.
- Ronaldo has one of the best bodies of any athlete or celebrity in the world. He takes meticulous care of his physique through his fitness training regime. One of the reasons for his dedication to working out was his father's alcoholism. Ronaldo grew up with very little money in Portugal and his dad struggled with alcohol addiction and unemployment. Dinis, Ronaldo's father, fought in the Portuguese army in Mozambique and upon returning turned to the bottle most likely due to PTSD. According to Ronaldo's mother, Dinis was drunk nearly every day. Seeing this, Ronaldo chooses to abstain from alcohol which helped him achieve his amazing soccer career. Dennis died in 2005 due to liver failure at the age of 52.
- Sticking with Ronaldo's family, his mother Dolores revealed in a 2015 documentary titled, "Ronaldo", that she takes sedatives when watching her son play soccer. Dolores doesn't take tranquilizers due to being too nervous, but due to Ronaldo's incredible drive to win and the best. In the documentary, she stated it is difficult to be the mother of someone who must always win.
- Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have a long-standing feud. It is one of the biggest professional rivalries around and it is easy to see Ronaldo's distaste when being passed over for awards with Messi winning. According to Spanish soccer journalist Guillem Balague, who wrote the book "MESSI" in 2015, Ronaldo has a nickname for the Barcelona star. Ronaldo does not call his rival by name, rather, simply referring to his as "Mother Fucker", Balague wrote that Ronaldo would exile any teammate at Real Madrid seen sold by Real Madrid rather than his lack of on-field performance. After the journalist wrote in his book. Regardless, the relationship between Ronaldo and Messi is as cold as ice.
- Ronaldo and his dad Dinis had a fractured relationship due to the latter's drinking. As Ronaldo found fame with Manchester United, his father and his brother Hugo sold Ronaldo's jerseys that he sent back home just to scrape enough money together to but alcohol. Hugo now runs Ronaldo's Museu CR7, a museum dedicated to everything Ronaldo.
- You may not realize it, but Ronaldo has four children. The Portuguese soccer star keeps his kids out of the media limelight, but he could have ulterior motives for keeping his children out of the way. Ronaldo's most recent child was born to Georgina Rodriguez, but mysteries surround the mothers of Ronaldo's first three children. The mother of his first-born child was never revealed while the second and third came from surrogate mothers. Like many of Ronaldo's love interests, Rodriguez is a model and helping the soccer star raise all four kids
- Ronaldo has had a laundry list of love interests over the years. Two of the biggest names to feature on that list are Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian. Although it is unconfirmed if Ronaldo actually dated the pair, rumor has it that the soccer stud at least hooked up with them. In 2009, it is claimed Hilton hooked up with Ronaldo after she broke up with her. At the time Ronaldo was coming off of an £80 million transfer to Real Madrid and was major news. Hilton's career benefitted from it at the time. Around a year after the Paris Hilton hook-up, Ronaldo is said to have shared a vacation with Kim Kardashian in Spain. The holiday West. Ronaldo and Kardashian had a whirlwind romance but, in the end, it didn't work out.
- The great soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo may have never existed. His mother revealed in a 2015 interview that he was an unwanted child and she nearly had an abortion. At one point, Dolores attempted to have a miscarriage by drinking boiled black beer. Although it made her sick, she didn't have a miscarriage and as it turns out, gave birth to one of the greatest athletes of all time.
- It seems that every mega-sports athlete such as Kobe Bryant, Neymar, and Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of rape. Cristiano Ronaldo is no different. Ronaldo was accused of raping Kathryn Mayorga in 2009 during a trip to Las Vegas. In 2029, the former teacher and model raised questions about the validity of a confidential agreement she signed and $375,000 of hush money she received from Ronaldo in 2010. According to Mayorga's lawyers, she had learning disabilities in childhood which led her to be duped by Ronaldo's lawyers preventing her from pressing charges.
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