Is Ronaldo this Generations Greatest Player..??

Cristiano Ronaldo won his 3^rd ballon d’or this year cementing his place as one of the world’s greatest footballer’s, and potentially the best of all time. 

Born on the 5^th of February 1985 in Madeira Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo has played for Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United and is currently at Real Madrid.  In 2003 Manchester United paid 12 million pound to sign him when he was only 18 years old, showing incredible faith in the talents of such a young player.  Since his Manchester United move he has gone on to break many records and scored some incredible goals. With Real Madrid he has broken the record for the most hat-tricks in the la liga, scoring 23 in total more than any other player in the league’s history.

Is Ronaldo the greatest player of all-time..??

Before he played for great teams like Manchester United, Real Madrid and Sporting Lisbon he played for Madeira as a child, the local team in the town where he grew up. When he was 12 he moved 600 miles to Lisbon to play for Sporting Lisbon’s youth team and some of his team mates made fun of his Madeiran accent.

Real Madrid signed him for a record breaking £80million transfer from Manchester United but that record was recently broken when the same team paid £85 million for Gareth Bale.

 

When Ronaldo was at Manchester United he had a strong relationship with former boss Sir Alex Ferguson. Ferguson said in an interview that ‘Ronaldo is the greatest player I ever worked with’ praise indeed from a manager who has worked with players such as Beckham, Scholes, Giggs and Cantona.

 

Sir Alex described Ronaldo as the best he's ever worked with

When Ronaldo was at Manchester United he won the Premier League Title, the Champions League , Community Shield, FA Cup, Club World Cup, as well as individual awards the ballon d’or, golden boot, and pfa player of the year.

At Real Madrid he has won the La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and recently added 'la decima' Real Madrid's tenth European Cup success. 

Ronaldo has won everything there is to win but the only thing is missing is success at International level with Portugal.  The only blip on the superstar’s record is perhaps the 2004 European Championship Finals where Portugal lost one nil to Greece in the final - made even more disappointing due to the fact the tournament was held in Portugal, Ronaldo’s home country

Ronaldo recently turned 30 years old, still at the peak of his career who knows how many more ballon d'or's this incredible player could potentially win.





by Jamie Forrester