Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese soccer (football in Europe) player. His full name is: "Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro", but he's also known as simplyRonaldo, or CR7. He's one of the World's most famous sports athlete and he currently plays in Spain, for Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo started to play as a winger, but his position now can also be as forward/striker. Ronaldo wears the number 7 on his Real Madrid jersey, as well as in the Portuguese National team.

Cristiano Ronaldo was born in the 5th of February 1985 and he's currently 26 years old. He became the World's most expensive football player in History, after being tranfered from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009, for a transfer feeof 94 million euros (around 80 million pounds and 132 million US dollars).

As of September of 2011, Cristiano Ronaldo stats are already truly remarkable, as he had 415 career appearences and a total of 213 goals and 71 assists. Cristiano Ronaldo has already won 10 club trophies (titles), while playing for Manchester United and Real Madrid:
- 3 Premier Leagues (2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09)
- 1 FA Cup (2003-04)
- 2 League Cups (2005-06, 2008-09)
- 1 FA Community Shield (2007)
- 1 UEFA Champions League (2007-08)
- 1 FIFA Club World Cup (2008)
- 1 Copa del Rey (2010-11)

For those who still ask yourselves the question about who is Cristiano Ronaldo, you may give a check to Ronaldo full and updated biography. Cristiano Ronaldois expected to keep playing soccer (football) at a professional level for the next decade and pursuing his dream of becoming one of the best football players in History, alongside with the likes of Pelé or Maradona. 

Cristiano Ronaldo is from Portugal, since he was born in a Portuguese Island called Madeira, Funchal. To be more precise, Cristiano Ronaldo was born in Santo António, which is a small neighborhood in Madeira. He's the son of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and José Dinis Aveiro.

Cristiano Ronaldo has some family roots from Cape Verde, since that's where his great grand-mother was from. Ronaldo lived in Madeira until he turned 12 (1997), before leaving his island to the mainland, to start playing for Sporting C.P., one of the biggest football clubs in Portugal.

Even though Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the World's most famous celebrity, some people still thinks that Ronaldo is from Spain, just because their geography knowledge isn't good enough to put Portugal in the map. For those who have doubts about where is Cristiano Ronaldo from, you can write it down that he is from Portugal, an independent European country, that is located near Spain in the map.

For a more complete information on where is Cristiano Ronaldo from, you can check CR7's biography.