4 Facts About Cristiano Ronaldo That You Did Not Know

Full name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Date of birth: 5 February 1985 (age 31)
Place of birth Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Presently he is playing Real Madrid Club, as a forward player and his jersey no. is No. 7.

Ronaldo was born in Santo António, a neighbourhood of Funchal, Madeira, the youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, a cook, and José Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener. His second given name, “Ronaldo”, was chosen after then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who was his father’s favourite actor. He has one elder brother, Hugo and two elder sisters, Elma and Liliana Cátia. His great-grandmother Isabel da Piedade was from Cape Verde. The family was staunchly Catholic. He grew up in poverty, sharing a room with his brother and sisters.

Some Facts About Cristiano Ronaldo You Might Not Know:

1. He never wanted to wear his Jersey No. 7:

No. 7 was offered to him when he joined Manchester United in 2002-2003. The reason behind “Why he don’t want to wear no.7 jersey” is, he was worried about the no.7 jersey was worn by club legends like Johnny Berry, George Best, Steve Coppell, Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona and David Beckham.
“After I joined, the manager asked me what number I’d like,” he told The Sun. “I said 28. But Ferguson said No, you’re going to have No. 7,’ and the famous shirt was an extra source of motivation.I was forced to live up to such an honour.”

2. No Tattoos, No Smoking and No Drinking:

This is a very rare case for a player at this level. He do not have any tattoos because he donates blood twice a year and does not want to affect that. No smoking and drinking because his father died of alcohol abuse problems, also because he says he doesn’t want to do something that will hinder his ability to play football.

3. He was diagnosed with Racing Heart ‘Almost Ended His Career at The Age of 15:

He was diagnosed with a racing heart at the age of 15, something that could have forced to retire his football career was started.
“His heart raced a lot when he wasn’t running, Dolores Aveiro, mother of Ronaldo later revealed. They used a sort of laser to cauterise the source of the problem. He was operated on in the morning and came out at the end of the afternoon.”
Later the surgery was successful and, he was discharged from hospital by the end of the afternoon and he started playing from the next day.

4. He’s also well known for his Jumps which higher that a basket player:

When he jumps, he can generates up to 5G of G-force on take off (from the source), which is five times greater than the power of a cheetah in full action. This enables him to reach heights of 44 cm in the air from a standing start and 78cm with a run-up , more than the average NBA player Jump. Even the researchers have found that his kicks accelerate four times faster than the APOLLO 11 Space Rocket at blast off.