Recently : Cristiano Ronaldo is not looking to stop even at the age of 39 as he continues to break the record with his incredible goal-scoring ability. The Portuguese star broke the record for most goals scored in a season in Saudi Pro League. He netted a brace in Al-Nassr’s last league stage match of the season as they beat Al-Ittihad 4-2 in Riyadh. Ronaldo took his tally to 35 goals in a season with the two goals as he broke the record of Abderrazak Hamdallah who netted 34 in the 2019 season while playing for Al Nassr. kuckad news.com
“I don’t follow the records, the records follow me,” Ronaldo captioned the post.
Cristiano Ronaldo confirms SPL top scorer award as he looks ahead to King’s Cup final
4 points to know about his life
As a 19-year-old, he was part of the Portugal Olympic squad that failed to make it past the group stages at Athens 2004.
Despite his name echoing in just about every corner of the world and his life followed attentively by adoring fans, here’s some things about Cristiano Ronaldo that you might not know.
1: Ronaldo’s Racing Heart
It is hard to imagine a footballing world in which Cristiano Ronaldo does not dominate it, but when he was just 15-years-old, premature retirement was a very real possibility.
Ronaldo was diagnosed with Tachycardia, which meant his heart would beat irregularly and, even when resting, would be racing.
In order to save his career, he had to undergo heart surgery.
“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,” his mother said.
While she had shared fears over his ability to continue player, Ronaldo didn’t share them, however, and was focused on playing again.
Incredibly, just a few days after surgery, he resumed training once again.
And, as they say, the rest is history.
2: The Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport
Madeira, an autonomous region of Portugal, is where Cristiano Ronaldo was born and raised before switching to Lisbon to embark on his professional career.
Ronaldo has always spoken fondly of the small island he came from, and in turn, Madeira wanted to honour their international superstar.
As well as the name-change, the airpot also commissioned a bust which went viral… for all the wrong reasons.
3: Cristiano Ronaldo LOVES Ricky Martin
That’s right.
Worldwide famous footballing sensation Cristiano Ronaldo just loves Ricky Martin, especially hit song Livin’ La Vida Loca.
He’s also admitted to being a fan of George Michael, Phil Collins, Elton John, and so on.
And in his early days at Madrid, he even had a playful jibe with Manchester based Oasis, claiming they were ‘no Ricky Martin‘.
Even though his son prefers notorious rival Lionel Messi, he still shares his love of Ricky Martin in this clip of them singing La Mordidita.
4: He has a lot of followers… a LOT
When you have the kind of notoriety that Ronaldo does, it’s natural that you will rack up a lot of followers across social media platforms.
But being number one in the world of footballing isn’t the only top spot he claims.
Ronaldo is the most-followed person on Instagram with 281 million followers, and he’s replicated that on Facebook with a cool 148 million followers.
Twitter is a slightly different story as pop-culture and presidency (courtesy of Barack Obama) takes centre stage, but he still sits comfortably in fifth has the most-followed sports figure on the platform.
Sir Alex Ferguson told Ronaldo that he would be taking over the shirt number from Beckham, despite being newly transferred to the club and aged just 18.
