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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr and the Portugal national team. Born: 5 February 1985 (age 38 years), Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça, Funchal, Portugal From his difficult childhood in Madeira to a glittering career at the top of world football, here are 10 facts you may not know about Ronaldo. 1. His Father Was Troubled Ronaldo father José Dinis Aveiro Dinis Aveiro, Ronaldo’s dad, was a war veteran. He spent a year in Angola during the Portuguese authoritarian regime’s war to keep its former colony in the mid-70s, although he never saw any action. He struggled with alcohol abuse for much of his life and even started selling his son’s signed Manchester United shirts to feed his habit. He died at 52 of liver failure in London in 2005, despite Ronaldo’s efforts to...