Cristiano Ronaldo

 

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (born in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, February 5, 1985, aged 26 years) is a football player from Portugal. He is known as a winger from Manchester United from 2003-2009 before moving to Real Madrid on July 1, 2009 with record-breaking transfer of 80 million pounds made it as the most expensive player in football history. He usually plays as a left or right wing and center forward. He began to be called to the Portugal national team since 2003. 
Ronaldo was born in Madeira, Portugal, son of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and José Dinis Aveiro. He has a brother named Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Catia. Liliana Working as a singer with the stage name "Ronalda" in Portugal. [Citation needed] The second name given to Cristiano ("Ronaldo") is relatively rare in Portugal. [Citation needed] 
Ronaldo is a soccer player who can play with both feet [citation needed], which makes him able to play anywhere: right, left or through the middle. This resulted in Ronaldo and his fellow football players at Manchester United's Ryan Giggs can exchange positions. 
Ronaldo has superb technical ability. [Citation needed] In addition to the movement of multi-step-over, he also developed many other skills, makes him very agile and as a winger that can not be predicted movement. Besides the ability to process incredible ball, he is also expert in executing the dead balls, that's what made him become one of the most dangerous player for his opponent, he can score goals in any way. 

 

Careers young career (Junior) 
1993-1995 - Andorinha 1995-1997 - Nacional 1997-2001 - Sporting CP 

 Senior Career (Professional) 
2001-2003 - Sporting CP - 25 caps 8 goals 2003-2009 - Manchester United - 196 caps 84 goals 2009 - Present - Real Madrid - 40 caps 37 goals  
National Team 
2001-2002 - Portugal U17 - 9 caps 6 goals2003 - Portugal U20 - 5 caps a GLS 2002-2003 - Portugal U21 - 6 caps 3 goals 2004 - Portugal U23 - 3 caps 1 goal 2003-Present - Portugal - 78 Apps 25 Goals 

AWARDS Club 
Manchester United 
• Premier League: 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 • FA Cup: 2003-04 • League Cup: 2005-06, 2008-09 • FA Community Shield: 2007 • UEFA Champions League: 2007-08 • FIFA Club World Cup: 2008 
Real Madrid 
• Cup Copa Del Rey Individuals 
• UEFA Euro 2004 Team of the Tournament • Bravo Award: 2004 • FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year: 2004-05, 2005-06 • Portuguese footballer of the Year: 2006-07 • UEFA Team of the Year: 2003-04, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 • Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 2003-04, 2006-07, 2007-08 • FIFPro World XI: 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 • PFA Young Player of the Year: 2006-07 • PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2006-07, 2007-08 • PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2006-07, 2007-08 • PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08,• UEFA Champions League Top scorer - 2007-08, 2008-09 • FWA footballer of the Year: 2006-07, 2007-08 • Premier League Player of the Season: 2006-07, 2007-08 • Premier League Player of the Month: November 2006, December 2006, January 2008, March 2008 • Premier League Golden Boot: 2007-08 • Barclays Merit Award: 2007-08 • European Golden Shoe: 2007-08 • UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 2007-08 • UEFA Club footballer of the Year: 2007-08 • FIFPro World Player of the Year: 2007-08 • FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball: 2008 • Ballon d'Or: 2008 • FIFA World Player of the Year: 2008 • Onze d'Or: 2008 • World Soccer Player of the Year: 2008 • Ferenc Puskás FIFA Award: 2009

Cristiano Ronaldo

 

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (born in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, February 5, 1985, aged 26 years) is a football player from Portugal. He is known as a winger from Manchester United from 2003-2009 before moving to Real Madrid on July 1, 2009 with record-breaking transfer of 80 million pounds made it as the most expensive player in football history. He usually plays as a left or right wing and center forward. He began to be called to the Portugal national team since 2003. 
Ronaldo was born in Madeira, Portugal, son of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and José Dinis Aveiro. He has a brother named Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Catia. Liliana Working as a singer with the stage name "Ronalda" in Portugal. [Citation needed] The second name given to Cristiano ("Ronaldo") is relatively rare in Portugal. [Citation needed] 
Ronaldo is a soccer player who can play with both feet [citation needed], which makes him able to play anywhere: right, left or through the middle. This resulted in Ronaldo and his fellow football players at Manchester United's Ryan Giggs can exchange positions. 
Ronaldo has superb technical ability. [Citation needed] In addition to the movement of multi-step-over, he also developed many other skills, makes him very agile and as a winger that can not be predicted movement. Besides the ability to process incredible ball, he is also expert in executing the dead balls, that's what made him become one of the most dangerous player for his opponent, he can score goals in any way. 

 

Careers young career (Junior) 
1993-1995 - Andorinha 1995-1997 - Nacional 1997-2001 - Sporting CP 

 Senior Career (Professional) 
2001-2003 - Sporting CP - 25 caps 8 goals 2003-2009 - Manchester United - 196 caps 84 goals 2009 - Present - Real Madrid - 40 caps 37 goals  
National Team 
2001-2002 - Portugal U17 - 9 caps 6 goals2003 - Portugal U20 - 5 caps a GLS 2002-2003 - Portugal U21 - 6 caps 3 goals 2004 - Portugal U23 - 3 caps 1 goal 2003-Present - Portugal - 78 Apps 25 Goals 

AWARDS Club 
Manchester United 
• Premier League: 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 • FA Cup: 2003-04 • League Cup: 2005-06, 2008-09 • FA Community Shield: 2007 • UEFA Champions League: 2007-08 • FIFA Club World Cup: 2008 
Real Madrid 
• Cup Copa Del Rey Individuals 
• UEFA Euro 2004 Team of the Tournament • Bravo Award: 2004 • FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year: 2004-05, 2005-06 • Portuguese footballer of the Year: 2006-07 • UEFA Team of the Year: 2003-04, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 • Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 2003-04, 2006-07, 2007-08 • FIFPro World XI: 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 • PFA Young Player of the Year: 2006-07 • PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2006-07, 2007-08 • PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2006-07, 2007-08 • PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08,• UEFA Champions League Top scorer - 2007-08, 2008-09 • FWA footballer of the Year: 2006-07, 2007-08 • Premier League Player of the Season: 2006-07, 2007-08 • Premier League Player of the Month: November 2006, December 2006, January 2008, March 2008 • Premier League Golden Boot: 2007-08 • Barclays Merit Award: 2007-08 • European Golden Shoe: 2007-08 • UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 2007-08 • UEFA Club footballer of the Year: 2007-08 • FIFPro World Player of the Year: 2007-08 • FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball: 2008 • Ballon d'Or: 2008 • FIFA World Player of the Year: 2008 • Onze d'Or: 2008 • World Soccer Player of the Year: 2008 • Ferenc Puskás FIFA Award: 2009

Leonel Messi

  

Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi]; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team as a forward or winger. Considered one of the best football players of his generation,^[4][5][6] Messi received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21 and won both by the age of 22. He also won the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or at the age of 23.^[11] His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona, who himself declared Messi his "successor".

Messi began playing football at a young age and his potential was quickly identified by Barcelona. He left Rosario-based Newell's Old Boys's youth team in 2000 and moved with his family to Europe, as Barcelona offered treatment for his growth hormone deficiency. Making his debut in the 2004–05 season, he broke his team record for the youngest footballer to score a league goal. Major honours soon followed as Barcelona won La Liga in Messi's debut season, and won a double of the league and Champions League in 2006. His breakthrough season was in the 2006–07 season; he became a first teamregular, scoring a hat-trick in El Clásico and finishing with 14 goals in 26 league games. Messi then had the most successful season of his playing career, the 2008–09 season, in which he scored 38 goals to play an integral part in a treble-winning campaign. This record breaking season was then eclipsed in the following 2009–10 campaign, where Messi scored 47 goals in all competitions, equalling Ronaldo's record total for Barcelona. He surpassed this record in the 2010–11 season.

Messi was the top scorer of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship with six goals, including two in the final game. Shortly thereafter, he became an established member of Argentina's senior international team. In 2006, he became the youngest Argentine to play in the FIFA World Cup and he won a runners-up medal at the Copa América tournament the following year. In 2008, in Beijing, he won his first international honour, an Olympic gold medal, with the Argentina Olympic football team.

Career statistics

Club

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals	Assists
Argentina	2005	5	0	0
	2006	7	2	1
	2007	13	6	3
	2008	8	2	1
	2009	10	3	2
	2010	10	2	2
	2011	2	1	2
Total		55	16	11

International goals

Under–20

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first.^[196][197]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 June 2005	Arke Stadion, Enschede, Netherlands	Egypt	1–0	2–0	2005 World Youth Championship
2	22 June 2005	Univé Stadion, Emmen, Netherlands	Colombia	1–1	2–1	2005 World Youth Championship
3	24 June 2005	Arke Stadion, Enschede, Netherlands	Spain	3–1	3–1	2005 World Youth Championship
4	28 June 2005	Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht, Netherlands	Brazil	1–0	2–1	2005 World Youth Championship
5	2 July 2005	Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht, Netherlands	Nigeria	1–0	2–1	2005 World Youth Championship
6	2 July 2005	Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht, Netherlands	Nigeria	2–1	2–1	2005 World Youth Championship

Under–23

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 August 2008	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China	Côte d'Ivoire	1–0	2–1	2008 Summer Olympics
2	16 August 2008	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China	Netherlands	1–0	2–1	2008 Summer Olympics

Senior team

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 March 2006	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Croatia	2–1	2–3	Friendly
2	16 June 2006	WM-Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Serbia and Montenegro	6–0	6–0	2006 World Cup
3	5 June 2007	Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain	Algeria	2–2	4–3	Friendly
4	5 June 2007	Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain	Algeria	4–2	4–3	Friendly
5	8 July 2007	Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara, Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Peru	2–0	4–0	2007 Copa América
6	11 July 2007	Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela	Mexico	2–0	3–0	2007 Copa América
7	16 October 2007	José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	Venezuela	2–0	2–0	2010 World Cup qualification
8	20 November 2007	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia	Colombia	1–0	1–2	2010 World Cup qualification
9	4 June 2008	Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States	Mexico	2–0	4–1	Friendly
10	11 October 2008	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Uruguay	1–0	2–1	2010 World Cup qualification
11	11 February 2009	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France	France	2–0	2–0	Friendly
12	28 March 2009	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Venezuela	1–0	4–0	2010 World Cup qualification
13	14 November 2009	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid, Spain	Spain	1–1	1–2	Friendly
14	7 September 2010	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Spain	1–0	4–1	Friendly
15	17 November 2010	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Brazil	1–0	1–0	Friendly
16	9 February 2011	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Portugal	2–1	2–1	Friendly

Awards and honours

Club

Barcelona :

La Liga: 4 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 Copa del Rey: 1 2009 Supercopa de España: 4 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 UEFA Champions League: 2 2006, 2009 UEFA Super Cup: 1 2009 FIFA Club World Cup: 1 2009 Argentina FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1 2005 Olympic Gold Medal: 1 2008  

Individual

Ballon d'Or: 2 2009, 2010 FIFA World Player of the Year: 1 2009 FIFA Team of the Year: 3 2008, 2009, 2010 U-21 European Footballer of the Year: 1 2007 La Liga Player of the Year: 2 2009, 2010 La Liga top goalscorer: 1 2010 Copa del Rey top goalscorer: 1 2011 La Liga Foreign Player of the Year: 3 2007, 2009, 2010 La Liga Ibero-American Player of the Year: 3 2007, 2009, 2010 European Golden Shoe: 1 2010 UEFA Champions League top goalscorer: 2 2009, 2010 UEFA Champions League Player of the Year: 1 2009 UEFA Champions League Forward of the Year: 1 2009 UEFA Team of the Year: 3 2008, 2009, 2010 Footballer of the Year of Argentina: 5 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 201 FIFPro World Player of the Year: 2 2009, 2010 FIFPro World Young Player of the Year: 3 2006, 2007, 2008 FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year: 2 2007, 2008 FIFPro World XI: 4 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 FIFA U-20 World Cup Player of the Tournament: 1 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup top goalscorer: 1 2005 Copa América Young Player of the Tournament: 1 2007 World Soccer Player of the Year: 1 2009 World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 3 2006, 2007, 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 1 2009 ESM Team of the Year: 4 2005-06, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 Marca Leyenda: 1 2009 Tuttosport Golden Boy: 1 2005 UEFA best goal of the year: 1 2007         

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi

Leonel Messi

  

Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi]; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team as a forward or winger. Considered one of the best football players of his generation,^[4][5][6] Messi received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21 and won both by the age of 22. He also won the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or at the age of 23.^[11] His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona, who himself declared Messi his "successor".

Messi began playing football at a young age and his potential was quickly identified by Barcelona. He left Rosario-based Newell's Old Boys's youth team in 2000 and moved with his family to Europe, as Barcelona offered treatment for his growth hormone deficiency. Making his debut in the 2004–05 season, he broke his team record for the youngest footballer to score a league goal. Major honours soon followed as Barcelona won La Liga in Messi's debut season, and won a double of the league and Champions League in 2006. His breakthrough season was in the 2006–07 season; he became a first teamregular, scoring a hat-trick in El Clásico and finishing with 14 goals in 26 league games. Messi then had the most successful season of his playing career, the 2008–09 season, in which he scored 38 goals to play an integral part in a treble-winning campaign. This record breaking season was then eclipsed in the following 2009–10 campaign, where Messi scored 47 goals in all competitions, equalling Ronaldo's record total for Barcelona. He surpassed this record in the 2010–11 season.

Messi was the top scorer of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship with six goals, including two in the final game. Shortly thereafter, he became an established member of Argentina's senior international team. In 2006, he became the youngest Argentine to play in the FIFA World Cup and he won a runners-up medal at the Copa América tournament the following year. In 2008, in Beijing, he won his first international honour, an Olympic gold medal, with the Argentina Olympic football team.

Career statistics

Club

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals	Assists
Argentina	2005	5	0	0
	2006	7	2	1
	2007	13	6	3
	2008	8	2	1
	2009	10	3	2
	2010	10	2	2
	2011	2	1	2
Total		55	16	11

International goals

Under–20

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first.^[196][197]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 June 2005	Arke Stadion, Enschede, Netherlands	Egypt	1–0	2–0	2005 World Youth Championship
2	22 June 2005	Univé Stadion, Emmen, Netherlands	Colombia	1–1	2–1	2005 World Youth Championship
3	24 June 2005	Arke Stadion, Enschede, Netherlands	Spain	3–1	3–1	2005 World Youth Championship
4	28 June 2005	Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht, Netherlands	Brazil	1–0	2–1	2005 World Youth Championship
5	2 July 2005	Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht, Netherlands	Nigeria	1–0	2–1	2005 World Youth Championship
6	2 July 2005	Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht, Netherlands	Nigeria	2–1	2–1	2005 World Youth Championship

Under–23

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 August 2008	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China	Côte d'Ivoire	1–0	2–1	2008 Summer Olympics
2	16 August 2008	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China	Netherlands	1–0	2–1	2008 Summer Olympics

Senior team

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 March 2006	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Croatia	2–1	2–3	Friendly
2	16 June 2006	WM-Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Serbia and Montenegro	6–0	6–0	2006 World Cup
3	5 June 2007	Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain	Algeria	2–2	4–3	Friendly
4	5 June 2007	Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain	Algeria	4–2	4–3	Friendly
5	8 July 2007	Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara, Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Peru	2–0	4–0	2007 Copa América
6	11 July 2007	Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela	Mexico	2–0	3–0	2007 Copa América
7	16 October 2007	José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	Venezuela	2–0	2–0	2010 World Cup qualification
8	20 November 2007	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia	Colombia	1–0	1–2	2010 World Cup qualification
9	4 June 2008	Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States	Mexico	2–0	4–1	Friendly
10	11 October 2008	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Uruguay	1–0	2–1	2010 World Cup qualification
11	11 February 2009	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France	France	2–0	2–0	Friendly
12	28 March 2009	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Venezuela	1–0	4–0	2010 World Cup qualification
13	14 November 2009	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid, Spain	Spain	1–1	1–2	Friendly
14	7 September 2010	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Spain	1–0	4–1	Friendly
15	17 November 2010	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Brazil	1–0	1–0	Friendly
16	9 February 2011	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Portugal	2–1	2–1	Friendly

Awards and honours

Club

Barcelona :

La Liga: 4 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 Copa del Rey: 1 2009 Supercopa de España: 4 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 UEFA Champions League: 2 2006, 2009 UEFA Super Cup: 1 2009 FIFA Club World Cup: 1 2009 Argentina FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1 2005 Olympic Gold Medal: 1 2008  

Individual

Ballon d'Or: 2 2009, 2010 FIFA World Player of the Year: 1 2009 FIFA Team of the Year: 3 2008, 2009, 2010 U-21 European Footballer of the Year: 1 2007 La Liga Player of the Year: 2 2009, 2010 La Liga top goalscorer: 1 2010 Copa del Rey top goalscorer: 1 2011 La Liga Foreign Player of the Year: 3 2007, 2009, 2010 La Liga Ibero-American Player of the Year: 3 2007, 2009, 2010 European Golden Shoe: 1 2010 UEFA Champions League top goalscorer: 2 2009, 2010 UEFA Champions League Player of the Year: 1 2009 UEFA Champions League Forward of the Year: 1 2009 UEFA Team of the Year: 3 2008, 2009, 2010 Footballer of the Year of Argentina: 5 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 201 FIFPro World Player of the Year: 2 2009, 2010 FIFPro World Young Player of the Year: 3 2006, 2007, 2008 FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year: 2 2007, 2008 FIFPro World XI: 4 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 FIFA U-20 World Cup Player of the Tournament: 1 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup top goalscorer: 1 2005 Copa América Young Player of the Tournament: 1 2007 World Soccer Player of the Year: 1 2009 World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 3 2006, 2007, 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 1 2009 ESM Team of the Year: 4 2005-06, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 Marca Leyenda: 1 2009 Tuttosport Golden Boy: 1 2005 UEFA best goal of the year: 1 2007         

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi