Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, born on February 5th 1985 in Funchal (Madeira) and commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo or CR7, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portuguese national team Ronaldo was the most expensive player in football, Real Madrid paid 96 millions of euros to Manchester United His contract with the Spanish team is for years, he earns 13 millions of euros every year If another team wants him, it has to pay around 1000 millions of euros Wow… Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha, where he played for two years Then, he changed to Nacional and then to Sporting CP In 1997, Ronaldo’s talent caught the attention of Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson He took him to the U.K paying 12 million pounds in 2003 The following season, Ronaldo won his first club honor, the FA Cup, and reached the Euro 2004 final with Portugal It was there when he scored his first international goal In 2008, Ronaldo won the Champions League with United, and he was named player of the tournament He was also named FIFA World Player of the year and become Manchester United’s first Ballon d’Or in 40 years Johan Cruyff said in an interview on 2008 “Ronaldo is better that George Best and Denis Law who were brilliant and great players in the history of the United” Last season 2011-2012 he scored 46 goals in the Spanish League and 10 in the Champions League This year he has already scored 13 goals in the league and in the Champions League He is again nominated to the Ballon d’Or with Messi and Iniesta He sometimes has problems with the press and the public because he is very self assured and insolent His girlfriend is the Russian model Irina Shayk Lionel Andrés Messi, born on 24 June 1987 in Rosario, is an Argentine footballer who actually plays for Barcelona F.C and the Argentine national team He is one of the best football players of his generation and is frequently considered the world’s best contemporary player Lionel Messi, sometimes compared to Maradona, received Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21 and won both with 22 Maradona declared that Messi was his “successor” Messi’s talent was detected by his father, and soon Barcelona wanted him At the age of 11, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency, his body didn’t produce enough growth hormone The treatment was very expensive He left his youth team, the Newell’s Old Boys of Rosario in 2000 and moved to Europe with his family Barcelona F.C offered him the expensive treatment He made his debut in the 20042005 season and started to break records in the Spanish League: he was the youngest footballer playing the League and also scoring a goal He won the League in his debut and in 2006 the League and the Champions League In season 2006-2007, he was a first in the team and scored a hat-trick against Real Madrid In 2008-2009 he scored 38 goals and won every single competition with Barcelona He was a myth!! Lionel Messi was the top scorer of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship After this, he became a member of the Argentina’s international team In 2008, he won his first international honor, an Olympic gold medal with the Argentina Olympic football team Last season 2011-2012 he scored 50 goals in the Spanish League and 14 in the Champions League This year he has already scored 23 goals in the league and in the Champions League He has passed Müller as the player with more goals in a year, He is again nominated to the Ballon d’Or with Ronaldo and Iniesta He is very shy and rarely speaks with the press He had his first baby this year with his girlfriend About Cristiano Ronaldo… Cristiano Ronaldo currently plays for a) Real Madrid b) Manchester United In 2002 he played in a) Nacional b) Sporting CP c) Manchester United Ronaldo scored his first international goal in a) 2003 b) 2004 c) 2005 Ronaldo won a Ballon d’Or when he played for a) Real Madrid b) Manchester United c) Portuguese National team Ronaldo won three Ballon d’Or a) True b) False He is very polite and friendly with the press a) True b) False About Lionel Messi… Lionel Messi’s talent was discovered c) In Spain d) In Argentina Messi’s health was critical d) Before he moved to Spain e) After he moved to Spain He was offered a treatment for his disease by d) Newell’s Old Boys e) Barcelona F.C f) Unicef Messi won the Olympic gold medal in 2012 d) true e) false This year he is again nominated for the Ballon d’Or c) True d) False In 2006-2007 he scored a hat-trick against Real Madrid a) True b) False