Ronaldo was born in a poor family Cristiano Ronaldo ⚽️ was born in Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal 🇵🇹 on February 5, 1985.
He was the unexpected birth to his parents ! Yes you heard me right . He is the fourth child 👶 to his parents . Back in those days , his father Mr Jose dinis Aveiro was a kit man 👨 in a local football ⚽️ club Andorinho . His mother Mrs Maria Dolores Aveiro was a house 🏡 maker . Prior to his birth , it was a family of two daughters namely katia Aveiro and Elma Aveiro and one ☝🏻 son Hugo Aveiro . During this time , his mother conceived for the fourth time . Due to financial difficulties , she considered abortion but later turned it down as it is prohibited 🚫 in Christianity . Ronaldo is fully aware of this fact and he even told in an interview that it really doesn’t bother him much .
Ronaldo started to play football ⚽️ in a local football ⚽️ club where his father was serving as a kit man 👨. His team mates bullied and insulted him that his father was a kit man 👨 and drunkard . At the age of 12 , sporting Lisbon offered him a slot to play football ⚽️ in the club . He made a huge sacrifice to leave his family in that small island 🌴 of Madeira to lisbon both are in the same country of portugal 🇵🇹 .
Ronaldo said , “I remember the day when I was finally going to Lisbon , it was probably one ☝🏻 of the worst days in my life to leave my family , my mum , to go to the sporting academy, to stay there , to make my life there at 12 years old , can you imagine that .”
His teenager brother also became a drunkard like his father . His elder 🧓 sisters 👯♀️ were cleaning 🧹 🧻 the streets of Maderia and his mother was doing house hold work to earn some money 💰 as the financial conditions were becoming worse day by day .
At the age of 14 , he was expelled from his school 🏫 for throwing chair at his teacher 👨🏫 who had insulted him . It was this time that he and his mother took a strong 💪🏻 decision to leave classroom education and to focus on football ⚽️ .
At the age of 16 , he was diagnosed with heart ❣ ailment which could have ended his dream of becoming a professional football ⚽️ player . He was given a timely treatment all thanks 🙏 to medical 🏥 advancement in laser surgery and was able resume his training after few weeks .
At the age of 20 , his father’s health deteriorated due to alcoholism and passed away . Unnecessary media coverage for the funeral ⚰️ disappointed 😔 the family even further . After this , Ronaldo decided not to drink 🍸/Promote/ Endorse alcohol 🍺 in his life . He even sued a newspaper 📰 🗞 company for publishing false allegations about his alcohol 🍺 habits . He also helped his brother to quit alcohol 🍺 who is now a responsible person looking after his brother’s business .
Ronaldo said ,”I ONCE TOLD MY FATHER THAT WE WOULD HAVE A BIG HOUSE 🏡 AND A CAR 🚘 . HE TOLD THAT’S NOT POSSIBLE . NOW I HAVE MANY MANSIONS AND LUXURY CARS 🚘 BUT I DON’T HAVE MY FATHER WITH ME . AND THE REST THEY SAY IT’s HISTORY .” 🤘🏻
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