Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo is a football player from Portugal. He is a player who plays as a winger or center forward. He currently plays in the Spanish league with Real Madrid and Portugal national team as a player and captain. Ronaldo was born on February 5th, 1985, in Madeira, Portugal. His father is Jose Dinis Aveiro and his mother is Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro. Ronaldo has an elder brother named Hugo, and two elder sisters named Elma and Liliana Catia. So, he was the youngest child in the family. Ronaldo’s career began at the age of 8 years where he joined Andorinha for 2 years (1993-1995) and then moved to Nacional de Madeira (1995-1997), and Sporting Lisbon (2001-2003) during the junior. Since he was the 14th, he agreed with his mother to focus on football.