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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 6 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 6 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 5 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.

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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…
1. Lionel Messi’s talent was discovered

c) In Spain
d) In Argentina
2. Messi’s health was critical
d) Before he moved to Spain
e) After he moved to Spain
3. He was offered a treatment for his disease by
d) Newell’s Old Boys
e) Barcelona F.C.
f) Unicef
4. Messi won the Olympic gold medal in 2012
d) true
e) false
5. This year he is again nominated for the Ballon d’Or
c) True
d) False
6. In 2006-2007 he scored a hat-trick against Real Madrid
a) True
b) False