Trivias Of Cristiano Ronaldo
- His mother revealed that she wanted to abort him due to poverty, his father's alcoholism, and having too many children already, but her doctor refused to perform the procedure.
- At the age of 15, he was diagnosed with tachycardia, a condition that could have forced him to give up playing football. He then underwent heart surgery where a laser was used to cauterize multiple cardiac pathways into one, altering his resting heart rate. He was discharged from the hospital hours after the procedure and resumed training a few days later.
- His father, Jose Dinis Aveiro, died in September 2005, due to an alcoholism-related liver condition.
- He doesn’t drink alcohol and also does not have any tattoos as he regularly donates blood and bone marrow.
- He has won five Ballon d'Or awards[note 3] and four European Golden Shoes, the most by a European player.
- He holds the records for most appearances (183), most goals (140), and assists (42) in the Champions League, most goals in the European Championship (14), most international goals by a male player (117), and most international appearances by a European male (189).
- He is one of the few players to have made over 1,100 professional career appearances and has scored over 800 official senior careers goals for club and country.
- Currently, he is also the nation’s all-time top goalscorer with more than 115 goals at the international level.
