Cristiano Ronaldo

Football Player

Born: 1985-02-05 (age 33) From: Portugal

Team: Real Madrid Position : Left Wing Squad number : 7 Contract expires : 2021-06-30

Sevilla 3 Real Madrid 2: Five observations

Rafa Benítez’s Real Madrid side suffered its first defeat of the new season at the hands of Sevilla on Sunday, with the capital city side relinquishing their berth on top of the La Liga...

November 10, 2015

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and observations on Fifa’s 23-man Ballon d’Or shortlist

Despite two-and-a-half months of the year remaining, Fifa have gone through the formalities of releasing a 23-man shortlist of candidates in the running to be crowned the 2015...

October 20, 2015

Carlo Ancelotti – I did it all

Carlo Ancelotti celebrates winning the Champions League

The stage is set, a Champions League final is about to be played, the players are anxiously waiting for their coach to come in and deliver an epic oration which gives them just...

August 21, 2015

Gareth Bale and the potential for playing centrally for Real Madrid

It was somehow inevitable that Gareth Bale would score for Real Madrid against former club Tottenham in yesterday’s Audi Cup clash, with the world’s most-expensive player...

August 5, 2015

Would Gareth Bale prosper without Ronaldo?

Many Real Madrid fans seem to be unhappy with Gareth Bale of late. If any of them happened to tune into the European Championship Qualifier played out between Israel and Wales...

March 31, 2015

Ronaldo or Messi? A look ahead to El Clásico..

With the world famous 'El Clásico' fast approaching, who has the edge in one of football's greatest clashes? On one side, you have Ronaldo, Bale and Benzema or 'BBC' as named...

March 17, 2015

Analysing Gareth Bale’s situation: Adored at Tottenham, unloved in Madrid

At the end of last season, Gareth Bale was on top of the world. After a season in Spain as the world’s most expensive football player, the Wales international had overcome...

March 17, 2015

Real Madrid floundering, Barcelona thriving as El Clásico awaits

djudged as arguably the most illustrious derby in world football, El Clásico between Barcelona and Real Madrid is seemingly the biggest game of the season every time these...

March 11, 2015

A case for Manuel Neuer, not Ronaldo or Messi, to win the Ballon d’Or

After a frantic year of football in 2014, the annual Ballon d’Or award is set to be decided in Zurich on January 15, with two usual suspects and a new face in the running. The...

January 6, 2015

Valencia 2 Real Madrid 1: Tactical observations and talking points

European champions Real Madrid started 2015 with defeat last night, going down 2-1 to a resurgent Valencia side at the Mestalla. The result ends a run of 22 straight victories...

January 5, 2015

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