While many pit Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo against Argentinean Lionel Messi to be the world’s best striker currently, there are many who also believe that there is no rivalry and Ronaldo wins that competition hands down. While we cannot judge or argue who is better or who is the best amongst the two, we can bring you few more than 5 interesting facts about Cristiano Ronaldo who majority of you would not know and might find cool.
10 facts about c.ronaldo
- Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro or simply called Cristiano Ronaldo is named after U.S. President, Ronald Reagan who was his father, Jose Dinis Aveiro’s favorite actor, and whom his father greatly admired.
Important Fact about C. Ronaldo:
- Ronaldo’s free-kick speed is approximately 130km/hr that is approximately 31.1 meters per second. This speed is more than four times the speed of Apollo 11 rocket’s launching speed which was approximately 7.3 meters per second.
- As a teen, Ronaldo used to train with weights tied around both his feet, he used to dribble the ball like this as he thought that when he would train without the weights later, he would be faster and this would improve his game in the long run.
- Unlike the majority of sports stars today, Ronaldo has no tattoos and he says he has no desire to get one as he donates blood regularly.
Cool Facts About Ronaldo:
- There is a university in Canada which offers a special course in sociology about footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.
- Ronaldo is known for his rigorous gym routines, it is said that he lifts approximately 23,055 kg weight during a single training session that combined weight is equal to 16 Toyota Prius cars. Ronaldo along with this also does approximately 3,000 abs crunches per day.
- Ronaldo is known to have a body fat of just 10% fat, which is even less than normal catwalk models who have 13.8% fat normally.
- In Ronaldo’s hometown Funchal, Portugal there is a museum called Museu CR7 which is dedicated to Ronaldo and contains many of his trophies, rare photographs, medals and a lot of other things related to him.
- When Ronaldo jumps, he generates a G-force of 5Gs to take-off - this is five times the power of a cheetah in full flight and 7cm more than the jump of an average NBA player.
- At the age of 15 Cristiano Ronaldo underwent a heart surgery as the doctors had diagnosed him with a heart problem and successfully corrected his problem through laser surgery.
Ronaldo with his 2011 Golden Boot
- In November 2012, Ronaldo sold his 2011Golden Boot for €1.5 million and gave the money to fund schools for children in Gaza. In December that same year he joined FIFA’s ’11 for Health’ program that raised awareness among the kids about drug addiction, HIV, obesity, and malaria.
- In 2008, Ronaldo scored 42 goals, a record which stands to date and earned him the FIFA World Player of the Year honor.
- Ronaldo’s father, Jose Dinis Aveiro, passed away in 2005 at the age of 52 due to alcoholism. As a result, Ronaldo does not drink alcohol.
Cristiano Ronaldo poses for Armani
- We all know that Ronaldo is the richest footballer in the world, but do you know he earns a lot of this from product endorsements and sponsorships? Some of these sponsors are Emporio Armani men’s underwear and jeans, and Nike for whom he also works as a super model. Besides these, he has also signed sponsorship deals with Coca-Cola, Castrol, Konami, Banco Espirito Santo, Motorola, Jacob & Co., Herbalife, KFC, Tag Heuer and the Fly Emirates.
