Cristiano Ronaldo Facts You Didn't Know 

#1- Cristiano Ronaldo was born in Portugal on February 5, 1985. His real name is Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro.

#2- Ronaldo started playing football at the age of 11. At the age of 17, he played the first professional football match of his career for Sporting Lisbon Club in Portugal.

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#3- At the age of 14, Ronaldo was expelled from school because he threw a chair at his teacher. After which, Ronaldo never went to school.

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#4- While playing football, Ronaldo runs at a speed of 130 km per hour, and at the same time, he jumps higher by generating five times more power than a cheetah.

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#5- Cristiano Ronaldo has the most Instagram followers (496 million), and he charges 10 to 15 crores for a single post.

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#6- Ronaldo is the highest earning sports player in the world, and his net worth is around 500 million dollars.

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#7- Ronaldo is the only player ever to have scored more than 50 goals in every season of football for six consecutive years.

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#8- The "FIFA Ballon d'Or," football's most prestigious award, has been won by Ronaldo five times. He has also won the European Golden Shoe Award 4 times.

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