From Madeira to the World: The Rise of Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on February 5, 1985, on the small island of Madeira, Portugal. The youngest of four children in a working-class family, Ronaldo’s beginnings were humble. His father, José Dinis Aveiro, worked as a municipal gardener and part-time kit man at a local football club, while his mother, Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, was a cook. They named him Ronaldo after Ronald Reagan, the American actor-turned-president, a favorite of his father's.
