Cristiano Ronaldo is the best football player in the world. He named Diego Maradona as the second-best football player in history. Ronaldo was named the greatest Portuguese player of all time by the Portuguese Football Federation in 2015. He was born and raised in Madeira. He made his senior introduction in 2003 at age 18.
He has earned over 170 caps, as well as appearing and scoring in ten main tournaments, becoming Portugal’s most capped competitor and his country’s all-time top goal scorer. He scored his first worldwide goal at Euro 2004, where he assisted Portugal reach the final.