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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team. Often considered one of the best players in the world and regarded as one of the greatest of all time, Ronaldo has five FIFA Ballon d’Or awards, the most for a European player, and is the first player in history to win four European Golden Shoes. He has won 22 trophies in his career, including five league titles, four UEFA Champions League titles and one UEFA European Championship. A prolific goalscorer, Ronaldo holds the records for most official goals scored in the top five European leagues (369), the UEFA Champions League (105) and the UEFA European Championship (29), as well as the most goals scored in a UEFA Champions League season (17). He has scored more than 600 senior career goals for club and country. Born and raised in Santo António, Madeira, Ronaldo was diagnosed with a racing heart at the age of 15. He underwent an operation to treat his condition, and began his senior club career playing for Sporting CP, before signing with Manchester United at age 18 in 2003. After winning his first trophy, the FA Cup, during his first season in England, he helped United win three successive Premier League titles, a UEFA Champions League title, and a FIFA Club World Cup. By age 22, he had received Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations and at 23 years old, he won his first Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. In 2009, Ronaldo was the subject of the most expensive association football transfer when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer worth €94 million ($132 million). In Spain, Ronaldo has won two La Liga titles, two Copas del Rey, three Champions League titles, and two FIFA Club World Cups. After joining Real Madrid, Ronaldo finished runner-up for the Ballon d’Or three times, behind Lionel Messi, his perceived career rival, before winning back-to-back Ballons d’Or in 2013 and 2014. He has scored a record 32 La Liga hat-tricks, including a record-tying 8 hat-tricks in the 2014–15 season and is the only player to reach 30 league goals in six consecutive La Liga seasons. In 2014, Ronaldo became the fastest player in history to reach 200 La Liga goals, which he achieved in 178 matches. In 2015, he became the club’s all-time leading goalscorer. In 2016, Ronaldo won his fourth Ballon d’Or by a record voting margin after sealing La Undécima, Madrid’s 11th European title, and winning Euro 2016. A Portuguese international, Ronaldo was named the best Portuguese player of all time by the Portuguese Football Federation in 2015. Ronaldo made his senior international debut in August 2003, at the age of 18. He is Portugal’s most capped player of all time with over 130 caps, and has participated in seven major tournaments. He is Portugal’s all-time top goalscorer. He scored his first international goal at Euro 2004 and helped Portugal reach the final. He took over full captaincy in July 2008, leading Portugal to their first-ever triumph in a major tournament by winning Euro 2016, and received the Silver Boot as the second-highest goalscorer of the tournament. One of the most marketable sportsmen, he was ranked the world’s highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 2016 and 2017, as well as the world’s most famous athlete by ESPN in 2016 and 2017. On December 7th 2017, Ronaldo won the Ballon d’Or for a fifth time in his career to equal the record of Lionel Messi, receiving the award on the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Per tradition, he displayed the award to the Santiago Bernabéu at the club’s next home league match, a 5-0 win over Sevilla on 9 December, with Ronaldo scoring a brace. With these goals, Cristiano reached 50 goals in the calendar year for both club and country, an all-time record seventh consecutive year in which he has achieved the feat. On 10 July 2018, Ronaldo signed a four-year contract with Italian club Juventus on a €100 million transfer, citing his need for a new challenge as his rationale for departing Real Madrid.
PORTUGAL NATIONAL TEAM
2005-2006
International Friendly Game
Portugal vs Saudi Arabia
Match Worn Shirt
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This shirt was issued for Cristiano Ronaldo for the International friendly game between Saudi Arabia and Portugal which took place in Dusseldorf, “LTU Arena”, on March 1st 2006. A Portuguese international, Ronaldo began his youth career in 2001. Apart from the under-15 team, he also represented the under-17, under-20, under-21, and under-23 national sides, amassing 34 youth caps and scoring 18 goals overall. He represented his country at the 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, where they failed to progress past the group stage. Ronaldo also featured in the Olympic squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics, scoring one goal in the tournament, though the team was eliminated in the first round, finishing bottom of their group with three points after 4–2 defeats to eventual semi-finalists Iraq and quarter-finalists Costa Rica. At age 18, Ronaldo earned his first senior cap in a 1–0 victory over Kazakhstan on 20 August 2003. He was subsequently called up for UEFA Euro 2004, held in his home country, and scored his first international goal in a 2–1 group stage loss to eventual champions Greece. After converting his penalty in a shootout against England at the quarter-final stage, he helped Portugal reach the final by scoring the opening goal in a 2–1 win over the Netherlands, but the crucial last match ended in a 0–1 defeat. He was featured in the team of the tournament, having provided two assists in addition to his two goals. Ronaldo was the second-highest scorer in the European qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup with seven goals. During the tournament, he scored his first World Cup goal against Iran with a penalty kick in Portugal’s second match of the group stage. In the quarter-finals against England, his Manchester United teammate Wayne Rooney was sent off for stamping on Portugal defender Ricardo Carvalho. Although the referee later clarified that the red card was only due to Rooney’s infraction, the English media speculated that Ronaldo had influenced his decision by aggressively complaining, after which he was seen in replays winking at Portugal’s bench following Rooney’s dismissal. Ronaldo was subsequently booed during their 1–0 semi-final defeat to France. FIFA’s Technical Study Group overlooked him for the tournament’s Best Young Player award, citing his behaviour as a factor in the decision.
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Ronaldo is widely regarded as one of the two best players of his generation, alongside Lionel Messi, and as one of the best players to ever play the game. Acclaimed for his prolific and consistent goalscoring ability, he is considered a decisive player, who stands out in games and who can be a game changer. Ronaldo is noted for his work ethic and dedication to improvement on the training field. His drive and determination to succeed are fuelled by a desire to carve his name in history alongside football players such as Pelé and Diego Maradona. Ronaldo has at times been criticised for diving when tackled, about which his former Real Madrid manager José Mourinho responded: “Cristiano is a player who does not have the culture of the swimming pool, he has no culture of simulation, he is a British-trained player, Ferguson trained. In some cases, the simulators are given more protection, and those who are honest are often the losers. I’m not a hypocrite if I say that they [defenders] hit Cristiano very hard, and that the yellow cards do not arrive or are slow in coming”. Despite his talent, he was also occasionally criticised early in his career by manager Alex Ferguson, teammates and the media for being a selfish or overly flamboyant player. Earlier in his career, Ronaldo had also been described as having an “arrogant image” on the field, with Ronaldo stating that he had become a “victim”, because of how he was portrayed in the media. He is often seen moaning, gesticulating and scowling while trying to inspire his team to victory, with Ronaldo insisting that his competitive nature should not be mistaken for arrogance.[440] His managers, teammates and various journalists have commented that this reputation has caused an unfair image of him. In 2014, Ronaldo told France Football that he had made a “mistake” when he said in 2011, “People are jealous of me as I am young, handsome and rich”, adding that he had matured since then and fans understood him better.
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These boots were worn by Cristiano Ronaldo during the Fifa World Cup “South Africa 2010”. In the group stage of the World Cup, he was named man of the match in all three matches, against Ivory Coast, North Korea and Brazil. His only goal of the tournament came in their 7–0 rout of North Korea, which marked his first international goal in 16 months. Portugal’s World Cup ended with a 1–0 loss against eventual champions Spain in the round of 16.
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A versatile attacker, Ronaldo is capable of playing on either wing as well as through the centre of the pitch, and, while ostensibly right-footed, is very strong with both feet. He ranks among the world’s fastest footballers, both with and without the ball. Tactically, Ronaldo has undergone several evolutions throughout his career. While at Sporting and during his first season at Manchester United, he was typically deployed as a traditional winger on the right side of midfield, where he regularly looked to deliver crosses into the penalty area. In this position, he was able to use his pace and acceleration, agility, and technical skills to take on opponents in one-on-one situations. Ronaldo became noted for his dribbling and flair, often displaying an array of tricks and feints, such as the step overs that became his trademark. As Ronaldo matured, he underwent a major physical transformation, developing a muscular body type that allows him to retain possession of the ball. His strength, combined with his elevation and height of 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in), awarded him an edge in winning aerial challenges for balls; consequently, many of his goals have been headers. Concurrently with his increased stamina and work-rate, his goalscoring ability improved drastically on the left wing, where he was given the positional freedom to move into the centre to finish attacks. He also increasingly played a creative role for his team, participating in build-up plays courtesy of his good vision and passing ability. In his final seasons at United, Ronaldo played an even more attacking and central role, functioning both as a striker and as a supporting forward, or even as an attacking midfielder on occasion. He developed into a prolific goalscorer, capable of finishing well both inside the penalty area and from distance with an accurate and powerful shot. An accurate penalty kick taker, he also became a set piece specialist, renowned for his powerful, bending free kicks, though his ability in this regard deteriorated later on in his career. At Real Madrid, he continued to play a more offensive role, while his creative and defensive duties became more limited. Initially deployed as a centre-forward, he was later moved back onto the left wing, though in a free tactical role, allowing him to drift into the centre at will. Madrid’s counter-attacking style of play allowed him to become a more efficient and consistent player, as evidenced by his record-breaking goalscoring feats. From 2013 onwards, he effectively adapted his style to the physical effects of ageing with increasingly reduced off-the-ball movement and general involvement, instead focusing on short-distance goalscoring.
REAL MADRID C.F.
2014-2015
Champions League
Juventus vs Real Madrid
Match Worn & Signed Shirt
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This shirt was worn by Cristiano Ronaldo during the Champions League game between Juventus and Real Madrid which took place in Torino, “Juventus Stadium”, on May 5th 2015. Juventus defeated Real Madrid 2-1 and at the end of the game Cristiano swapped his shirt with a Juventus’s player whom we got it from. During the next campaign, the 2014–15 season, Ronaldo set a new personal best of 61 goals in all competitions, starting with both goals in Real Madrid’s 2–0 victory over Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup. He subsequently achieved his best-ever goalscoring start to a league campaign, with a record 15 goals in the first eight rounds of La Liga. His record 23rd hat-trick in La Liga, scored against Celta Vigo on 6 December, made him the fastest player to reach 200 goals in the Spanish league, as he reached the milestone in only his 178th game. After lifting the FIFA Club World Cup with Madrid in Morocco, and becoming the joint-top assist provider of the competition alongside Toni Kroos, Ronaldo received a second successive FIFA Ballon d’Or, joining Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini, and Marco van Basten as a three-time Ballon d’Or winner.
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This is the third away shirt released by Adidas in partnership the world famous designer Yohji Yamamoto. The collaboration between Yamamoto and adidas goes several years back and has before brought with it a number of iconic designs for adidas’ F50 Adizero. This time the services of the esteemed Japanese designer have been put to great use, when designing the current champions of Europe’s new third-shirt. For Yamamoto focus has been on Real Madrid’s core values and incorporated aspects like grandeur and decisiveness. He has done so by drawing inspiration from two mythical beasts from far eastern culture: The Dragon King and Dragonbird. The Dragon King stands for magnificence, honour and strength. Meanwhile the Dragonbird is a beast that can survive the most challenging situations and it represents the clubs resilience, determination and dexterity on its way to victory. The colour black is also the choice of Yamamoto. Black is the Japanese people’s favourite colour and as the finishing touch to complete the stylish look, some detailing has been added in white, on the collar and sleeves. And speaking of the collar adidas have stuck to the Japanese inspired design, by making it with a mao design. The iconic look is at the same time kept in the simple two-colour design, which was also the case on the away-shirt.
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At the start of the 2013–14 season, Cristiano signed a new contract that extended his stay by three years to 2018, with a salary of €17 million net, making him briefly the highest-paid player in football. He was joined at the club by winger Gareth Bale, whose world record transfer fee of €100 million surpassed the fee Madrid had paid for Ronaldo four years prior. Together with striker Karim Benzema, they formed an attacking trio popularly dubbed “BBC”, an acronym of Bale, Benzema, and Cristiano.
REAL MADRID C.F.
2016-2017
Champions League
Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich
Match Worn & Unwashed Shirt & Shorts
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Ronaldo missed Real Madrid’s first three matches of the 2016–17 season, including the 2016 UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla, as he continued to rehabilitate the knee injury he suffered against France in the final of Euro 2016. On 15 September, Ronaldo did not celebrate his late free kick equaliser against Sporting CP in the Champions League, with Ronaldo stating post match, “they made me who I am.” On 6 November, Ronaldo signed a new contract set to keep him with Madrid until 2021. On 19 November, he scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 away win against Atlético Madrid, making him the all-time top scorer in the Madrid derby with 18 goals. On 15 December, Ronaldo scored his 500th club career goal in the 2–0 victory over Club América in the semi-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup. He then scored a hat-trick in the 4–2 win over Japanese club Kashima Antlers in the final. Ronaldo finished the tournament as top scorer with four goals and was also named the best player of the tournament. He won the Ballon d’Or for a fourth time and the inaugural Best FIFA Men’s Player, a revival of the former FIFA World Player of the Year, largely owing to his success with Portugal in winning Euro 2016.
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This shirt has been worn by Cristiano Ronaldo during the Champions League game Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich which took place in Madrid on April 18th 2017. Real Madrid worn 4-2 and Ronaldo scored an hat-trick in a match that will be remembered as a very controversial game. Bayern Munich have been done over by some awful officiating by referee Viktor Kassai and his assistants. They were well on top when Arturo Vidal was incorrectly sent off near the end of normal time. Vidal’s dismissal was compounded by Ronaldo scoring two offside goals in extra-time. The shirt was worn by Ronaldo in the first half of the game and swapped with Bayern Munich player Xabi Alonso. The shirt got really stained in the back due some takedowns occurred to Cristiano. The big stains in the back are due a takedown happened in the last two minutes of the first half as you can see from the video at the bottom.
Messi vs Ronaldo
Both players have scored in at least two UEFA Champions League finals and have regularly broken the 50-goal barrier in a single season. Sports journalists and pundits regularly argue the individual merits of both players in an attempt to argue who they believe is the best player in modern football. It has been compared to sports rivalries such as the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier rivalry in boxing, the Borg–McEnroe rivalry in tennis, and the Ayrton Senna-Alain Prost rivalry from Formula One motor racing. Some commentators choose to analyse the differing physiques and playing styles of the two, while part of the debate revolves around the contrasting personalities of the two players: Ronaldo is sometimes depicted as an arrogant and theatrical showoff, while Messi is portrayed as a shy, humble character. In a 2012 interview, Ronaldo commented on the rivalry, saying “I think we push each other sometimes in the competition, this is why the competition is so high”, while Ronaldo’s manager during his time at Manchester United, Alex Ferguson, opined that “I don’t think the rivalry against each other bothers them. I think they have their own personal pride in terms of wanting to be the best”. Messi himself denied any rivalry, saying that it was “only the media, the press, who wants us to be at loggerheads but I’ve never fought with Cristiano”.Responding to the claims that he and Messi do not get on well on a personal level, Ronaldo commented, “We don’t have a relationship outside the world of football, just as we don’t with a lot of other players”, before adding that in years to come he hopes they can laugh about it together, stating; “We have to look on this rivalry with a positive spirit, because it’s a good thing.” Representing archrivals Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two players face each other at least twice every season in the world’s biggest club game, El Clásico, which had a global audience of 400 million viewers in March 2014. In a debate at Oxford Union in October 2013, when asked whether FIFA president Sepp Blatter preferred Messi or Ronaldo, Blatter paid tribute to the work ethic of the Argentine before taking a swipe at Ronaldo, claiming “one of them has more expenses for the hairdresser than the other”. Real Madrid demanded – and promptly received – a full apology, and the Portuguese issued his own riposte with a mock-salute celebration after scoring a penalty against Sevilla, after Blatter had described him as a “commander” on the pitch.
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These shin pads were worn by Cristiano Ronaldo during the season 2013/2014. They were hand crafted for him by a well known Italian shin pads company. Cristiano used these shin pads for several years, since he was at Manchester United, while his personal sponsor Nike came to him and forbad him to use a different brand’s equipment during the games. Apparently this happened when TVs started to have access to team’s kit rooms before the match showing kits and boots set for players to play. Obviously the shin pad’s brand was very visible and recognizable, close to Nike’s boots, and it made Nike forbidding Cristiano to use different shin pads.
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Ronaldo is known as a fashion icon, and is a lucrative spokesperson sought after by clothing designers, health and fitness specialists, fashion magazines, perfume and cosmetics manufacturers, hair stylists, exercise promoters, and spa and recreation companies. One example is a line of fragrances called Legacy. He opened his first fashion boutique under the name “CR7” (his initials and shirt number) on the island of Madeira, Portugal in 2006. Ronaldo expanded his business with a second clothes boutique in Lisbon in 2008. In partnership with Scandinavian manufacturer JBS Textile Group and the New York fashion designer Richard Chai, Ronaldo co-designed a range of underwear and sock line, released in November 2013. He later expanded his CR7 fashion brand by launching a line of premium shirts and shoes by July 2014. In June 2015, Ronaldo announced that he would be releasing his own fragrance by the end of the year, in a partnership with Eden Parfums. In December 2013, Ronaldo opened a museum, Museu CR7, in his hometown of Funchal, Madeira, to house trophies and memorabilia of his life and playing career. At a ceremony held at the Belém Palace in January 2014, President of Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva raised Ronaldo to the rank of Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry, “to distinguish an athlete of world renown who has been a symbol of Portugal globally, contributing to the international projection of the country and setting an example of tenacity for future generations”. A bronze statue of Ronaldo, designed by artist Ricardo Madeira Veloso, was unveiled in Funchal on 21 December 2014.On 23 July 2016, following Portugal’s triumph at Euro 2016, Madeira Airport in Funchal was renamed the Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport.
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This shirt was issued for Cristiano Ronaldo for the “Supercoppa Italiana” game between Juventus and A.C.Milan. The 2018 “Supercoppa Italiana” was the 31st edition of the “Supercoppa Italiana”, the Italian football super cup. It was played on 16 January 2019 at “King Abdullah Sports City” in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. With Juventus winning both the 2017–18 Serie A championship and the 2017–18 Coppa Italia, the game was played between Juventus and the 2017–18 Coppa Italia runners-up, Milan. This was the third meeting between the two teams in the Supercoppa Italiana. Juventus won the first meeting in 2003 in East Rutherford, New Jersey on penalties, and Milan returned the favour, also on penalties in 2016 in Qatar. Both teams before the match had a record seven Supercoppa titles. Saudi Arabia became the sixth different country to host a Supercoppa Italiana. Juventus won the match, with the only goal coming from Cristiano Ronaldo in the 61st minute, and became the first club to win eight Supercoppa Italiana titles. Ronaldo joined Juventus on September 10th 2018, signing a four-year contract after completing a €100 million transfer, which included an additional €12 million in other fees, and solidarity contributions to Ronaldo’s youth clubs. The transfer was the highest ever for a player over 30 years old, and the highest ever paid by an Italian club. Upon signing, Ronaldo cited his need for a new challenge as his rationale for departing Real Madrid, but later attributed the transfer to the lack of support he felt was shown by club president Florentino Pérez.
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In December 2018, Ronaldo scored his tenth Serie A goal of the season, from the penalty spot, netting the final goal in a 3–0 away win over rivals Fiorentina; with this goal, Ronaldo became the first Juventus player since John Charles in 1957 to score 10 goals in his first 14 league games for the club. After placing second in both the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year and The Best FIFA Men’s Player for the first time in three years, behind Luka Modrić, Ronaldo performances in 2018 also saw him voted runner-up for the 2018 Ballon d’Or, finishing once again behind his former Real Madrid teammate. Ronaldo won his first trophy with the club in January 2019, the 2018 Supercoppa Italiana, after he scored the game-winning and only goal from a header against A.C. Milan. On 10 February, Ronaldo scored in a 3–0 away win over Sassuolo; the ninth consecutive away game in which he had scored for Juventus in the league, which enabled him to equal Giuseppe Signori’s single season Serie A record of most consecutive away games with at least one goal. On 12 March, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 home win against Atlético Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16, helping Juventus overcome a two-goal deficit to reach the quarter-finals. The following month, Ronaldo scored his 125th goal in the competition, opening the scoring in a 1–1 away draw in the first leg of Juventus’ quarter-final against Ajax, on 10 April. In the second leg in Turin on 16 April, he scored the opening goal of the match in the first half, but Juventus eventually lost the match 2–1, and were eliminated from the competition. On 20 April, Ronaldo played in the Scudetto clinching game against rivals Fiorentina as Juventus won their eighth successive Serie A title after a 2–1 home win, thereby becoming the first player to win league titles in England, Spain and Italy. On 27 April, he scored his 600th club goal, the equaliser in a 1–1 away draw against rivals Inter. Finishing his first Serie A campaign with 21 goals and 8 assists, Ronaldo won the inaugural Serie A Award for Most Valuable Player.
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These shorts were used by Cristiano Ronaldo in the game against Lazio which took place in Torino on August 25th 2018 in his home debut for Juventus. The Bianconeri defeated Lazio 2-0. This style of shorts was never sold in the shops. They have an inner underwear that Cristiano is usual to cut to play as you can see from the pictures beside.
“I have nothing but praise for the boy. He is easily the best player in the world. His contribution as a goal threat is unbelievable. His stats are incredible. Strikes at goal, attempts on goal, raids into the penalty box, headers. It is all there. Absolutely astounding.” Alex Ferguson
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On 16 September 2018 , Ronaldo scored his first goals for Juventus in his fourth appearance for the club in a 2–1 home win over Sassuolo. His second was the 400th league goal of his career. On 19 September, in his first Champions League match for Juventus, he was sent off in the 29th minute for “violent conduct”, his first red card in 154 Champions League appearances. Ronaldo became the first player in history to win 100 Champions League matches, setting up Mario Mandžukić’s winner in a 1–0 home victory over Valencia, which sealed Juventus’s passage to the knock-out stages of the competition.
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Ronaldo scored his first goal of the 2019–20 season for Juventus in a 4–3 home win over Napoli in Serie A on 31 August 2019. On 23 September, he came in 3rd place for the 2019 Best FIFA Men’s Player Award. On 1 October, he reached several milestones in Juventus’s 3–0 group stage win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League: his goal during the match saw him score for the 14th consecutive Champions League season, equalling Raúl and Messi’s record; he also broke Iker Casillas’ record for most Champions League wins of all time, and equalled Raúl’s record of scoring against 33 different Champions League opponents. On 6 November, in a 2–1 away win against Lokomotiv Moscow in the Champions League group stage, he equalled Paolo Maldini as the second-most capped player in UEFA club competitions with 174 appearances
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This shirt has been worn by Cristiano Ronaldo during the “Supercoppa Italiana” 2019 game (Coca-Cola Supercup for sponsorship reasons) between Juventus and Lazio which took place in Riyadh – Saudi Arabia – “King Saud University” Stadium, on December 22nd 2019. Lazio defeated Juventus 3-1. The 2019 Supercoppa Italiana was the 32nd edition of the Supercoppa Italiana, the Italian football super cup. It was played by defending champions Juventus, the winners of the 2018–19 Serie A championship, and Lazio, the winners of the 2018–19 Coppa Italia. The match was the fifth meeting between the two teams in the Supercoppa Italiana, and is now the most frequent pairing in the history of the competition, surpassing Inter Milan and Roma who have met four times. In the previous four match-ups, each club had won twice, with Juventus lifting the trophy in 2013 and 2015, and Lazio in 1998 and 2017.
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For the “Supercoppa Italiana” 2019 the team wore a special shirt, used in this game only, with player’s names on the back written in the traditional Arabic calligraphy, designed in collaboration with the famous Saudi-Moroccan calligraphy artist, Shaker Kashgari. This special Adidas kit has within each single number a traditional Arabic calligraphic design that highlights the word Juventus, with the name of each individual player written in Arabic.
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Forbes has twice ranked Ronaldo first on their list of the world’s highest-paid football players; his combined income from salaries, bonuses and off-field earnings was $73 million in 2013–14 and $79 million in 2014–15. The latter earnings saw him listed behind only boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. on the magazine’s list of The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes. In 2016, he became the first footballer to top the Forbes list of highest-earning athletes, with a total income of $88 million from his salary and endorsements in 2015–16. Ronaldo is one of the world’s most marketable athletes: SportsPro rated him the fifth most marketable athlete in 2012, and eighth most marketable athlete in 2013, with Brazilian footballer Neymar topping both lists. Sports market research company Repucom named Ronaldo the most marketable and most recognised football player in the world in May 2014. He was additionally named in the 2014 Time 100, Time‘s annual list of the most influential people in the world. ESPN named Ronaldo the world’s most famous athlete in 2016 and 2017.
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This shirt was issued for Cristiano Ronaldo for the Serie A game between Juventus and Genoa which took place in Turin, “Allianz Stadium”, on October 30th 2019. Juventus defeated Genoa 2-1. This shirt was worn by the team only in this game and it represents the team fourth 2019/2020kit. It is part of the “Palace” limited edition collection made by the world famous skateboarding’s brand “PALACE” in partnership with Adidas. The special collaborative range is inspired by Adidas’ kit template from the 2006 World Cup that took place in Germany and includes a range of training jerseys, tracksuits, pullovers, accessories, and a special-edition kit, which also marks Juventus’ fourth for the current 2019/20 season. This shirt features neon hits of green on the Juventus badge, mismatching sleeves, names, numbers, and the “Palace x Adidas” crest on the right chest. Additionally, the team’s signature black and white stripes have been rendered in a transfixing gradient. Along with the aforementioned colorway, an additional two are also included a neon pick goalkeepers shirt and a neon green iteration.
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On 18 December, Ronaldo leapt to a height of 8.39 ft (2.56m) – higher than the crossbar (8 ft) – before heading the winning goal in a 2–1 away win for Juventus against Sampdoria in Serie A. Ronaldo scored his first Serie A hat-trick on 6 January 2020, in a 4–0 home win against Cagliari. His 56th career hat-trick, he became only the second player after Alexis Sánchez to score hat-tricks in the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A. On 2 February, he scored twice from the penalty spot in a 3–0 home win over Fiorentina, equalling David Trezeguet’s club record of nine consecutive appearances in Serie A with at least one goal. He broke the club record six days later, when he scored in his tenth consecutive league game, a 2–1 away defeat to Verona. On 22 February, Ronaldo scored for a record-equalling 11th consecutive Serie A game (a record shared with Gabriel Batistuta and Fabio Quagliarella), in what was his 1,000th senior professional game, in a 2–1 away win for Juventus against SPAL.
JUVENTUS F.C.
2019-2020
Summer Tour 2019
Friendly Game
Juventus vs K-League All Star
Match Issued Shirt
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This shirt was issued for Cristiano Ronaldo for the Summer Tour 2019 friendly game between Juventus and K-League All Star which took place in Seoul, “World Cup Stadium”, on July 26th 2019. Juventus draw 3-3. Cristiano Ronaldo was a substitute player and he didn’t get in to the pitch. The shirt was issued and not worn unlike previously stated by Adidas that just few days before the game launched the 2019/2020 away kit with Chinese names on the back. So the team supposed to play the friendly game against the K-League All Star with Chinese names on the back like the players wore during the fan’s event. At the end Adidas decided to let the team playing with regular names due broadcast’s reasons. While the result was a big success for the K-League, however the South Korea’s domestic league, has said it felt “indignation and disappointment” after Juventus refused to apologize for leaving Cristiano Ronaldo out of the game. Apparently Ronaldo was contracted to play for at least 45 minutes against the K-League All Stars according to event organizers, but did not play. The forward was advised to rest by Juve’s medical staff due to muscle fatigue from a match played 48 hours earlier in Nanjing. An online community was formed on South Korea’s Naver web portal to protest Ronaldo’s lack of participation, and two members reached out to lawyer Kim Min-ki to file a lawsuit against the match organizers in order to get refunded for Ronaldo no-show.
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These shorts were worn by Cristiano Ronaldo during the “Supercoppa Italiana”. The 2020 Supercoppa Italiana (branded as the PS5 Supercup for sponsorship reasons) was the 33rd edition of the Supercoppa Italiana, the Italian football super cup. It was played on 20 January 2021 for the first time at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia, between Juventus, the winners of the 2019–20 Serie A championship, and Napoli, the winners of the 2019–20 Coppa Italia. Juventus won the match 2–0 and claimed their ninth Supercoppa Italiana title. Juventus made its ninth consecutive Supercoppa Italiana appearance, and 16th overall. They had a 4–4 record during this run, and were 8–7 overall. Napoli took part in the competition for the fourth time, having already participated as Serie A champions once (1990) and as Coppa Italia winners twice (2012, 2014). Napoli won two of the previous three editions in which they played. On all three occasions Juventus had been the opponent. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 64th minute when a corner from the left broke to him off the back of Napoli’s Tiémoué Bakayoko, he finished to the net from six yards out. Napoli was awarded a penalty kick in the 80th minute, but with a chance to tie the game at 1–1, Lorenzo Insigne missed the net, wide to the left. Álvaro Morata made it 2–0 in the 5th minute of added time with a low shot to the net from the right, after Juan Cuadrado ran into the penalty area and drew goalkeeper David Ospina before passing to him. This match set also an important record in football history. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for Juventus and with this goal, he also took his overall goal tally to 760. After the 760th goal, Cristiano Ronaldo is being regarded as the greatest goal-scorer of all-time in professional football (most goals scored by a player for club and country). The title of the greatest goalscorer is much contested, and global governing body FIFA does not keep an official record, according to Reuters. However, it has been reported that Ronaldo has gone past Austro-Czech Josef Bican’s tally of 759 goals. Bican, as well as Brazilian strikers Pele and Romario, scored in excess of 1,000 goals during their careers but those statistics include strikes in amateur, unofficial and friendly matches. Lionel Messi is not far behind on the list as the Barcelona star has netted 719 goals for club and country, put together.
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This shirt was issued for Cristiano Ronaldo for the Serie A game between Juventus and Verona which took place in Torino, “Allianz Stadium”, on October 25th 2020. Juventus draw 1-1 but Ronaldo couldn’t play the game due COVID-19. The five times Ballon D’Or winner had earlier tested positive on October 13 while he was on international duty with the Portugal in the UEFA Nations League. As a result of contracting the coronavirus, Ronaldo missed several games for Juventus’. including the Champions League’s game against Barcelona. This shirt is a very limited edition kit released by Adidas in partnership with the artist Pharrell Williams and it is part of the “Humanrace” collection. Pharrell Williams reinterprets the team’s 2015-16 iconic pink shirt with an ultra-graphic contemporary twist. Crafted entirely from recycled polyester, this T-shirt offers a unique fusion of style, sport and eco-friendly principles. Graphic prints on the front and sleeves reinforce the project’s ethical commitment. This shirt used by the team in this game only. The same “Humanrace” kit was also released for sale with significant differences. The player’s shirts have the Cygames’s sponsor on the back while retail’s versions have “HUMANRACE” printed on the back alongside with a frontal tag with Jeep and Adidas logo which are not printed on player’s shirts. Definitely a very rare shirt and a true gem for all collectors.
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Ronaldo scored seven goals in qualifications for Euro 2012, including two strikes against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the play-offs, to send Portugal into the tournament, where they were drawn in a “group of death”. In the last group stage game against the Netherlands, Ronaldo scored twice to secure a 2–1 win. He scored a header in the quarter-final against the Czech Republic to give his team a 1–0 win. In both games against the Netherlands and the Czech Republic he was named man of the match. After the semi-finals against Spain ended scoreless, Portugal were eliminated in the penalty shoot-out. Ronaldo did not take a penalty as he had been slated to take the unused fifth slot. Ronaldo’s own teammate, Nani, said that Ronaldo “demanded” to take the last penalty. As the joint top scorer with three goals, alongside five other players, he was again included in the team of the tournament.
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This shirt was issued for Cristiano Ronaldo for the Serie A game between Juventus and Benevento which took place in Torino, “Allianz Stadium”, on March 21st 2021. This is a special shirt with a special “Keep Racism Out” badge on sleeve and a special number used by the team in this game only. The special number is filled with anti-discrimination phrases printed on, following the Serie A’s campaign “Keep Racism Out” that aims to fight racism in football. While all Serie A teams wore the special badge on sleeve, Juventus F.C. was the only team to play with these special numbers. All numbers were different as visible from the Chiellini and Ronaldo shirts below.
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These shorts were worn by Cristiano Ronaldo during the Serie A game between Juventus and Benevento which took place in Torino, “Allianz Stadium”, on March 21st 2021. On 20 September 2020, Ronaldo scored in Juventus’s opening match of the season, a 3–0 home win over Sampdoria in Serie A. On 1 November, after Ronaldo took nearly three weeks to recover from COVID-19, he returned to action against Spezia where he came off the bench in the second half and scored within the first three minutes. He later scored a second goal from the penalty spot in an eventual 4–1 away win. On 2 December, he scored a goal against Dynamo Kyiv in a Champions League group stage match to reach his 750th senior career goal. Ronaldo played his 100th match in all competitions for Juventus on 13 December, scoring two penalties in a 3–1 away win to Genoa in the league, and bringing his goal tally to 79. On 2 March 2021, he scored a goal in a 3–0 win over Spezia in his 600th league match, to become the first player to score at least 20 goals over 12 consecutive seasons in the top five leagues of Europe.
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This shirt was issued for Cristiano Ronaldo for the Timvision Cup (Italy Cup Final) game between Atalanta and Juventus which took place in Reggio Emilia, “Mapei Stadium” Stadium on May 19th 2021. Juventus defeated Atalanta 2-1. With this victory Ronaldo became the first player in history to win every major domestic trophy in England, Spain, and Italy. Ronaldo ended the league campaign with 29 goals, winning the Capocannoniere award for highest goalscorer and becoming the first footballer to finish as top scorer in the English, Spanish, and Italian leagues. This style of shirt is the 2021/2022 home kit, that used by the team in the last two games of the 2020/2021 season, against Atalanta in the Timvision Cup game and against Bologna in the last Serie A’s game of the season, when the team reached the 2021/2022 Champions League’s qualification reaching the 4th place. Juventus with new coach Andrea Pirlo won the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana, but it wasn’t enough since at the end of the season Pirlo got fired and replaced by Massimiliano From his side. On May 12th, Ronaldo scored a goal in a 3–1 away win over Sassuolo to reach his 100th goal for Juventus in all competitions on his 131st appearance, becoming the fastest Juventus player to achieve the feat.
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As his reputation grew from his time at Manchester United, Ronaldo signed many sponsorship deals for consumer products, including e.g. sportswear (he wears Nike CR7 boots), soft drinks, clothing, automotive lubricants, financial services, electronics, computer video games, and much more. Ronaldo has established a strong online presence; the most popular sportsperson on social media, he counted 158 million total followers across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by June 2015. As of June 2015, he has the world’s biggest Facebook fanbase with 103 million followers: he became the first sportsperson to reach 50 million followers in August 2010, and in October 2014, he became the first sportsperson, and the second person after Shakira, to reach 100 million followers. He is also the most-followed athlete on Twitter with 37.8 million followers as of September 2015, and is the most-followed footballer on Instagram with 33.6 million followers as of October 2015. Ronaldo has released two mobile apps: in December 2011, he launched an iPhone game called Heads Up with Cristiano, created by developer RockLive, and in December 2013, he launched Viva Ronaldo, a dedicated social networking website and mobile app. Computer security company McAfee produced a 2012 report ranking footballers by the probability of an internet search for their name leading to an unsafe website, with Ronaldo’s name first on the list.
