WEB CHUTNEY

Here are some facts about the football superstar you never knew:

1. His full name is Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro.

2. Ronaldo was expelled from school at the age of 14 because he threw a chair at his teacher

3. His legs are so powerful that he has broken a fans wrist and nose when he missed a free kick

4. He doesn’t have any tattoos because he donate blood regularly

5. Ronaldo doesn’t drink because his father passed away due to alcoholism at 52

6. Cristiano Ronaldo : “I have to thank my friend Albert Fantrau for my success. We played together for a youth club. When people from Sporting (Lisbon) arrived, they told us that whoever scored more goals would be accepted to their Academy.” “We won that game 3-0, I scored the first goal, the Albert scored a header, and the third was a goal that impressed everyone. Albert went to one on one with the goalkeeper. I was running next to him, he went round the keeper, all he needed to do was just to get the ball into the empty net. But, he passed it to me and I scored. I was accepted to the Academy. After the match, I approached him and asked him “why” and he answered; “You’re better than me”. Several years later, the journalist went to Albert’s house and asked whether the story was true. He confirmed. He also said that his career as a football player finished after that match and he is now unemployed. “But where did you get such a gorgeous house, a car? You seemed to be a rich person. You also maintain your family … .. Where is all this from?.” Albert proudly replied; it’s from Cristiano.

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