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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, ComM, GOIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾiʃ'tjɐnu ʁuˈnaɫdu], born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese footballer for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team. He primarily plays as a forward, but has also been deployed as a winger, and serves as captain for Portugal. Often considered the best player in the world and regarded by many in the sport as the greatest of all time, Ronaldo was named the best Portuguese player ever by the Portuguese Football Federation in 2015. His personal honours include four Ballons d'Or, the most for a European player, and a record four European Golden Shoes. One of the most marketable sportsmen, he was ranked the world's highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 2016, as well as the world's most famous athlete by ESPN in 2016 and 2017. Ronaldo 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 23, he had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. He was the subject of the most expensive association football transfer when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009 in a transfer worth €94 million ($132 million). In Spain, he has won two La Liga titles, two Copas del Rey, three Champions League titles, and two Club World Cups. In 2015, he became Real Madrid's all-time leading goalscorer. Ronaldo made his international debut for Portugal 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 the first Portuguese player to reach 50 international goals, making him 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. Ronaldo has scored more than 600 career goals for club and country. He is the only player to score more than 50 goals in each of six consecutive club seasons. The first player to reach 100 goals in European club competitions, he is the all-time top scorer in the UEFA Champions League, having scored ten or more goals in a record six consecutive seasons. His 17 goals in Madrid's victorious 2013–14 campaign remain the single-season record in the competition. Domestically, he has scored more goals than any other player across the top five European leagues. In international football, he is the most capped player and joint top scorer in the history of the UEFA European Championship.