recognisable teams including Real Madrid, Manchester United and Portugal. In 2008

he was named FIFPro World Player of the Year and FIFA World Player of the Year

• Cristiano’s father gave him the name “Ronaldo” after American President Ronald

Reagan, who was his father’s favourite actor

• In 2009 Madame Tussauds sculptors had a sitting with Cristiano at the Real Madrid

football training ground. On hearing of the completion of his wax figure Cristiano

said: “I have been excited ever since the Madame Tussauds team came to measure

me for my wax figure. I cannot wait to see the finished figure in person”

Born Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Averiro on 5th February 1985 in Madeira,

Portugal