Cristiano Ronaldo is hard work personified; one of the greatest players ever to grace the game. The Portuguese talisman is a benchmark for upcoming youngsters, thanks to the immense dedication he shows towards his profession. Here are a few unknown facts about this superstar.

Ronaldo is a non-smoker and doesn’t have any tattoos on his body. He opted not to get tattoos because he is a regular blood donor.

Ronaldo’s first contract as a 10-year-old got him 20 footballs and a few kits as his payment.

In 2015, Cristiano Ronaldo became the subject of a semester-long course at the University of British Columbia in Okanagan.

A group of scientists led by Dr. David Sobral from the University of Lisbon named a galaxy the Cosmos Redshift 7 after Cristiano Ronaldo.

Barcelona had refused to sign CR7 for understandable reasons when he was offered to them while at Sporting CP.

Ronaldo sprints 900 times more in a season than an Olympic sprinter.

He got the name “Ronaldo” after former US president Ronald Reagan, who was his father’s favourite actor

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