Ronaldo
Updated Edition
Published on 4. October 2018
316 pages
978-1-78578-423-1 (ISBN)
Description
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MESSI AND NEYMAR
Strength, speed and dedication: Cristiano Ronaldo is known throughout the
world as a colossus of the modern game.
But did you know that he underwent laser heart surgery aged just fifteen to enable him to continue playing the game he loved?
Or that Nacional, his first professional club, donated
twenty balls and two sets of kits to his youth team in order to sign him?
Or how he came to be known as abelhinha -'little
bee' -
a name he would later pass on to his Yorkshire Terrier?
Find out all this and more in Luca Caioli's biography of the
global superstar, featuring exclusive insights from those who know him best and
even the man himself.
Includes all the action from the 2017/18
season and the 2018 World Cup
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Luca Caioli is the
bestselling author of Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and Mbappé. A
renowned Italian sports journalist, he lives in Spain corresponding for SKY
Italia and Corriere della Sera.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- 1: 'Abelhinha'
- 2: Far from the island
- 3: Seventeen years, eight months, two days
- 4: Festival
- 5: Number 7
- 6: Greek tragedy
- 7: The saddest day
- 8: 'Give Ron one in the eye'
- 9: Champagne
- 10: A great season
- 11: Ballon d'Or
- 12: Rome
- 13: £80 million
- 14: Hysteria at the Bernabéu
- 15: Sir Alex and Cristiano
- 16: Zero titles
- 17: Spain v Portugal
- 18: Fatherhood
- 19: 53 goals
- 20: Cristiano and Leo
- 21: Cristiano and Mou
- 22: Out of this world
- 23: A great leader
- 24: Five long years
- 25: La Décima
- 26: The last goal
- 27: Unstoppable
- 28: Highs and lows
- 29: Yeeeeessss!!!
- 30: The best
- 31: Changes
- Acknowledgements
- Plates
- About the Author
- Copyright
