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Was Cristiano Ronaldo poor

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 9/27/2023

Yes sadly , Ronaldos father was a very heavy drinker, and went into debt so the small club in Ronaldos small town sold him to Sporting Lisbon.

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He started very poor to poor to go to school or do anything so he use to just play football and since he played it all the time he started to get really good at it and he became voted best player in the world now (alongside with Lionel Messi) he earns £12 million a year and was sold for £80 million from Manchester United to Real Madrid.

Wiki User

∙ 11y ago

Yes sadly , Ronaldos father was a very heavy drinker, and went into debt so the small club in Ronaldos small town sold him to Sporting Lisbon.

Wiki User

∙ 15y ago

When he was young he was very poor, so he played football to kill time. Now he plays football and gets 200,000 pounds a week.

Wiki User

∙ 14y ago