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Because he wore the same shirt number when playing for Manchester United.
He switched to no. 9 when he first joined Real Madrid, as the legendary Raúl was already wearing the no. 7 shirt. When Raúl left for Schalke 04, Ronaldo took over Raúl's no. 7, thereby going back to his usual number.
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