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Ultimate Football Heroes: Ronaldo (Wing Wizards 1): Collect them all!

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Meet Cristiano Ronaldo, Ultimate Football Hero.'As he walked up to take his spot-kick, Cristiano knew that Real would win the trophy if he scored. He had the chance to be the hero yet again.'Escaping the hot streets of Madeira, Cristiano Ronaldo first proved himself as a wonder-kid at Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson, before becoming a legend for Real Madrid and Portugal. This is the story of how the gifted boy became a man, a team-player and a legend.Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life-stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to super-star professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share.

114 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 10, 2017

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Author 6 books386 followers
May 9, 2019
Οι Matt και Tom Oldfield, επαγγελματίες συντάκτες, αθλητικογράφοι και συγγραφείς, πολύ αναγνωρισμένοι στον χώρο τους και με αρκετά βιβλία ποδοσφαιρικού ενδιαφέροντος στο βιογραφικό τους, ένωσαν τις δυνάμεις τους προκειμένου να συγγράψουν μία απ' τις κορυφαίες ποδοσφαιρικές σειρές που απευθύνεται τόσο σε μικρούς όσο και σε μεγάλους αναγνώστες και fans της στρογγυλής θεάς, που έχει τίτλο "Οι απόλυτοι ήρωες του ποδοσφαίρου".


Τα πρώτα τέσσερα βιβλία, λοιπόν, της σειράς αυτής κυκλοφόρησαν πολύ πρόσφατα από τις εκδόσεις Ψυχογιός και πραγματικά έχουμε να κάνουμε με μια εξαιρετικά προσεγμένη έκδοση. Μέσα σε κάθε ένα βιβλίο από αυτά ξετυλίγεται η ιστορία ενός κορυφαίου παίκτης της παγκόσμιας ποδοσφαιρικής σκηνής, από τα παιδικά του χρόνια μέχρι και σήμερα. Ιστορίες αληθινές, βγαλμένες μέσα από τη ζωή, με μικρές λεπτομέρειες που μπορεί να γνωρίζαμε για τους ανθρώπους αυτού και άλλες μεγαλύτερες που μας ξαφνιάζουν και μας κάνουν να συνειδητοποιούμε ακόμα περισσότερο το ενδιαφέρον που αυτοί παρουσιάζουν τόσο ως αθλητές όσο και ως άνθρωποι.

Τα κεφάλαια της ζωής των παικτών αυτών, που θα χαρακτηρίζαμε περισσότερο ως αφηγήσεις, διαθέτουν έναν χαρακτήρα σχεδόν μυθιστορηματικό. Ειλικρινά, υπήρχαν φορές που ξεχνούσα πως διάβαζα μια σειρά ιδιότυπων βιογραφιών, νιώθοντας πως κρατούσα στα χέρια μου λογοτεχνικά κείμενα με μια δόση παραμυθένια διάθεσης που απευθύνονται σε μικρά και μεγάλα παιδιά που έμαθαν να πορεύονται στη ζωή τους έχοντας ινδάλματα που η ζωή τους απέδειξε πως αξίζει να ονειρεύεσαι και, πάνω απ' όλα, να προσπαθείς να κατακτήσεις τα όνειρα αυτά.

Πρέπει να αναφέρω πως τα βιβλία αυτά, στην ελληνική έκδοση, προλογίζει ο δικός μας αγαπημένος, Μένιος Σακελλαρόπουλος, όχι μόνο ένας εκ των κορυφαίων αθλητικών δημοσιογράφων που έχει δει τούτη η ταλαίπωρη χώρα, αλλά κι ένας άνθρωπος με βαθιά αγάπη για το ποδόσφαιρο, πράγμα που φαίνεται σε κάθε λέξη που έχει γράψει σε αυτές τις λίγες σελίδες.

Έχω να πω πως ο γιος μου λάτρεψε τα βιβλία αυτά όσο κι εγώ, και πως θα τα σύστηνα σε όλες τις μανούλες που θέλουν να κάνουν τα παιδιά τους να διαβάσουν κάτι και να ξεκολλήσουν από τις οθόνες του υπολογιστή τους ή τα tablets τους. Μπορεί να μην το πιστεύετε, αλλά μέσα σε αυτές τις σελίδες θα βρουν πολλά ενδιαφέροντα πράγματα και ποιος ξέρει, ίσως να δουν και τον ίδιο τον αθλητισμό με άλλο μάτι.
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December 15, 2022
Very little personal information on Ronaldo. Don’t even mention his heart condition or his children.
Maybe for young kids not interested in his personal life, and only interested in all his matches. Not recommend for adult readers.
2 reviews1 follower
December 26, 2020
Ronaldo has completed his dream. He has a peaceful home and a kind country to have freedom. Ronadlo has to go to Libson to complete his dream. Family all missed him when he was at Libson. He was training hard he even went to the gym at nigh. After all training he the training he was getting closer to being the world best football player. Ronadle is now moving to the United States for better training. Ronaldo is going back to Mison. Ronadlo wants to win a trophy and he did win the semi finales then the finals. Last year they lost the semi finals and finales this year they made it to te tornament and won
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336 reviews2 followers
May 23, 2020
I see these in every book shop so I wanted to know if they were any good for the classroom. I love them, although I’m not a fan of football they are very factual, easy to read and teach some great lessons.
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16 reviews3 followers
September 23, 2019
Very Good
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1 review1 follower
February 3, 2020
I love all of these books ☺☺
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January 25, 2021
Well it was a nice book but Messi’s book is way nicer



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1 review1 follower
April 30, 2021
Very good book, recommend reading this if youre a huge CR7 FAN 🙌
5 reviews
October 19, 2021
A great documentary book based on the legend Cristiano Ronaldo up untill real Madrid. Written well. Definitely recommend you buying it!
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March 11, 2022
I liked reading about the matches this footballer played. I enjoyed learning about his childhood, playing football in the streets of Portugal.
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April 3, 2022
This book covered the main and exciting highlights of his life and every page wanted to make you read more!
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March 13, 2023
Amazing detail of when he joins different teams and sad parts not displayed too much.
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Author 32 books237 followers
March 20, 2024
My son read this to me and loved it and wants to collect them all lol.
33 reviews
April 2, 2025
What a cool book. My favorite soccer player.
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May 12, 2025
It was amazing reading Ronaldo’s life.
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July 11, 2025
I personally loved it. it explains his life and football games.
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January 25, 2026
a spectacular book about the struggles of his childhood to the fame of his life now all of the transfers and his best moments would definitely reccomend
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May 30, 2019
RECENSIONE COMPLETA SUL BLOG IL SALOTTO DEL GATTO LIBRAIO
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In pochissimi mesi questo è il secondo libro che leggo su Cristiano Ronaldo, e ogni volta mi appassiono sempre di più alla storia di questo grande campione. Saccente, arrogante, competitivo, appassionato, se pensiamo a Ronaldo, questi sono le primi caratteristiche che ci vengono in mente ma se da subito ne si riconosce il talento calcistico, è facile perdonargli tutto questo.

Ma Cristiano Ronaldo senza tener conto delle critiche, per anni ha dimostrato di essere il migliore, e queste caratteristiche, spesso detestate, gli hanno consentito, di vincere praticamente tutto: cinque Palloni d'Oro, cinque Champions League, tre campionati inglesi, due spagnoli e gli Europei del 2016 come capitano della Nazionale portoghese.
Ma chi è Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro?

Cesare Pavese disse:
«Non c’è arte senza ossessione»


Attraverso le parole di Matt e Tom Oldfield, ripercorreremo la carriera di Ronaldo, di come quella peste scappava dal retro della casa per andare a tirare i calci al pallone per le vie di una Funchal povera. La sua determinazione fu evidente fin da subito, Cristiano era sempre in cerca di modi per migliorarsi, anche quando sfidava i bambini del quartiere, lui doveva dimostrare di essere il migliore.

Quando a dodici anni atterrò da solo, all'aeroporto di Lisbona, lasciando la sua amata Madeira e la famiglia, non si fece trovare impreparato, lui voleva diventare il più forte giocatore al mondo e quello sarebbe stato sicuramente il primo passo. Faremo quindi un salto nel passato, nelle squadre che lo hanno aiutato a forgiare il suo carattere come lo Sporting Lisbona, il Manchester United o il Real Madrid o quelle persone che nella buona e nella cattiva sorte, lo hanno reso quello che oggi, Alex Ferguson, Josè Mourinho, Carlo Ancellotti, Jorge Mendes, Zinedin Zidane, Rafael Benitez, Valter Di Salvo ecc...


Tra le righe, leggeremo di quell'incredibile costanza che Ronaldo ha sempre dimostrato di avere, di quell'ossessione nel migliorarsi e di quella tenacia che lo ha fatto diventare il numero uno al mondo.
Apprenderemo così, come la trasformazione da ragazzo mingherlino e "piagnucolone" a Robocop, sia avvenuta per gradi e solo grazie al duro lavoro e alla costanza che questo ragazzo ha dimostrato di avere ogni giorno della sua vita.

Se gli altri si allenavano 4 ore lui raddoppiava la dose... questo vuole dire essere arroganti, narcisisti ecc? Se non si è abituati a fare dei sacrifici e a lottare per il proprio sogno, probabilmente si, è quello che gli altri percepiscono di te, ma se conosci la determinazione, la passione e la competitività, che solo qualcosa che ami può sviluppare in te, allora forse certi atteggiamenti riesci a comprenderli e a giustificali.

Dalle partite giocate per le strade di Madeira, Cristiano è cresciuto fino a diventare un'icona del calcio mondiale. CR7 è un campione, una macchina da gol strepitosa, un professionista che ha saputo costruire la sua immagine in maniera impeccabile, che ha saputo trasformarsi da quel ragazzino estroso ed egoista che era, in un goleador maturo e professionale... vederlo giocare con la maglia della mia squadra del cuore, non fa che rendermi una tifosa entusiasta.
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