Ronaldo: Updated Edition

by Luca Caioli

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MESSI AND NEYMAR Strength, speed and   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

Genres: Football

323 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 4, 2018

About the author

Luca Caioli (Milan, 1958) is the author of several novels and biographies that have been translated into forty languages ​​and sold a million copies. Throughout a career of over thirty years as a journalist, he has covered the main sports events for the most prominent European media. He currently lives in Madrid.

Reviews

[Katyan Anshuman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great read but not as captivating as Luca Caioli's masterpiece on Lionel Messi. I'm borderline nitpicking though; this is a sufficiently insightful read on one of the best footballer ever to grace the world.