Роналду

by Guillem Balagué, Ґільєм Балаґе, Христина Демидюк (translator)

Король футболу, кумир дітлахів і дорослих, нападник італійського «Ювентуса»та капітан збірної Португалії. Кріштіану Роналду є одним із найвидатніших футболістів світу. Немов на американських гірках, він то здіймався на вершини, то зазнавав поразок. Феєричні матчі та неймовірні рекорди, гучні титули та приголомшлива слава, а поруч із тим — конфлікти з менеджерами, товаришами по команді і фанатами, запекле суперництво, сльози розчарування, неконтрольовані емоції.

Як Роналду вдалося здійснити мрію мільйонів? Як він розвивав свій талант і став тим, ким є сьогодні? Зірковий шлях гравця й особистості описує спортивний журналіст та футбольний експерт Ґільєм Балаґе.

Більше про книжку https://starylev.com.ua/ronaldu.

Genres: Biography, Sports, Football, Nonfiction, Soccer, Memoir, Autobiography

432 pages, Hardcover

First published November 5, 2015

Reviews

[Amit Mishra · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best player of this beautiful game the world has ever seen. The best striker who played on his own rules. He played with prestigious clubs of the world Man Utd, Real Madrid and currently in Juventus.
The book is captivating and interesting that keeps the readers engaged to know every aspect of his life. The story of choosing no.7 shirt at Old Trafford and carrying the legacy of George Best and David Beckham. He is an inspiration and icon for youths who want to achieve something in their life by their hard work.

[Alvin Lo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Revealed the inside stories of events in CR's life. Basically it's all i want from reading such a biography. A nice read for one who's followed him from Man Utd days.

However, the author Guillem Balague, a skysports-said Spanish soccer specialist, truly disappointed me by using 19 pages of foreword to defend himself. I partly bought the book cos of his name, his reputation, but now he's definitely reversed it. The foreword has nth to do with the introduction of the book, but just a desperate man trying to use whtever channel to clear his own name. Could tell so much about his personality, and how pathetic __.

The occasional excessive bs is another issue of the book, but one could always simply skip them. Like once it used a whole page to outline the religious background of a place. It showoff-ed the amount of research done, but not his writing skill in putting quality info when necessary.

[Vijay Chengappa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Guillem is one of my favorite Football journalists, so my expectation from this book was high.
It does fulfill its potential in parts, there are lots of backroom information/insights into Ronaldo's behavior that is new to RM fans.
What i simply dont understand (especially considering how CR7 has since gone on to win two more Champions leagues, had a 100 goal career in Juventus, and his heroic return to United) is the urgency to write the 'Story' of the man so soon. Why can't they just wait till he is officially retired?!

[Jacob Langham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting to see where his work ethic originated from. Very inspiring and well written.

[Lorenzo Pepe · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about how a young Cristiano Ronaldo, with a dream to be the best player in th world madehis dream a reality. At the age of 12, he got recruited to play professionally. Not long after some of the biggest clubs in Europe wanted to recruit him, Manchester United won his signature. And a couple years later, he was voted the best player in the world (at 25).
I very much enjoyed this book and would give it 4 out of 5 stars. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy sport biographies.

[Aik Lim · Rating 4 out of 5]

The underlying nag after reading this incredibly driven self-perfection footballer is how lonely and sad his life is. That all he strives and achieves can't really satisfy the deep hole in his heart. A brilliant footballer whom i'm privilege to see in my lifetime but ultimately will never be fully loved like Messi or Pele because of his deep self cent redness flaw.

[Maria · Rating 2 out of 5]

«До Р.
Я ж казав, що ти не з’явишся у книжці»

Сторінка з цими словами не подана в жодному уривку жодної інтернет-книгарні. В фізичній книгарні ви також не зможете прочитати дану фразу, бо книга продається в плівці і ви не погортаєте її та не зрозумієте, який то треш.

Ця фраза настільки чітко означила дану книгу і ставлення автора до читачів, що аж нудить

Я, яка виросла на грі Роналду, очікувала чогось більшого, цікавого, визначного, відповідного рівню звєзди.
Як зазначає сам автор - Роналду - король футболу, кумир мільйонів. Це найпопулярніший спортсмен у світі, про якого чули абсолютно усі, навіть ті хто не цікавиться/не знає/ненавидить футбол. Тому, щоб зацікавити, зробити щось вартісне Балаґе мав би трохи докласти зусиль. Але для чого? Якщо можна помістити на обкладинку ім’я і фотку людини, одна лиш згадка про яку продасть все сама.

Це важко назвати книгою. Це погано написана курсова, навіть не дипломна…якогось ПТУ. Але точно не професійного журналіста. Це тупо копіпаст усіх можливих інтерв’ю Роналду і компанії до 2017 року. При чому абсолютно не вичитаний і недостовірний. Автор плутається в місяцях, кілька ігор проти різних команд в різний період часу називає дебютом футболіста за національну збірну (перший варіант вірний, решта - хз, що це).

«Це був рік […] чотирьох clasicos за два роки…»🤯 Інформація подається як щось надзвичайно визначне, але люди, які мають елементарне зелене поняття в футболі нічого визначного там не знайдуть. За один сезон команди в чемпіонаті зустрічаються між собою 2 рази, тобто за 2 роки вийде 4 рази, за 3 - 6 і т.д. Стандартна практика, нічого визначного. Лиш, якби в реченні звучало «за два тижні» це б кардинально змінило настрій (4 гри відбулося з 16 квітня по 3 травня! Це справді і фізично і психологічно витримати важко, особливо, коли це ще й вирішальні матчі)

І такі трабли впродовж усієї книги.

Ще більшого розчарування додав переклад ВСЛ. Це зі мною вперше! Перекладачка явно не знайома з футболом, бо абсолютно усю термінологію вона пояснювала курсивом в дужках, як «прим. пер.»🤦🏻‍♀️
А редакторам і коректорам напевно вже настільки впадло було читати той маніфест марнославства, що з середини книжки ніхто не заморочувався на одруківки, автозаміну слів і узгодження частин мови і родів слів🥴

Два єдиних плюса книги (які якраз і стали двома зірочками) - це шалена ностальгія під час читання розділу про МЮ❤️ та епілог, який по суті є статистичним підсумком, який лише підтвердив, що Роналду не командний гравець - всі ці нереальні загальні цифри рідко коли ставали реальною допомогою у потрібний момент для команди. Ці цифри працювали лише на одну персону…

P.s. Роналду так і не дав жодного інтерв’ю для книги😏

[Peggy F · Rating 3 out of 5]

bin kein Fan von ihm, aber das Buch ließ sich gut lesen und man versteht letztlich mehr von der Maschinerie des Fußballs ("Fußball ist Kapitalismus pur"),
von Ronaldo weiß tatsächlich kaum einer wirklich was, außer:
er weint schon immer viel,
für seine Mama und Familie macht er ALLES,
Er ist mir jetzt auch nicht sympathischer

[Muneeb Khan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wouldn't expect Guillem to be so pathetic. I for one believe that his head is full of dirt-load of prejudice and envy. A cynical man with lack of respect for a man who's given everything to pursue and fulfill his childhood dream despite his humble origins. A man who wanted to be the best footballer in the world, and is. But despite all the criticism and all the people like this writer, passion can not be tamed and as my friend says GREATNESS IS ONLY BEAUTIFUL WHEN IT IS VIOLENT. So no matter how much you write against him, he will continue to rise and work hard.
Talent is natural but skill is developed, and this man is testimony to the fact that thousands of hours of practice on the pitch doesn't go down in a hole.

[Paul Vance · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice work by Guillem Balague. Doesn't glorify the player, in fact provides what I consider a balanced and fair analytical account of Cristiano's life, thus far.

Someone else writing this, possibly sanctioned by the Ronaldo camp, would never have achieved the objectivity Balague has.

Some interesting insights into the mind of Ronaldo and what makes him tick. Not sure if like some others, I'd label him a sad case or not. He's achieved a lot in exchange for major sacrifice, and something in that is highly commendable.

The drive and dedication deserve equal dollops of admiration; the childish petulance, not so.

Good read, no doubt about it . . . . .

[Laura Walin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Vähän hassua, että elossa olevasta kolmekymppisestä kirjoitetaan elämäkertaa. Vielä hassumpaa, os elämäkerta kertoo 2/3 jostain muuta kuin kyseisen henkilön elämästä. Balague ei ilmeisesti ole päässyt kirjoittamaan auktorisoitua elämäkertaa henkilökohtaisista ristiriidoista johtuen ja sen vuoksi joutuu täyttämään kirjansa paljolla mulla kuin tiedolla ja kertomuksissa Ronaldon elämästä. Mukana on paljon toimittajan minä-minä-journalismia sekä spekulaatioita jalkapalloseurojen välisestä juonittelusta pelaajakaupoissa. Paikoitellen mielenkiintoista mutta ei kovin eheä kokonaisuus.

[Eleonora · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un libro molto accurato che cita le fonti, nonostante non sia una biografia autorizzata.
Se si è interessati a sapere di piú sulla vita del calciatore vale sicuramente la pena leggerlo

[James Daly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book, the greatest footballer.

[Alicja 🧿 · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5
Przystępna książka dla młodszego czytelnika, chociaż zdziwiło mnie, że w lekturze pojawiają się wzmianki o narkotykach. Dużo szczegółów kariery, co może być zarówno plusem jak i minusem.

[Il salotto del gatto libraio Graziano · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Cristian Ronaldo... chi è un presidente, un personaggio storico, un super eroe? Dai la smetto subito... tutti sappiamo chi è Cristiano Ronaldo! E' uno dei giocatori più forti al mondo in attivo e vi assicuro che non serve essere un'esperta di calcio per saperlo, le competizione, i trofei e i premi vinti, a quanto pare, parlano per lui.

Quello che forse non sapete però è che Cristiano Ronaldo, chiamato ormai dai tifosi CR7, o si odia o si ama! I giornalisti spesso lo definiscono un giocatore dalla personalità forte, un narcisista, un perfezionista, una persona capricciosa e arrogante, diventato ormai il simbolo del mercenarismo calcistico.
Nonostante tutti questi appellativi negativi però, Ronaldo ha dimostrato in più occassioni che oltre a tenere alla sua immagine e ad essere ricco e famoso, è anche una persona "vera"... una persona sensibile e generosa.

A questo punto la domanda sorge spontanea, chi è realmente Cristiano Ronaldo? Prova a svelarci chi si nasconde dietro alla maschera di una macchina da record, Guillem Balague, considerato uno dei più autorevoli giornalisti sul calcio, che in questa Biografia, ci mostrerà entrambe le facce di Ronaldo. A quanto ho potuto intuire dai primi capitoli infatti, Guillem Balague, diciamo che non è proprio il giornalista preferito da Cristiano ma questo ha fatto si che nella biografia, non vengano elencate solo le gesta e le imprese magnifiche del ragazzo, ma vengano raccontati anche fatti, aneddoti e storie di persone che si sono scontrati in più occasioni, con il suo carattere per niente facile dell'atleta.
E' una biografia nata da una profonda ricerca, in cui Balague si è fatto guidare per le vie di Madeira, Lisbona, Machester, Madrid e infine Torino.

Questo libro è il risultato di ricerche, studi, di venticinque anni di esperienza come giornalista, dei colloqui con persone che lo conoscono, con psicologi, sociologi, con i giocatori che hanno condiviso con lui lo spogliatoio, con i dirigenti delle società e alcuni dei suoi allenatori, oltre alle conversazioni avute con lui stesso e con la sua cerchia prima della controversia... a microfoni spenti e accesi.

Non ha usato mezzi termini, non ha cercato di indorare la pillola del perfetto giocatore, Balague con questo libro, ha voluto far conoscere il bello e il cattivo di Ronaldo ma soprattutto ha cercato di capire sei i suoi comportamenti tanto discussi, sono stati necessari per permettergli di diventare quello che è oggi.

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

Quella che troverete qui è la mia versione del viaggio di Ronaldo, la storia delle influenze che lo hanno plasmato, dei tratti di Madeira che ancora conserva, della sua crescita al Manchester United, di ciò che il Real Madrid ha fatto per lui e degli eventi che lo hanno portato alla Juventus. Parlerò della sua arroganza e vanità, provando a capire se questi due elementi fossero davvero essenziali per permettergli di diventare quello che è oggi.

In queste pagine verrà così ripercorsa la carriera di Ronaldo, di come a dodici anni atterrò da solo, all'aeroporto di Lisbona, lasciando la sua amata isola di Madeira e la famiglia, per perseguire il suo sogno di diventare il Migliore. Ci parlerà delle squadre che lo hanno aiutato a forgiare il suo carattere come lo Sporting Lisbona, il Manchester United e il Real Madrid e delle 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...

Balague ci parlerà di quell'incredibile costanza che ha sempre dimostrato di avere, di quell'ossessione nel migliorarsi e quella tenacia capace di farlo diventare il numero uno al mondo.
Inoltre fra queste pagine troveremo anche interessanti interventi fatti da psicologi famosi, pronti a spiegare i comportamenti più inconsueti del campione che lo hanno contraddistinto e reso tale in tutti questi anni.

Apprenderemo così, come la trasformazione da ragazzo mingherlino a Robocop, sia avvenuta per gradi e solo grazie al duro lavoro e alla cattiveria agonistica che questo ragazzo ha messo in 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 anche a capirli e a giustificarli.

Cristiano Ronaldo è un campione fenomenale, una macchina da gol strepitosa, un professionista che ha saputo costruire la sua immagine in maniera impeccabile. In questa biografia però conosceremo anche il lato umano di questo instancabile ragazzo, una persona fragile, generosa, emotiva e che ha sofferto tanto il distacco dalla famiglia e della mancanza del padre.

E' coraggioso, sfacciato, conscio della sua bellezza, non nasconde la sua vanità, ma è anche timido e insicuro. Vuole conquistarti e questa è la sua grande forza. E la sua grande debolezza. Mai nulla sembra essere abbastanza.

Probabilmente neanche in questa Biografia sarà stata raccontata tutta la verità ma per quanto mi riguarda e non lo dico solo perchè sono Juventina, per tutto quello che ha passato, per i sacrifici fatti, per l'impegno e la costanza avuti nel migliorarsi giorno per giorno, Cristiano Ronaldo si merita veramente tutto il successo che ha!

Che poi il giro di soldi che si muove intorno al Calcio sia assurdo, quello è un altro discorso, ma a livello empatico e dopo aver letto questa biografia, posso tranquillamente affermare che Cristiano Ronaldo, è e sarà per sempre un calciatore unico e indimenticabile.
Detto ciò ora ditemi che anche voi (ovviamente mi rivolgo al pubblico femminile) non state lì a pregare che segni affinchè si tiri su quella maglia che nasconde i suoi 2000 addominali da urlo...

Non farò l’errore di dire che non potrò vivere senza il pallone. Ma non riesco a immaginare una vita senza allenamenti, senza il campo, senza una partita, senza l’adrenalina e l’eccitazione della competizione
(Cristiano Ronaldo)

[Mitri Laatvala · Rating 3 out of 5]

Особисто для мене пізнавальними були перші 50-100 сторінок про дитинство Роналду на Мадейрі.
Глава де він переходить в Спортинг також цікава а от періоди в МЮ і Реалі просто перенасичені егоїзмом , нарцисизмом і відсутністю хоч якихось унікальних фактів . Ну бо умовний я міг би теж згадати матчі які бачив і пепеповісти їх чи відкрити статистику щоб ніде не помилитись і нецікаво розказувати кого МЮ проходив і від кого вилітав в плей-офф ЛЧ. Були якісь фактики по трансферах чи домовленостях з іншими клубами в які він так і не перейшов але цього мало. Майже немає цікавинок про стосунки з одноклубниками і як проходив їх побут. Зате є мама, сестри, всі його люблять , по голові гладять , він найкращий у світі. Батько його помер від алкоголю коли Рону були близько 20ти ,про нього в книгщі мало, брати теж сиділи на алко і наркотиках про якісь розповіді від його друзів теж зась, можливо їх і не було або було геть мало. Розумію шо Кріш завжди був таким і тому його можна або любити або ні, мені він ніколи не імпонував , так як і ця книга не вразила.

[Serhii Pliaka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Цікава книга про зірку сучасного футболу Кріштіано Роналду. І вона мені сподобалася більше, ніж книга цього ж автора про Ліонеля Мессі своєю будовою та формою подачі матеріалу.
Цікавими є міркування автора про причини провокативної поведінки футболіста на полі. Спортивний журналіст намагається розібратися у психології гравця, аналізуючии бесіди з одноклубниками, психологами, а також зі своїми колегами-журналістами.
Повторюся про певний недолвк як і щодо книги про Мессі: вона не є актуальною на зараз, коли Роналду, вигравши до описаних ще 2 Ліги Чемпіонів (разом: 3 поспіль!), перейшов з мадридського "Реалу" і грає в туринському "Ювентусі"; а в 2016 році у драматичному фіналі разом зі своєю збірною Португалії виграв Чемпіонат Європи.
А це потребує кардинального доповнення книги.

[17arkelle142 · Rating 5 out of 5]

i found this book very interesting and enjoyed learning new facts of one of the most skilled and hardest working men to ever live

[Ludo de Wolf · Rating 5 out of 5]

gewoon het geitje

[Flynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about a young boy called Cristiano Ronaldo, with a dream to be the best player in the world and he made his dream reality Cristiano Ronaldo grew up in a very poor town of Madeira. At the age of 12, he got recruited to play professionally. Not long after some of the biggest clubs in Europe wanted to recruit him, Manchester United won his signature, and years later, he was voted to be the best player in the world at 25 years old he was one of the best players back then for the hardship he had been through and he was self driven. This just proves that if you push your self to the limit and do your best you can follow your dream there are also a lot of people in this world that look up to him because he is a great leader. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone that enjoys sports biographies.

[Jessica Adams · Rating 2 out of 5]

The begining of the book and description of Ronaldo's upbringing was outstanding. I will give it that. There is clearly a meticulously researched look into Ronaldo's begining's and what he came from which broadly informs on his attitudes, good and bad, later in life.

What confused me was, given all this insight, how the author is still so clearly anti-Ronaldo and expresses practically zero regard for how his upbringing informed the negative and immature qualities Ronaldo can express. The book is filled from that point on with nothing but critisism for the player and a complete disregard for how his past truly informed his future. At one point, the author even critisizes a beatiful instagram post made by Ronaldo's sister where she praises her brother and his persistance to be the greatest footballer in the face of such staunch critisism from the world around him (ironically, including the author himself. Can he not even allow for praise for Ronaldo from his own family?).

We all know that Ronaldo can have attitude, can be selfish on the pitch, and often can be easily worked up and irritated. That doesn't take away from the fact of his talent and skill and sadly, the majority of this book focuses on the author's clear disgust at Ronaldo's personality and mostly ignors/does not balance the book with any praise for his good qualities (such as unrivaled work ethic, care for his family, etc...). What good qualities are mentioned, are mostly only done so in the context of "he only developed "x" quality because of a negative "y" circumstance, quality, or trait.

An example of this is also in the clear preference that the author has for Messi (having written a book about him as well) and his implication that the Messi/Ronaldo rivalry is entirely negative in origin and action on Ronaldo's side. However, he simply refuses to acknowledge the obvious truth for both players: both were raised poor and had incredicble work ethic to rise and become "the best". Both played for rival clubs that are two of the best in their league and europe and therefore were encouraged to have a rivalry by nature of their employing institutions. Both will naturally know they will have to outperform the other to achieve that. This has produced two of the greatest footballers of all time. The difference is that Ronaldo is more outward in his frustrations of any setback that threatens that legacy, and this author has an obvious hatred for that.

Beyond this, my other critisism of the book is the amount of time dedicated to the discussion of money, transfers, and the politics behind Ronaldo's moves between teams. All of that content causes the book to be far longer than it needs to be and to drag massively through 50+ page chapters. Much of it could be cut in half if made more consise and straight forward. This is a book about Ronaldo. Not the president(s) of Real Madrid.

[Esclavo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cristiano Ronaldo. Apollo futbolu. Najprzystojniejszy, wymuskany, idealny. Piłkarz i celebryta. Pewnie nie ma osoby, która by nie znała tego nazwiska. Jako sportowiec osiągnął już wszystko, znany z wielkich kampani reklamowych Armaniego czy Nike. Twórca między innymi: własnej linii odzieżowej, perfum, butów, sieci wysokiej klasy hoteli sygnowanych własnym nazwiskiem. Czego nie dotknie, zamienia w złoto. Jedni go kochają, drudzy nienawidzą. Ci pierwsi cenią go za ambicję, pracowitość i upór w dążeniu do celu. Drudzy zarzucają mu arogancję i przerośnięte ego. Chociaż tylko wielcy ludzie mogą liczyć na wzbudzanie takich emocji.

Może na wstępie zaznaczę że nie jestem fanką Ronaldo, oczywiście, wiem kim jest, jakie sukcesy odnosi, kilka razy widziałam mecz z jego udziałem. Ot, typowy kibic w kapciach. Książka, może nie trafiła do mnie przypadkiem, bo w domu mam prawdziwą fankę piłkarza, ale za biografię wzięłam się z czystej ciekawości. Nie spodziewałam się, że wzbudzi aż takie moje zainteresowanie.

"W ubogiej wiosce nie ma innego wyjścia, trzeba być hardym. Kto nie jest hardy, ten nie przetrwa. Albo ty ich, albo oni ciebie.
Ronaldo zawsze był górą."


Nie jest to kolejna fanowska wersja biografii. Jest to opowieść o chłopaku z Madery, który z wielką determinacją pragnie spełnić swoje marzenie o byciu najlepszym. Rzetelna, poparta wieloma cytatami, rozmowami z najbliższymi piłkarza opowieść, daje nam realny i prawdziwy obraz Cristiano Ronaldo. Nie znajdziecie tu suchych faktów z wikipedii, a raczej analizę wydarzeń z życia piłkarza począwszy od losów jego rodziny, przez kolejne transfery aż do momentu gdzie staje się gwiazdą futbolu.
Dodatkowym plusem jest lekkość pióra i barwność opowieści autora. Przez książkę wręcz się płynie, poznając kolejne fakty okraszone anegdotami i alternatywnymi rozwiązaniami. Piękne grube wydanie, uzupełnione fotografiami stanowi swoistą biblię dla sympatyków piłkarza.

Dla fanów pozycja obowiązkowa, dla reszty możliwość poznania prawdziwej historii Cristiano Ronaldo.

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[Campbell McIntyre · Rating 4 out of 5]

This biography was a gift for Christmas and I had only just started it before the wide reading task was set so I decided to use it as one of my reviews.

The book is based on world famous football player Cristiano Ronaldo. It is a simple biography of how he got to where he is plus all the drama along the way. Ronaldo had a lot of trouble throuout his career regards to media and fallouts with coaches and players. But it also states his fierce rivalry with Lionel Messi. At the young age of just 20, Ronaldo lost his father and had to deal with his recent move to Manchester alone.

I enjoyed this book because I was able to relate to a lot to what was going on as I play football myself like Ronaldo. I think there was a lot of very interesting knowledge on Ronaldo that without reading this book I would have never gained.

A character I liked was Gary Neville. A former Manchester United player that in his later years played with Ronaldo. I liked him because he was very generous to the team but in particular Ronaldo as he was new to the squad. He was also a great player and played internationally for England.

A theme I found amongst the book was if you want to be a great sportsman there are a lot of sacrifices that had to be made. As he moved from academy to academy he lost a lot of friends so by the end of it Ronaldo just stayed by himself and would always train by himself without being hassled by anyone. But now that I think of it, maybe that's why he gets payed hundreds of millions of dollars.

[Soccerforfo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cristiano Ronaldo is a great book about a wonderful soccer player.In the book they talk about how he starts out, he starts out has a low family but he was good soccer player from working really hard. He would train non stop to try to make it to the pros. He started to grow up a lot of clubs and academies started to look at him. When he grew up he ended up signing his first big big contract with Manchester United. He moved around from a couple clubs after that and now he is known as the number one best play on earth for modern day soccer and one of the best to nearly play the game. He saids “ We don’t want to tell dreams we want to show them.” This quote is one of his most famous quote because it doesn’t only fit for soccer it fits for every sport or real life situation.

[Edison Wu · Rating 5 out of 5]

You know those cringy stories that Luca Caioli writes boldy to undermine the football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo? You should read the Guillem Balague one, the name sounds foreign, yes? No.

Balague happens to use perfect english in an innovative and engaging way to describe the many matches, awards, and the history of the Legendary Cristiano Ronaldo, a boy from a poor island called Madeira, and his journey to the incredible soccer player his is today. Do you think I'm biased? Read the first ten pages of this book and from Luca Caioli's version and judge me again.

[Sumaiya · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was sensational,inspirstional and ironic❤. CR7 is a complete inspiration for those who still are struggling with finding true inspirations😍

[Floodinho · Rating 4 out of 5]

En av de fotbollsspelare som jag tyckt minst om de senaste tio åren överraskar mig i denna bok. Han känns mänsklig och det är mycket intressant att läsa om hand fantastiska karriär. Väldigt nördig ibland och då har jag skummat vidare. Mest intressant var hans uppväxt och inledande karriär liksom de otroliga resultat han uppvisar i form av sin fysik. Boken får en fyra för sin typ av genre liksom att den överraskar mig positivt.

[Ronaldo Calle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about how young Ronaldo made his dream come true becoming the best player in the world. At the age of 12 he was recruited to play professionally. Not long after some of the biggest clubs in Europe wanted to recruit him. At the age of 25 he was recognized as the best players of the world. I will recommend this book to people who likes sport biographies.

[R.Eashwar Ramu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gave me an entirely new perspective on CR7.

[Paolo Paolo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is probably the best of all the biographies of Ronaldo. It's similar to Luca Caioli's version, but it's more detailed in my opinion. I enjoyed slightly more than Caioli's.