Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
GOIH ComM (European Portuguese: [kɾiʃˈtjɐnu ʁɔˈnaɫdu] ; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a
forward for Serie A club Juventus and
captains the Portugal national team. Often considered the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, [note 3] Ronaldo has won five Ballons d'Or [note 4] and four European Golden Shoes, both of which are records for a European player. He has won 29 major trophies in his career , including six league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA European Championship , and one UEFA Nations League . A prolific goalscorer, Ronaldo holds the records for the most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League (128), most hat-tricks in recorded history (56), joint-most hat-tricks in the UEFA Champions League (, shared with Lionel Messi, most international goals by an active player (99) and the joint-most goals scored in the UEFA European Championship (9). He is the only player to score more than 60 goals in all competitions in 4 consecutive seasons. He is one of the few recorded players to have made over 1,000 professional career appearances and has scored over 700 senior career goals for club and country. [11]