Ronaldo

Strength, speed and dedication: Cristiano Ronaldo is known throughout the world as a colossus of the modern game. < p/> But did you know that he underwent laser heart surgery aged just fifteen to enable him to continue playing the game he loved? < p/> Or that Nacional, his first professional club, donated twenty balls and two sets of kits to his youth team in order to sign him? < p/> Or how he came to be known as abelhinha -'little bee'- a name he would later pass on to his Yorkshire Terrier? < p/> 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.