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1. Almost joined Arsenal or Liverpool

Former Liverpool coach Gerard Houllier revealed that he was very close to Ronaldo’s signature before CR7 joined MU in 2003. However, The Kop could not meet the salary he requested. Legendary coach Arsene Wenger also put Ronaldo in his sights, but missed the opportunity to recruit talented Sporting Lisbon to Arsenal.

2. Sell the Golden Ball

Ronaldo is famous for many meaningful charity activities. In 2017, he sold the 2013 Golden Ball to an auction house in London and earned 600 thousand pounds, contributing to the Make A Wish Foundation.

Ronaldo has a kind heart. Photo: Internet.

3. Has its own museum

In 2013, a museum named CR7 was built in his hometown of Funchal, Madeira. This place displays many titles, photo documents, videos about his career and even a wax statue of Ronaldo.

4. Become a taught subject

The University of British Columbia Okanagan in Canada has introduced the Ronaldo major into its program since 2015. CR7 has become a topic researched by sociology students.

5. The galaxy is called CR7

Also in 2015, a team of astronomers led by David Sobral discovered a new galaxy and decided to name it Cosmos Redshift 7, abbreviated CR7. Sobral and his colleagues said the Portuguese football superstar was the inspiration for their idea.

In the universe there is a galaxy named after Ronaldo. Photo: Internet.

6. Scored goals against 47 national teams

Ronaldo scored 128 goals in a Portuguese shirt and is the player with the most goals at the team level of all time. CR7’s achievement of scoring 47 goals for the national team is also a record in the soccer world.

7. Scary goalscoring performance at Real Madrid

The greatest goal scorer in Los Blancos history reached 450 goals in 9 years, equivalent to 50 goals per season. The 39-year-old striker only took 438 matches to set this milestone, or a performance of 1.03 goals per match.