Personal Life

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on 5 February 1985 in Santo António, a neighbourhood of Funchal, Madeira, the youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, a cook, and José Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener . His second given name, "Ronaldo", was chosen after then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who was his father's favourite actor. He has one older brother, Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Cátia. Ronaldo's father, José Dinis Aveiro, died of alcoholism at age 52 when Ronaldo was 20. Ronaldo does         not consume alcohol and does not smoke. In March 2009, Ronaldo donated £100,000 to the hospital which helped save his mother's life after she was diagnosed withbreast cancer in 2007.

Ronaldo's autobiography, titled "Moments," was published in December 2007. Along with one of his sisters, Ronaldo opened a fashion boutique under the name "CR7" (his initials and shirt number). There are currently two CR7 store locations, both of which are in Portugal; one in Lisbon and the other in Madeira.  On October 2009, designer Giorgio Armani announced Ronaldo would be taking over from David Beckham as the spokes model for Emporio Armani men's underwear and jeans. He will begin appearing in a new worldwide advertising campaign starting in the spring of 2010.