1 Ronaldo was
nicknamed "cry-baby" as a child. His mother Dolores Aveiro said:
"When he got home from school I'd tell him to do homework but he'd say he
didn't have any. I'd be making dinner and he would jump out of the window and
run off until late. He used to cry when he passed and his friends didn't score.
People called him 'cry-baby' and 'little bee' because nobody could catch him."
2 He was an amazing player even at 11 years old.
Paulo Cardoso, his first coach at Sporting Lisbon, said: "When he got the
ball he went past two or three players. At the end of the game the players
gathered around him, they knew he was a special kid."




