Factbox on Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a 2-1/2 year deal on Friday.

Early days

• Born Feb 5, 1985 in Funchal, Madeira.
• Plays youth team football at Nacional before joining Sporting in 2002.

Manchester United (2003-09)

• United manager Alex Ferguson signs the 18-year-old for 12.24 million pounds ($14.80 million) in August 2003.
• In 2006-07, United win the title and Ronaldo is named England’s Footballer of the Year.
• Celebrates League and Champions League double in the 2007-08 season, finishing as Europe’s top scorer with 42 goals.
• Caps 2008 season by winning the Ballon d’Or.
• In 2008-09, helps United to the Premier League title and League Cup.
• Scores 118 goals in 291 appearances for United.

Real Madrid (2009-18)

• Signs for 80 million pounds from United in 2009, a world record fee at the time.
• Scores 46 goals in the 2011-12 LaLiga season as Real win the title.
• Scores a record 17 goals in the Champions League in 2013-14 as Real secure a 10th European title.
• Scores the decisive spot kick in penalty shootout against Atletico to give Real their 11th Champions League title in 2016.
• Wins the Ballon d’Or in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017.
• Finishes as Real Madrid’s all-time top scorer with 451 goals.

Juventus (2018-21)

• Signs for the Turin club in July 2018 for a reported fee of 100 million euros, the highest ever for a player over 30.
• Scores 21 goals as Juve win their eighth consecutive Scudetto, thereby becoming the first player to win league titles in England, Spain and Italy.
• Comes in third place for the 2019 Best FIFA Men’s Player Award, behind Lionel Messi and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk.
• Nets 31 times to finish as the second-highest goalscorer in the 2019-20 Serie A season as Juventus again win the title.
• Juve, however, get knocked out by Olympique Lyonnais in the round of 16 in the Champions League.
• Wins the Serie A golden boot for 2020-21 with 29 goals but the Italian giants fail to win the league, finishing fourth.
• Finishes with 101 goals in 134 games across all competitions.

Manchester United (2021-22)

• Re-signs for the Premier League club in August 2021 for a fee of 15 million euros plus eight million euros in performance-related add-ons.
• Becomes the first player to score in five consecutive Champions League matches in a single season for an English club.
• Reaches 807 goals to become top scorer in professional football history
• Manchester United get knocked out by Atletico Madrid in the round of 16 in the Champions League and finish sixth in Premier League.
• Nets 18 times to become the third-highest Premier League goalscorer.
• Scores 24 goals across all competitions to become the team’s top scorer for the season.
• Wins the Manchester United Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award.
• Ends the season trophyless for the first time since the 2009-10 campaign.

Portugal (2003-)

• Makes Portugal debut in August 2003.
• Helps side to runners-up spot at Euro 2004.
• Portugal are eliminated from the 2010 World Cup by Spain in the last 16.
• Portugal go out in the group stage at the 2014 World Cup with Ronaldo clearly struggling with injury.
• In 2016, helps Portugal win their first European title as they beat France 1-0 in the final.
• Captains Portugal to victory over the Netherlands in the 2018-19 Nations League final.
• Scores against France at Euro 2020, equalling former Iran captain Ali Daei’s international record of 109 goals.
• Wins the Euro 2020 Golden Boot with five goals and one assist.
• In September 2021 surpasses Daei’s record after scoring twice against Ireland in the World Cup qualifiers.
• Plays his fifth World Cup with Portugal at Qatar 2022
• Becomes the first player to score in five World Cups after netting a penalty against Ghana in a Group H match.
• Portugal get knocked out of the World Cup in the quarter-finals by Morocco.