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On 13 February 2008, Ronaldo suffered a severe season-ending knee injury while jumping for a cross in Milan 1–1 draw with Livorno, and was stretchered off and taken to a hospital. [102] The club confirmed after the match that Ronaldo had ruptured the kneecap ligament in his left knee.
Brazilian striker Ronaldo often celebrated in this manner in his early career – his goal celebration was the basis for Pirelli's 1998 commercial where he replaced the figure of Christ from the Christ the Redeemer statue while in an Inter Milan strip. [26] Zlatan Ibrahimović, whose idol was Ronaldo, often celebrates with both arms ...
The 2008 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, [1] was awarded on 2 December 2008. [2] Cristiano Ronaldo won the award, being his first of five.
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Ronaldo, pictured playing against Germany at Euro 2012, was made captain for Portugal in 2008. One day after turning 22, Ronaldo captained Portugal for the first time in a friendly game against Brazil on 6 February 2007, [370] as requested by Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) president Carlos Silva, who had died two days earlier. [370]
Although there is a separate PFA Young Player of the Year award, young players remain eligible to win the senior award, and on three occasions the same player has won both awards for a season, Andy Gray in 1976–77, Ronaldo in 2006–07 and Bale in 2012–13.
And the end of the dance was a knee slide across the floor,” Lowe recalled. “And I hit my knees and slide across the floor into a lineup of [former Paramount Pictures CEO] Sherry Lansing, ...
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