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60 free Cristiano Ronaldo trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Cristiano Ronaldo was signed by Sporting for £1,500, expelled from school for throwing a chair, and nearly lost his career to a heart condition before he was 16. He went on to win five Ballons d'Or, five Champions Leagues and a European Championship, and to become the top scorer in the history of the game. This quiz covers every chapter: the Manchester United years under Ferguson, the world-record move to Real Madrid, La Décima and the bicycle kick, Juventus, the second spell at Old Trafford and the €200 million move to Al-Nassr. It also covers Portugal: the debut against Kazakhstan, Euro 2016 and the 25th-minute substitution, the records taken from Puskás and Ali Daei, six World Cups, plus the man himself: why he is called Ronaldo, why he has no tattoos, what 'Siu' means, the airport, the museum, the billion followers and the billion dollars. It suits football fans, quiz nights and anyone who has argued about Ronaldo versus Messi. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's article on Cristiano Ronaldo, and each question shows its supporting sentence after you answer.
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Q 01On which Portuguese island was Cristiano Ronaldo born in 1985?
Madeira
He grew up in the Santo António parish of Funchal, sharing a room with his three siblings.
Q 02Ronaldo's father named him after which American president?
Ronald Reagan
His father, a municipal gardener and part-time kit man, was an admirer of the actor-turned-president.
Q 03For what fee did Sporting CP sign the 12-year-old Ronaldo after a three-day trial in 1997?
£1,500
He moved from the island to Lisbon for the youth academy and never finished school beyond the sixth grade.
Q 04Why was the young Ronaldo expelled from school in Lisbon?
He threw a chair at a teacher
He said the teacher had 'disrespected' him; a year later a heart condition nearly ended his career before it began.
Q 05Which heart condition, treated with laser surgery, threatened to end Ronaldo's career as a teenager?
Tachycardia
He was discharged hours after the cardiac ablation and back in training within days.
Q 06What did Ronaldo's mother say he would have become had he not made it as a footballer?
A bricklayer
She has also revealed she wanted to abort him because of poverty, but her doctor refused.
Q 07Against which club did Ronaldo make his first-team debut for Sporting in August 2002, aged 17?
Inter Milan
It was a Champions League qualifier; a year later a 3-1 friendly win over Manchester United convinced the English club's manager to buy him.
Q 08How much did Manchester United pay for the 18-year-old Ronaldo in 2003?
£12 million
It was an English record for a teenager, and he was the club's first Portuguese player.
Q 09Which shirt number did Ronaldo ask for at Manchester United before being handed the famous No. 7?
28
It had been his number at Sporting; the 7 had belonged to a line of club legends, and he called wearing it extra motivation.
Q 10Which former United great called Ronaldo's debut 'undoubtedly the most exciting' he had ever seen?
George Best
The debut was a substitute appearance in a 4-0 win over Bolton in August 2003.
Q 11Whom did Ronaldo later describe as his 'father in sport'?
Alex Ferguson
Ferguson had called him one of the most exciting young players he had ever seen after Sporting beat United in a 2003 friendly.
Q 12Which club teammate did Ronaldo help get sent off at the 2006 World Cup, earning boos across England the following season?
Wayne Rooney
Ronaldo asked for a transfer afterwards, was refused, and then scored 20 league goals as United won the title.
Q 13How many Premier League goals did Ronaldo score in 2007-08 to win the Golden Boot and become the first winger to win the European Golden Shoe?
31
He scored United's only goal in that season's Champions League final, before they won on penalties.
Q 21Against which club did Ronaldo first score 5 goals in one game, in a 9-1 win in April 2015?
Granada
It included an eight-minute hat-trick; he finished that season with 48 goals and a fourth Golden Shoe.
Q 22How high off the ground was Ronaldo's foot for his famous bicycle kick against Juventus in April 2018?
About 7 ft 7 in
The home fans in Turin gave him a standing ovation; defender Andrea Barzagli called it a 'PlayStation goal'.
Q 23Ronaldo's fifth Champions League title, in 2018, came with a 3-1 final win over which club?
Liverpool
He was the first player to win it that many times, and finished as top scorer for the sixth season running with 15 goals.
Q 14At what age did Ronaldo win his first Ballon d'Or, in 2008?
23
He won it by a record vote count, having finished runner-up to Kaká the year before.
Q 15Ronaldo's goal against which club won the inaugural FIFA Puskás Award for goal of the year in 2009?
Porto
It was a long-range strike in the Champions League quarter-final, weeks before his world-record move to Madrid.
Q 16For what then world-record fee did Real Madrid sign Ronaldo in 2009?
£80 million
He was unveiled to 80,000 fans at the Bernabéu and called the move his childhood dream.
Q 17Whose departure freed up the No. 7 shirt for Ronaldo at Real Madrid in 2010?
Raúl
He later overtook the same player as the club's all-time top scorer, in September 2015 against Espanyol.
Q 18Ronaldo was the first player to score how many goals in a single La Liga season, in 2010-11?
40
That season he won the Pichichi and a second Golden Shoe, becoming the first player to win it in two different leagues.
Q 19What was the nickname of Real Madrid's attacking trio of Bale, Benzema and Cristiano?
BBC
It punned on the British broadcaster; the three drove Madrid's La Décima season in 2013-14.
Q 20Which club did Real Madrid beat 4-1 in the 2014 final to win La Décima, with Ronaldo scoring a 120th-minute penalty?
Atlético
He set a record of 17 goals in one Champions League season and became the first man to score in two European Cup finals for two different winning clubs.
Q 24How much did Juventus pay Real Madrid for the 33-year-old Ronaldo in 2018?
€100 million
It was the highest fee ever for a player over 30; he later blamed a lack of support from president Florentino Pérez for his exit.
Q 25Ronaldo's first ever Champions League red card came in his first game for Juventus, against which club?
Valencia
It ended a run of 154 Champions League appearances without a dismissal.
Q 26How high did Ronaldo leap to head the winner against Sampdoria in December 2019?
8 ft 5 in
The photograph of him hanging in the air above the defenders became one of the images of his Juventus years.
Q 27With Juventus's 2021 Coppa Italia win, Ronaldo became the first player to do what?
Every domestic trophy in three top leagues
That season he also won the Capocannoniere, making him the first man to finish top scorer in England, Italy and La Liga.
Q 28Which club had reached a verbal agreement with Ronaldo in 2021 before pulling out, clearing the way for his return to Old Trafford?
Manchester City
His old manager and former teammates rang round to persuade him to rejoin United instead.
Q 29Which teammate gave up the No. 7 shirt when Ronaldo returned to Manchester United in 2021?
Edinson Cavani
He switched to 21, and Ronaldo's first 24 hours of shirt sales reportedly beat Messi's record set weeks earlier at PSG.
Q 30Whose record for most Champions League appearances did Ronaldo break in September 2021?
Iker Casillas
He had already broken the same goalkeeper's record for most wins in the competition while at Juventus.