**** The "Little Bees" Who Always Cry - The Story of Cristiano Ronaldo Young Journey to Success in Madeira ****

****The "Little Bees" Who Always Cry - The Story of Cristiano Ronaldo Young Journey to Success in Madeira****

Cristiano Ronaldo continues to make progress. Being a European champion with his club and country in 2016, has just renewed his contract with Real Madrid and is one step away from claiming the Ballon d'Or fourth trophy. Life looks more beautiful for the 31-year-old attacker.

But things are not always happy like this. Ronaldo is an unplanned child, the smallest in a simple family on Madeira Island, Portugal. He was born on February 5, 1985 in Santo Antonio, in a mountainous neighborhood and one of the poorest communities in the capital city of Funchal.

Son of a mother named Dolores, who works as a cook, and wife of Dinis, a gardener city, her family then decided to name the son of Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro - Ronaldo's name was chosen because inspired former president of the United States, Ronald Reagan.

Football has become a part of Ronaldo's young life. His father, a drinker, had to die in 2005 due to liver disease. The father who also worked as a kitman at the local club, Andonrinha, had asked Fernao Barros Sousa, former player of the largest island club Madeira, Nacional, to become the father of baptism Ronaldo.

"I became Ronaldo's godfather for playing in Andorinha, where I met his father Dinis When Ronaldo was born, he asked if I would be his godfather," said Barros Sousa in Madeira.

"At that time Andorinha played in Ribera Brava so I went there, so did Dinis We came too late on the day of the baptism of Ronaldo, to the point that the pastor did not want to baptize him We must then convince the pastor to baptize him and that's what happened. It's funny, because the show has started, but we're not there.

Running time, Ronaldo also accompanied his father worked until finally entering the youth team of Andorinha when he was old enough.

"As a kid, Ronaldo looks like any other child," Barros said. "But he has something different from other boys and that's because he is playing football so much, even at a very young age, when other kids are academic, he prefers to play football.

"You can see that when his father is still a kitman in Andorinha.The father has a bag with lots of balls and Ronaldo must be with his father, by playing the ball either with his hands or his legs trying to beat the ball of course, by imitating other players. do it!"

Ronaldo eventually played for Andorinha, his first club, at the age of about eight years, and then his talent became increasingly clear.

"We are eight or nine years old," said Ronaldo's former teammate Ricardo Santos, who is now Andorinha's coach. "At that time Ronaldo has become a great player.

"What I do remember is that he is a humble kid, and when he does not get a ball he will cry.When his teammates fight he weeps but he's still a great player He's faster than most players he scores so lots of goals and have incredible gocekan.

"Ronaldo always wants victory," added Santos. "When that did not happen, Ronaldo would cry, always like that until he was called 'The Baby Cengeng'."

Field lawn nurse Rui, who also worked at Andorinha then, remembers Ronaldo and speaks proudly about the three-time Ballon d'Or winner.

"When coming to this club, Ronaldo was seven or eight years old and he came with his father," he said. "It's not easy to win the ball from him, he's very small indeed, but he always plays football, never stops, he also plays so often at home."

Andorinha at that time played seven matches and Santos tells the story of who pulled out Ronaldo after the first round in one of the party, due to injury.

"I do not remember exactly, but Ronaldo almost always scored for us," the story of Santos. "I remember one of the parties, where we played at Camara de Lobos, we went ahead 3-0, then Ronaldo had to get out with an injury and we ended the game with a 4-3 defeat.

Santos added: "Ronaldo is like 'Abelhinha' (little bee) because he is small but very fast, so we call him 'Albenhinha'."

The "Little Bee" storm continued to roar in the mire of Medeira mountains and soon he got the attention of many clubs - including the island's biggest club, Nacional.

"Ronaldo arrived at Nacional when I was in charge of the junior players," Barros said. "I left Andorinha and one day Nacional coach came then asked me to watch the Andorinha game, because there is a player with extraordinary talent.

"So I was reluctant to waste time: I went to watch the game Andorinha and I immediately realized that the boy in question is Ronaldo! I was then interested to take him to Nacional, so I spoke first with his mother, Dolores.Happily he supports and Ronaldo came to Nacional. "

That's when the godfather Ronaldo then continue his role, with a vital figure of the career path of the world's best player candidates.

"In Madeira, Ronaldo's exceptional talent is well known," said former Nacional junior team coach, Pedro Talinhas. "The talent scouts and the people who worked at the club saw him as the best footballing talent in Madeira, he was still very young then, but they could see he had something special.

"Ronaldo came to Nacional at the age of ten.He is a high-tech player, his legs are also very agile.He is small, but very technical.most things you see him now, his goal gel, his objectivity in creating goals , we've seen the signs before.

"Ronaldo is very fast, has such a good shot, and is very strong physically."

In Nacional Ronaldo played for a seven-year-old team and then jumped into nine years. He was accustomed to competing against his older teammates for his impressive talent.

"Ronaldo's second year at Nacional, I'm the coach," Talinhas said. "He became my team captain when he was a junior the year before, so often he fought a boy who was three years older than him - and even against a much older man.

"You can see that little Ronaldo is a player of extraordinary ability, great talent.If he continues to work hard, he continues like that, he will achieve so many things in the future.Would we see how bright his future is then? He just has the ability and the extraordinary talent.As hard work and always take the opportunity that appears, he can continue to develop step by step. "

And that is what happened. Since long time in Madeira, Ronaldo has been amazing. Though the island has never produced players for Portugal national team - let alone one of the best in the world. So it was hard to imagine it then. Did not last so long indeed, before Ronaldo continued to move forward.
As time went on, Barros later introduced Ronaldo with a local judge, Joao Marques de Freitas, someone who had strong ties with the insiders at one of Portugal's biggest clubs, Sporting CP.

"We met the boy, but I never saw him play football," Joao said. "What happened? The godfather then said that this boy was great, so great I'm not a coach, so I then contacted Aurelio Pereira [Sporting talent scout], who had eagle eyes in seeing young talent and then had a great career. and I say we have a boy who is said to have great ability.

"Then Aurelio said to me: 'let's see if he can take him to Sporting' I then talk to Dolores the same day and he says 'yes' So I am in charge of everything I immediately bought tickets from Funchal to Lisbon [base Sporting].

"Ronaldo left on Saturday and three days later, Aurelio told me that Ronaldo is a very good talent, it happened at the old Sporting stadium where he made the professional talent seekers amazed by his skills."

Sporting is very interested in Ronaldo who was then 12 years old and the boy was moved to the capital of Portugal in Lisbon. All is now in his hands, though so there are some problems at the beginning of his adventure.

"It is very difficult for Ronaldo to adapt in Lisbon because the accent here is very different from that in Madeira," Joao continued. "She gets into trouble at school, her friends laugh at her, and she does not accept, at one time, she wants to leave, but eventually she can survive.

At one time, Ronaldo once returned to Funchal - sent home by Sporting - because he was unhappy with all the circumstances. It was a moment in which his dream as a great footballer came to an end.

"In the second year, Ronaldo returns to Madeira," the story of Barros. "Sporting sent him home because they did not want any unhappy players, they did not want any players who did not want to be there so they sent him home to Madeira.

"At that moment I was forced to intervene to tell him that he must return to Lisbon and play for Sporting because he is the future of the family and that's what happened then I can see him have a bright future in football and I was immediately convinced in the session the first practice in Lisbon, coach Osvaldo Silva, who is no longer with us, says that Ronaldo is a diamond He assures me more firmly that Ronaldo is in the right place.

Ronaldo finally returned to Lisbon and never looked back. Strive hard to adapt on and off the pitch, in one of the best soccer academies in Europe.

"When I arrived, Ronaldo was getting used to the situation at Sporting," said Sporting goalkeeper Christopher Almeida de Pilar. "He arrived when he was about 11 years old and immediately had many friends, he had good friends, I remember they always went together for lunch at a restaurant in Lisbon, close to Jose Alvalade stadium they always travel together, hang out together , and live together in the Sporting mess that's under the stadium, they're like family, I think he's got some trouble, but by then it's gone. "

Pilar played with Ronaldo in Sporting's junior team and also Portugal's national team - he later said that Ronaldo's strong desire to continue to grow makes him different from other players.

"I always thought we had some quality players at the Sporting academy," Pilar said. "But Ronaldo is different, because of all the hard work he does - it's normal when he's training, but he's practicing so hard off during training, he always endures after training for an extra hour and a half in what he thinks is still troublesome.

"When I arrived at the age of 13 at Sporting, Ronaldo already had his own authority that he was more powerful than the other teammates.The way he practiced, how to motivate the team, how to help them, the desire to win, his desire to always impress, other players.

"Most of the players including me, just want to play football professionally and boast of our parents, but Ronaldo - with his big dream, not only makes his family proud, but everyone watches it.

After undergoing a single season in Sporting's main team, Ronaldo again stepped forward. This time he joined Manchester United, because his great performance in a pre-season duel faced Sir Alex Ferguson's team in Lisbon.

De Freitas attended the match and said: "On the eve of the inauguration of Alvalade's new stadium, Ronaldo played for Sporting against United, and in the first half he showed football performances.

"Sporting won the party with a 3-1 score, but Ronaldo did not score, but he impressed everyone so much that they called his name: 'Cristiano' and three days later he was signed by United.

From the humble beginnings of his journey, Ronaldo has successfully defended one of the world's terlite clubs at the age of 18. Former colleague Santos then said: "The moment when he joined United, everyone started to see his true value, and since then I think Ronaldo has surprised everyone."

Former coach, Talinhas added: "To imagine that Ronaldo would one day be the best player in the world, even two or three times, we really could not believe it, he has shown his potential from the first, but of course we are still surprised.

Barros continued to watch his godson all the time and said: "From time to time I go to Madrid to see the Real Madrid game.To me, this is a great satisfaction.This gives me a sense of victory.Of course, when Ronaldo plays, I I like to watch it, I love to see him score goals, I'm happy when he won the title, whether it's individual or collective titles - it gives me tremendous pride. "

De Freitas also still pay attention to Ronaldo. Last time last July Ronaldo came home to Funchal and he said: "I really like Ronaldo, he is a great man and cares deeply about family, he never forgets his family, and more than that, he is helping so much people here . "

Talinhas added: "I think we should be grateful to Ronaldo because he is a world figure, but also always have a special affection for his homeland, the place where he was born, we are very proud of him.

Ronaldo, of course, has now opened museums and hotels in Madeira, but at the top of the Andorinha mountains, a young Ronaldo drawing continues to adorn the stadium. It is done as a reminder that once there was a footballer from the Atlantic islands, who started everything from everything simple to become the best player of all time.

"All the little kids who play here, have a dream to become Ronaldo," said the lawn nurse, Rui. "They all want to.

"But there will never be another Ronaldo in Madeira, there's only one and nothing else."