20. He thanks his childhood best friend, Albert Fantrau, for his success
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Or that’s what the urban legend says. The story goes that at a pivotal match watched by a talent scout, Fantrau selflessly assisted Ronaldo to score rather than scoring himself, helping him into the Sporting Lisbon Academy. Legend has it that when Ronaldo asked his buddy why he’d been so selfless, he simply replied
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“You’re better than me”
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Aged 15 he was diagnosed with a heart condition
A racing heart- something that people experience when they look at Cristiano Ronaldo. Joking aside it’s legit quite a serious heart defect, we shouldn’t really joke.
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The condition could easily have jeopardised his pursuit of a sporting career, but an operation to alter his resting heart rate was so successful he was bale to return to training just a few days later.
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