FACTBOX-Soccer-Manchester United signing Cristiano Ronaldo

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Aug 27 (Reuters) - Factbox on Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who is set to re-join Manchester United after the Premier League club agreed a deal with Juventus on Friday. EARLY DAYS * Born Feb. 5, 1985 in Funchal, Madeira. * Plays youth team football at Nacional before joining Sporting Lisbon in 2002. MANCHESTER UNITED (2003-09) * United manager Alex Ferguson signs the 18-year-old for 12.24 million pounds ($16.85 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 goalscorer 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 ($110.15 million) 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 ($117.93 million), the highest ever for a player over 30. * Scores 21 goals as Juventus 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 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. * Juventus, however, get knocked out by Lyon 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. 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. ($1 = 0.8480 euros) ($1 = 0.7263 pounds)

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