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Move to Real Madrid Confirmed (11th June 2009)

Should we change Ronaldo's club information as according to both Real Madrid and Manchester United's websites the deal has gone through. However both websites have stated it will take up till the 30th June for the deal to go through. So should we change it now or then?

FIFA Club World Cup 2008

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As European Champions, Manchester United were entitled to compete with other teams from other continents for the title of World Champions. Cristiano Ronaldo was called as part of the squad that traveled to Japan prior to participating in the FIFA Club World Cup semi-finals. His first goal in this competition came against Gamba Osaka (on 18th December 2008) in first half injury time. Ronaldo directed a powerful header past Gamba goalkeeper Yosuke Fujigaya. The final score was 5-3 to Manchester United.

Beating Gamba Osaka meant that Manchester United made it through the final against LDU Quito on 21st December 2008. Despite not scoring a goal, Ronaldo assisted Wayne Rooney's winning goal in the 73rd minute. Cristiano Ronaldo was a constant threat especially in the first half and entertained the crowd with his tricks and flicks. He was given the Runner-up Player of the Tournament Award. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Legendary7 (talk • contribs) 18:53, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I made the edit, however I condensed and reworded it slightly, hope it reads ok.Gandygatt (talk) 19:08, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Personal life Ridiculous statement

"Ronaldo," was chosen after then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who was his father's favourite actor at the time" - this statement is absurd. Since when was US president Ronald Reagan an ACTOR?? Yeah I know presidents are accused of being puppets, but seriously... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.219.255.133 (talk) 00:18, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Since 1943. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001654/ --Mosmof (talk) 00:22, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well I never... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.219.255.133 (talk) 00:39, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As awkward as it may sound, it's a completely grammatical, and therefore logical, sentence. The way it's written, "favourite actor at the time" grammatically refers to the time when the name was chosen (not the time in which Reagan occupied the presidency), and at that time Reagan was Cristiano's father's favorite actor. Obviously, Reagan wasn't appearing in movies at that stage in his life, but it is still legitimate to refer to him as an actor. In the same vein I can currently call Pete Rose my favorite ballplayer even though he retired twenty years ago. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.215.42.145 (talk) 20:01, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Scoring from the bench... literally

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At the moment in the 2008- section it says that he returned to action after an injury in July on 17th September, but scored his first goal on 30th August.

Also, shouldn't there be a link to this Ronaldo from the other Ronaldo's page, at least? I mean, I get why the other guy is at that page, but three pages before you get to the world player of the year, having typed his surname? 81.108.87.117 (talk) 01:09, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've corrected the date. Thanks for catching that. As for the name, I don't see what the issue is - there's a link at the top of Ronaldo to Ronaldo (name). Not sure what more we could do. --Mosmof (talk) 02:00, 31 January 2009 (UTC)--Mosmof (talk) 02:00, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Already done and

Not done:. I don't think it'd be appropriate to add another dablink at the top of Ronaldo. —Ms2ger (talk) 12:56, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2006 World Cup

The date of quarter-final match against England is wrong. It should be 1 July 2006 See: http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/results/matches/match=97410059/report.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.74.239.6 (talk) 14:28, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. – LATICS talk 15:37, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Final Goals

There is no mention of his goals in the 2004 FA Cup Final or the 2006 League Cup Final. He scored one in each, and I feel any goal scored in a major final is definitely worthy of putting down on someone's wiki page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Steveww (talk • contribs) 13:28, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Profile link

suggest link to good in-depth profile at http://www.contacttheplayers.com/profiles/cristiano-ronaldo/311.html Footballprofiles (talk) 16:33, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That would be a spam link as it does not add anything, or expand on anything not already found in the article. Regards, Woody (talk) 16:52, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Honours

Ronaldo has won 2 charity/ community shield medals. I can't add it as the page is protected so I'll hand the task over to a person with the capabilities. Good day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.110.42 (talk) 22:18, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

He didn't play in the 2008 Community Shield; therefore, he didn't win it. – LATICS talk 23:44, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lock

Can we not move that ugly lock box away? Can we not instead have a semi-permanent lock? I don't see the point in allowing new users to edit the article for 2 weeks in the summer and having to have an ugly lock box at the top for the privilege. It reflects negatively on the article to have the box there, the first thing it says is essentially 'Wikipedia is plagued with vandalism, therefore anything you read on this site should be taken with a pinch of salt'.--EchetusXe (talk) 18:48, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I've "smalled" the lock to the corner. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 20:29, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

bravo! Dribblingscribe (talk) 21:10, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation

If his name is pronounced "Cristianu Ronaldu" then why do no commentators adopt this? I've also never heard "Decu" or "Luis Figu" before. Yet a lot of people say David Villa's name properly. Spiderone (talk) 16:21, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Dah-veed Vee-lya/Vee-ah" is not a difficult pronunciation for British people to master, AFAIK. Pronouncing an "O" as a "U", however, is not an easy thing to get used to. Also, isn't it supposed to be "Crees-tee-ah-nu Ro-now-du"? – Pee Jay 18:02, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that the Portuguese "U" sound is actually pitched half way between a received English "O" and "U" sounds. If English people began saying "Cristianu Ronaldu" the U would generally be pronounced "-oo" due to accent variation. This is actually further from the Portuguese pronunciation than our simple "o" is.

It's important to note that vowel sounds vary considerably from language to language. English is a great example of this at dialectal level: think of the variations in the vowels of "paper" (for example) in Scouse, Scottish, Yorkshire, and Essex accents. The variations are difficult to replicate successfully for most people. Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits) 20:33, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

His International caps need updating

He is now on 64, someone please correct this —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.3.3.112 (talk) 22:08, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

118 Goals?

In the article it says in the grid that he has scored 118 goals for Manchester United but on websites such as soccerbase and soccernet, I can only count 117. In the grid it also says that he has scored a goal in an other game, is this the goal that these sites are missing out. If yes, can you tell me this other game that he scored in? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.6.236.20 (talk) 22:16, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ronaldo scored against Gamba Osaka in the Club World Cup in December 2008. – Pee Jay 00:54, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. LG 12:56, 25 May 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.6.236.20 (talk)

Madrid transfer

Let's not get ahead of ourselves - it's fine to mention that Madrid made the offer and United accepted but we can't call him a Madrid player until he signs the contract. Cricketseven (talk) 10:01, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]