World Soccer Presents - Rise of Ronaldo (2022)

Madeirain 2008 toreceivetheESMGolden

ShoeasEurope’stopgoalscorerin2007-08

history”

Youcouldbethefirst

player to wina clean

sweepofGoldenShoe,

Ballond’Or andtheWorldPlayer

awards.How doesthatfeel?

It’swonderfultowintheGoldenShoe,

it’sa greathonour.Especiallybecause

myposition is awinger. Normally

strikerswin thisaward so it’s amazing

forme to be part of it andtobe

mentionedalongsidethe greatplayers.

Asregards thedecisionofFIFA,I’m

notworryingabout thattoomuch.

I feelverygoodtowintheGolden

Shoe,I’mveryhappy.

Ifyouhadtochoosesomebody,

whowouldbe thebestplayer

inthe world right now?

CristianoRonaldo!No, notreally!

I don’tknow.LastseasonI wasone

ofthe most consistentplayersin

Europe;thisiswhy I amsocomfortable.

I’venowwon theGoldenShoeand

UEFAvotedmethe best playerin

lastseason’s ChampionsLeague.

It’sbeenamazing.You havealotof

greatplayersintheworld,butI was

themostregularplayer last season.

Whataretheremaining

ambitionsinyourcareer?

I’mlookingtobeoneofthe best

playersever. I’monly 23 yearsold,

I’vegotlots of yearsleft.I wanttobe

rememberedaspartof thegroupof

thegreatestplayersevertowinawards,

towintrophies,to winmedals.And

I wanttokeepgoinglikethat.I feel

good,I feelingoodshapeandI

wanttowin– andnotjustthis

seasonbutevery season.

Sodoesyourclubcome

beforeyourcountry?

I wantboththings.With Manchester

[United]towinthe ChampionsLeague

againandtheleague,and,ofcourse,

forPortugalto winsomethingimportant

liketheEuros.It’snot just my dream,

it’sPortugal’s dreamaswell. We have

a goodspirit,wehavegoodplayers,

butyou needtotakeyouropportunity.

You needthattowina bigtrophy.It’s

difficultbut I thinkit’spossible.

You wantedtoreceivetheGolden

Shoeherein Madeira.Whatmakes

Madeira so specialforyou?

Well, I was born here,mywholefamily

arefromhere.Soit’salwaysspecial

forme to cometo Madeira to see

myfamily, to seemyfriends,tosee

everybody, andI alwayssaidthatifI

everhadthe opportunityIwouldchoose

Madeira becauseitismyplace,thisis

whereI wasborn.ESMgave me the

opportunitytochoose[whereI received

theaward] andofcourseI chose

Madeira.It’sbeautiful,thepeopleare

niceandI feelveryproudofMadeira.

Doyouthinkyou will come back

hereto live whenyouretire?

Ofcourse. My wholefamilyishere.

Mymumlives here,mysisters,it’s

a greatplace,I lovetocomehere.

I don’thavemanyopportunitiesto

comebutwhenI do,I love it.The

weather,thepeople,thewater,

everythingisfantastic.I arrivedhere

yesterday from Manchesterwherethe

weatherwasverybad.Whenyou arrive

younoticethedifference.It’sa lovely

place,notjust becauseI wasbornhere.

“I want to make

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