Ronaldo opens up about his younger days and how he got into football in an exclusive interview for Herbalife | August 1, 2015
“Everyone in my family loves football. I remember one day playing in the street. My father said to me, ‘why don’t you come into the club when I work?’ I said “yes, why not.” And I started to play. I go to training every day and I liked being part of a team. I trained every day and my father was there to help me.
In the beginning, I felt that I was different to the other kids. I did not think that one day I would be a professional, playing for Manchester United or Real Madrid or Sporting.
I would just play to enjoy but I was never thinking I have talent and that I’m going to be a professional. In the beginning, I did not feel that. But after three or four years, I started thinking ’I want to play there’ and I started watching the games and then I started to dream about it.”
Update: Changes in the jersey numbers for the 15-16 season as published in the official website | July 20, 2015
- Unoccupied jersey numbers (since the start of the pre-season): 1, 6, 21, 22 & 14 are now assigned to Navas (1)*, Nacho (6)*, Cheryshev (21), Isco (22)* and Casemiro (14)
- *Isco, Navas and Nacho’s old jersey numbers (23, 13 and 18) are now assigned to Danilo (23), Kiko Casilla (13) and Lucas Vazquez (18)
You can check the jersey numbers for last season here and here for the current season.