Cristiano Ronaldo Trivia
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53 free Cristiano Ronaldo trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Sep 2026.
Cristiano Ronaldo was signed by Sporting for £1,500, expelled from school for throwing a chair, and nearly lost his career to a heart condition before he was 16. He went on to win five Ballons d'Or, five Champions Leagues and a European Championship, and to become the top scorer in the history of the game. This quiz covers every chapter: the Manchester United years under Ferguson, the world-record move to Real Madrid, La Décima and the bicycle kick, Juventus, the second spell at Old Trafford and the €200 million move to Al-Nassr. It also covers Portugal: the debut against Kazakhstan, Euro 2016 and the 25th-minute substitution, the records taken from Puskás and Ali Daei, six World Cups, plus the man himself: why he is called Ronaldo, why he has no tattoos, what 'Siu' means, the airport, the museum, the billion followers and the billion dollars. It suits football fans, quiz nights and anyone who has argued about Ronaldo versus Messi. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's article on Cristiano Ronaldo, and each question shows its supporting sentence after you answer.
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Q 01Ronaldo's father named him after which American president?
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan: he was the US president at the time, and Ronaldo has said his father admired him.
Q 02For what fee did Sporting CP sign the 12-year-old Ronaldo after a three-day trial in 1997?
£1,500
£1,500: joining Sporting's youth academy meant leaving his family behind and moving to Lisbon at the age of 12.
Q 03Why was the young Ronaldo expelled from school in Lisbon?
He threw a chair at a teacher
He threw a chair at a teacher: Ronaldo said the teacher had 'disrespected' him, and he was expelled for it.
Q 04Which heart condition, treated with laser surgery, threatened to end Ronaldo's career as a teenager?
Tachycardia
Tachycardia: surgeons used a laser to fix it, and he left hospital hours after the operation and was back in training within days.
Q 05What did Ronaldo launch in August 2024 that became the fastest of its kind to reach a million subscribers?
A YouTube channel
A YouTube channel: he launched it by urging fans to 'SIUUUbscribe' as he posted his first video.
Q 06Against which club did Ronaldo play his first official match for Sporting, in August 2002, aged 17?
Inter Milan
Inter Milan held Sporting 0–0 in that Champions League qualifier; a year later United's players, having faced him in a friendly, urged their manager to sign him.
Q 07What kind of goal was Ronaldo's first for Manchester United, in a 3–0 win over Portsmouth in November 2003?
A free kick
A free kick doubled United's lead against Portsmouth, and by May he had scored the opening goal of the FA Cup final, his first trophy with United.
Q 08Ronaldo asked Manchester United for No. 28 in 2003 but got the No. 7 just vacated by which star?
David Beckham
David Beckham had just left the No. 7 behind, and Ronaldo said inheriting a shirt worn by United legends gave him extra motivation.
Q 09Which former United great called Ronaldo's debut 'undoubtedly the most exciting' he had ever seen?
George Best
The debut was a substitute appearance in a 4-0 win over Bolton in August 2003.
Q 10Whom did Ronaldo later describe as his 'father in sport'?
Alex Ferguson
Ferguson had called him one of the most exciting young players he had ever seen after Sporting beat United in a 2003 friendly.
Q 11Which United teammate was sent off at the 2006 World Cup in an incident involving Ronaldo?
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney was sent off in the quarter-final; Ronaldo then said he could not stay in Manchester, but United refused to sell him.
Q 12What happened to Ronaldo's kick in the penalty shoot-out that decided the 2008 Champions League final?
He missed it
He missed it, yet United still won: John Terry slipped and hit the post with a kick that would have won it, and Edwin van der Sar saved from Nicolas Anelka.
Q 13Who beat Ronaldo to the 2007 Ballon d'Or, a year before he won his first?
Kaká
Kaká won the 2007 vote with Ronaldo second; two years later Real Madrid signed them both in the same summer.
Q 21What did Juventus fans do after Ronaldo scored a bicycle kick against their team in April 2018?
Applauded him
Applauded him: the Turin crowd rose to him, and three months later Juventus signed him from Real Madrid.
Q 22Ronaldo's fifth Champions League title, in 2018, came with a 3-1 final win over which club?
Liverpool
Liverpool were beaten by two goals from substitute Gareth Bale, one of them an overhead kick, after Karim Benzema's opener.
Q 23Ronaldo's first ever Champions League red card came in his first Champions League game for Juventus, against which club?
Valencia
Valencia saw Ronaldo sent off midway through the first half, yet ten-man Juventus still won 2–0 through two Miralem Pjanić penalties.
Q 14Ronaldo's 40-yard strike against which club won FIFA's first goal-of-the-year award, in 2009?
Porto
Porto went out to that quarter-final strike, which sent United into a semi-final against Arsenal.
Q 15Some 80,000 fans filled the Bernabéu in July 2009 to see Ronaldo do what?
Be unveiled
Be unveiled: he walked out in the No. 9 once worn by Alfredo Di Stéfano and told the crowd he had made his childhood dream a reality.
Q 16Whose departure freed up the No. 7 shirt for Ronaldo at Real Madrid in 2010?
Raúl
Raúl ended 16 seasons at Real Madrid by signing for Germany's Schalke 04.
Q 17Ronaldo's extra-time header won the 2011 Copa del Rey final for Real Madrid against which club?
Barcelona
Barcelona lost 1–0 to that header from Ángel Di María's cross, and during the open-top bus parade Sergio Ramos dropped the trophy under the bus.
Q 18What was the nickname of Ronaldo and his two Real Madrid attacking partners from 2013?
BBC
BBC stood for Bale, Benzema and Cristiano, and in their first season together Real Madrid won the Champions League.
Q 19Real Madrid won La Décima in 2014 by beating which club 4–1, with Ronaldo scoring a 120th-minute penalty?
Atlético
Atlético led until Sergio Ramos equalised in stoppage time, and Ronaldo's late penalty was a record 17th goal of that season's competition.
Q 20Ronaldo's four goals in a 2013 World Cup play-off knocked out which country?
Sweden
Sweden lost 1–0 in Lisbon and then led 2–1 in Solna through two Zlatan Ibrahimović goals, before Ronaldo scored twice in two minutes.
Q 24Ronaldo rose higher than the crossbar to head a December 2019 winner against which club?
Sampdoria
Sampdoria had equalised through Gianluca Caprari before that header, just before half-time, gave Juventus a 2–1 win.
Q 25Who replaced the benched Ronaldo against Switzerland at the 2022 World Cup and scored a hat-trick?
Gonçalo Ramos
Gonçalo Ramos scored three in a 6–1 win, after coach Fernando Santos had criticised Ronaldo's reaction during the group game against South Korea.
Q 26Which club pulled out of the race to sign Ronaldo in 2021, clearing his way back to Old Trafford?
Manchester City
Manchester City dropped out as United moved into advanced talks, and within 24 hours United had agreed a deal with Juventus.
Q 27Which teammate gave up the No. 7 shirt when Ronaldo returned to Manchester United in 2021?
Edinson Cavani
Edinson Cavani switched to 21, the number he wears for Uruguay.
Q 28Whose record for most Champions League appearances did Ronaldo break in September 2021?
Iker Casillas
Iker Casillas lost the record on a night Ronaldo also scored a stoppage-time winner against Villarreal.
Q 29Ronaldo left Manchester United by mutual agreement in November 2022 after an interview with which broadcaster?
Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan's interview, in which Ronaldo criticised the club's management, was followed within days by his departure.
Q 30Roughly what annual package, including commercial deals, was Ronaldo reported to receive on moving to Saudi Arabia in 2023?
€200 million a year
€200 million a year was the reported total, the biggest salary in football, and his arrival opened a door that stars such as Benzema and Neymar followed.