ronaldo started playing for manchester united in 2003.
ronaldo started playing for manchester united in 2003.
when did ronaldo started playing for manchester united?
2003
manchester united manager alex ferguson, however, determined to acquire ronaldo on a permanent move urgently, after sporting defeated united 3–1 at the inauguration of the estádio josé alvalade in august 2003. initially, united had just planned to sign ronaldo and then loan him back to sporting for a year. having been impressed by him, however, the manchester united players urged ferguson to sign him. after the game, ferguson agreed to pay sporting £12.24 million for what he considered to be "one of the most exciting young players" he had ever seen. a decade after his departure from the club, in april 2013, sporting honoured ronaldo by selecting him to become their 100,000th member.
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ronaldo guiaro (born 18 february 1974), known as ronaldo, is a brazilian manager and retired footballer who played as a central defender.









































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born in piracicaba, são paulo, ronaldo started playing with guarani futebol clube, moving to clube atlético mineiro shortly after. in 1996, aged 22, he joined s.l. benfica in portugal, backing up jorge bermúdez and hélder cristóvão in his first season but being first-choice afterwards, as the lisbon and primeira liga club failed to win any silverware.
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