Cristiano Ronaldo
Written and reviewed by Daniel Brooks Updated August 26, 2026 Fact checked August 26, 2026





Interesting Biography Facts
Real name
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH
Occupation
professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team
Birth Date
February 5, 1985
Age
41 years
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
Birthplace
Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça, Funchal, Portugal
Education
Escola Båsica e Secundåria Gonçalves Zarco
Nationality
Portuguese
Cristiano Ronaldo family members
Father's Name
José Dinis Aveiro
Mother's Name
Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro
Siblings names
Katia Aveiro (sister), Elma dos Santos Aveiro (sister), Hugo dos Santos Aveiro (brother)
Is Cristiano Ronaldo a gay/bisexual?
No
What is Cristiano Ronaldo marital status?
married
Who is Cristiano Ronaldo wife?
Georgina RodrĂguez
How many children does he have?
5 living children (Cristiano Jr., Eva, Mateo, Alana and Bella); late son Ăngel
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina RodrĂguez married in a private civil ceremony in Cascais, Portugal, on August 11, 2026. Their blended family includes five living children: Cristiano Jr., twins Eva and Mateo, Alana and Bella. Their infant son Ăngel died during childbirth in 2022. 
Cristiano Ronaldo wife
Georgina RodrĂguez (fiancĂ©e)

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Date of birth: January 27, 1994
Georgina RodrĂguez and Cristiano Ronaldo began dating in 2016. RodrĂguez announced their engagement on August 11, 2025. She is the mother of their daughters Alana and Bella and helps raise Ronaldoâs three older children. Their newborn son Ăngel died in April 2022.
Georgina was born in Jaca, a small Spanish town not far from Madrid. After graduation from school, the girl decided not to continue her education. She found a job as a waitress and then moved to Bristol, England through au paur program. In England, the girl practiced dancing and learned English. Georgina, who has become an Instagram star, impresses her followers with her great sports shape. She tells that she workouts on a regular basis. By the way, her father was also a football player. He performed for the Argentina team.
After that, she returned to Madrid and found a job as a shop assistant in a Gucci boutique. The girl, who is incredibly fashionable, attended the D&G show in Madrid. There she crossed the ways with a soccer star and ex-Real Madrid captain Cristiano Ronaldo. They started dating in November 2016. At first, Ronaldo tried to keep his new love secret, but the paparazzi caught him and Georgina several times, and he admitted, that they are a couple.

After moving to Cristiano Ronaldoâs house, Georgina decided to develop her career. She tried modeling and made a number of professional photos. But soon she got pregnant. In the summer, of 2017 Georgina and Cristiano welcomed their first common daughter.
Georgina Rodriguezâs fiancĂ© told in his interview, that he dreamed about 7 children. She became a mother to all of Cristianoâs kids (3 older kids are not biologically hers). And in April 2022 they welcomed twins. Unfortunately, the baby boy was stillborn. But the cute little girl became a new addition to their family.
In social media Georgina, affectionately dubbed as Gio by her loved one, is sometimes called a âwell-kept babysitterâ by her haters. But the woman, whose main value is, obviously, her kids, isnât focused exclusively on them. In 2021 she appeared on the Cosmopolitan cover. Previously, she graced on covers of Womenâs Health and Harperâs Bazaar.
In 2022 she launched a self-titled docu-series on Netflix, where she shared her life story and showed the members of her family. Except for her long-term partner Cristiano and their children, she also showed her sister Ivana. Nevertheless, she told nothing about her other sister Patricia RodrĂguez, 5 years older, born by her father from another mother. Later Patricia complained in public that her sister didnât support her with money after she had lost the house and appeared with her kids literally in the street.
Cristianoâs girlfriend didnât give any comments on her older half-sisterâs complaints. Instead of it, she prepares the next part of her docu-series, where she is going to tell about the death of her newborn boy.
Cristiano Ronaldo kids
Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. (son)

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Date of birth: July 17, 2010
Cristiano Ronaldo has sole custody of his eldest son and has not publicly identified the childâs mother.
Ronaldo and his family have raised Cristiano Jr. while protecting the childâs maternal privacy.
Claims about the motherâs identity or private arrangements remain unverified and should not be stated as fact.

Cristiano Jr. has trained in the youth academies of clubs associated with his father and continues to play football.
The boy has the same name as his father â Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro. By the way, he canât spell his name in the proper way. At home, he is nicknamed Cristianinho. He resides with his father in Spain.
like his father, Cristianinho is going to become a football player. In 2021 he started to train at the Manchester United academy.
Mateo Ronaldo (son) via surrogate mum

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Date of birth: June 8, 2017
Probably, Cristiano Ronaldo was inspired by the idea to enjoy the happy emotions of parenthood alone, because in summer, 2017 he welcomed two twins, born via surrogate.
Mateo Ronaldo is a cute kid, who bears his fatherâs surname in his birth certificate. As for his motherâs identity, thereâs the remark âsurrogacyâ. He was born at Sharp Grossmont Hospital, situated in a cozy Californian town not far from Mexican border together with his twin sister.
Eva Ronaldo (daughter) via surrogate mum

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Date of birth: June 8, 2017
Eva and her twin brother Mateo were conceived in an artificial way. They were born by an unknown surrogate mother. The baby girl saw the world for the first time around 9 am in June and her little brother was born a minute later.

Twins have become a sensation. It seems that their father kept the idea to have babies via surrogate in secret from his girlfriend and his mother. Dolores told in her interview that her famous son is not going to become a father 10 days before the twinsâ birth. And Ronaldoâs girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez gave a birth to their biological daughter just several months later.
Alana Martin Ronaldo (daughter) mum Georgina Rodriguez

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Date of birth: November 12, 2017
Alana Martin is the first attempt of Cristiano Ronaldo to make kids in an ordinary way. At first, Georgina Rodriguez tried to hide her pregnancy â by the way, the woman is in great shape and during the first several months of her pregnancy her body remained perfectly slim. Finally, the couple confessed, that they were expecting a baby.
The girl was born in a Madrid hospital and Cristiano immediately shared the news through Instagram. The stellar father was present in the hospital near Georgina and supported his wife while she was giving birth to his daughter.
Soon Geo posed with Alana for the cover of iHola! issue. The model Georgina immediately recovered after childbirth and demonstrated a well-shaped figure.
Angél Ronaldo (late baby boy)
Date of birth: April 18, 2022
Date of death: April 18, 2022
AngĂ©l Ronaldo was one of the twins, born by Georgina RodrĂguez, on April 2022. Unfortunately, he passed away that very day he entered this world. No need to say, how hard it was for his parents to cope with that disaster.
Cristiano announced his newborn sonâs death through his Instagram account. There he thanked to nurses and doctors, who tried their best to save the babyâs life. In his interview to TalkTV Cristiano opened up, that Gio had really hard moments. Their baby girl, the twin sister of the late AngĂ©l literally saved them.
The Portugal captain told, that he keeps AngĂ©lâs ashes in the family chapel not far from his fatherâs ones.
Bella Ronaldo (newborn girl)

Date of birth: April 18, 2022
Bella Esmeralda Ronaldo is one of the twins, born by Gio in the spring, of 2022. She became her parentsâ hope and some happiness, which gave them strength after AngĂ©lâs death during his birth process. At the same time, she became the reason for her fatherâs conflict with Manchester United. Cristiano parted ways with the club and complained about the lack of compassion of the clubâs managers. The reason was Bellaâs bronchitis, because of which she was taken to hospital.
Cristiano stayed by her side and missed the teamâs pre-season, which took place in Thailand. According to the footballerâs words, team managers didnât believe that his baby girl was ill.
Although the teamâs administration denied Ronaldoâs accusations of callousness, they ended their cooperation with the football star.
Who are Cristiano Ronaldo parents?
Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro (mother)
Date of birth: December 31, 1954
Cristiano Ronaldoâs mother is a special woman in his fate. He may be a millionaire and playboy for many people worldwide, but he is just an obedient son at home for his mom.
Maria Dolores is a person with a difficult fate. She was born in 1954 in the family of 7. Her mother gave a birth to 5 kids and then passed away at the age of 37. Cristiano Ronaldo mother was just 6, when her mother died. After that the girl was sent to an orphanage, because she was on bad terms with her stepmother. She started to work at a very young age and never stopped it. She was a cook. The woman married a man, whom she loved, José Dinis Aveiro, but their family life was not happy mostly because of his addiction to alcohol. She gave a birth to 4 kids, and raised them mostly by her own.

Dolores opened up, that she hesitated, whether to have Ronaldo. She was afraid, that she wouldnât be able to feed up 4 children. But then she understood that abortion is a sin and decided to have a child. Nowadays Dolores thinks that such a talented son was a gift from God for her as she hadnât made a wrong decision.
At the beginning of Cristiano Ronaldoâs career she hoped to stay out of limelight. But it turned to be impossible. Dolores is proud of her talented son and eagerly poses with him in front of the cameras. She tells that she gave Ronaldo her strength.
When Cristiano Ronaldo welcomed his first son, he asked his mother to live with him and help with a kid. During many years Dolores cared about her grandson. Now, when Ronaldo has a girlfriend, his mother lives separately â just 5 minutes walk from his house. She values her independence.
Not long ago Maria Dolores released a book âMotherâs Courageâ, where she shared the details of her personal life and told how she had brought up a celebrity. In February, 2019 Maria announced, that she was battling for her life. She was diagnosed with breasts cancer.
José Dinis Aveiro (father)

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Date of birth: September 30, 1953
Date of death: September 6, 2005
Although Cristiano Ronaldo never says a wrong word about his dad, everyone knows that a soccer legend didnât do well with his father for a long time. JosĂ© Dinis was a gardener. He was a good person, but his constant battles with alcohol annoyed his family members.
Dinis Aveiro was a soldier in his young years and he participated in Portuguese Colonial War and there got used to drinking.
During the years of his marriage he tried various kinds of odd jobs, but each time he started to drink there and was fired. When Jose was lack of money, he begged his neighbor for charity.
Nevertheless Jose supported his sonâs decision to play football. In fact, Ronaldo was playing everywhere from morning till night. He returned home at 10 pm or even later because he was lost in the game.
Jose and his wife decided to send their son to a football club. But the family lived from hand to mouth. Thatâs why, when Ronaldo was accepted to Andorinha FC in San Antonio area, his father found a job there. He cleaned the changing rooms and used his payment to support his sonâs interest in football. The future soccer star was mocked by his teammates for his dadâs job.
JosĂ© Dinis died in autumn 2005, when his son was just 20. He had a liver disease because of his alcohol addiction. His son keeps his fatherâs portrait on the coffee table in his luxurious house. He remembers his dad.
Cristiano Ronaldo siblings
Elma Aveiro (elder sister)

Date of birth: March 10, 1979
Elma Aveiro is not a celebrity. But her brotherâs fame gave her an opportunity to participate in a number of TV shows, such as âSĂł Visto!â and some others. Having graduated from school, he moved to the USA, where got a degree from the University of Cincinnati.
At the age of 33, Elma tried to start a career as a model. She appeared in a photo session for Hot Magazine. But then left this hobby and concentrated on her family life. Cristiano Ronaldoâs sister is married.
On September 17, 2022, she launched the new project âThe Fashion Show by Elmaâ.
Hugo Aveiro (elder brother)

Date of birth: 1975
Hugo is the oldest kid in Dolores and Dinis Averoâs family.
Cristianoâs older brother entered this world that very year when their father joined the Portuguese troops on their trip to Angola. After graduation from school, Hugo found a job at an aluminum company. After that, he managed the painting crew.
Like his father, Hugo was addicted. He drank heavily and used drugs. His famous brother helped Hugo to get rid of his bad habits. It was Ronaldo, who saved Hugo from addiction. He paid for his brotherâs rehab. As for now, the two brothers are friends. Hugo is busy in the construction area. In addition, he runs a museum, devoted to his brotherâs activity.
Liliana CĂĄtia (elder sister)

Date of birth: October 5, 1977
CĂĄtia Aveiro is probably the most famous Cristiano Ronaldo sibling. She makes a career as a singer. The woman started to perform under the stage moniker Ronalda. She released a number of studio albums, including the super popular âBoom Sem Pararâ and even was going to represent Portugal at the Eurovision contest.
Catia was born in Funchal, Madeira, and attended the local school there. In 2005 she started her career as a singer. Two years later Catia left the stage for maternity leave. In 2013 she returned and released a number of hits, such as âLatina de Cuerpo y Almaâ and âDeliciaâ.
Ronaldoâs sister is a successful business woman too. She designs sunglasses and is the official seller of the Kardashian sistersâ cosmetics.
Catia is on good terms with her stellar brother. She used to pamper him in her early years, according to her motherâs words, although at first she was annoyed to know about her motherâs fourth pregnancy. Catia helps her brother with his kids. Besides, she has 3 kids on her own. She is the mother of Rodrigo (born in 2000) and Dinis (born in 2010). On August 27, 2019, she welcomed a daughter Valentina with a Brazilian businessman Alexandre Bertolucci.
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Bio
Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer and longtime captain of the Portugal national team.
Interesting and fun facts
Ronaldo has won the Ballon d’Or five times and represented Portugal at a record-tying sixth men’s World Cup in 2026.
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