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Joe Mewis

‘Even as a kid, Cristiano lived football with enormous passion – if he didn’t win or things didn’t go well, he’d cry’ Nani on what it was like to grow up with Cristiano Ronaldo

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Before the quest for 1,000 goals, the five Ballons d’Or and the seemingly never-ending roll calls of team and individual hours, the young Cristiano Ronaldo was just one of countless hopefuls chasing a dream.

As the Portuguese icon worked his way up through the Sporting youth system, there were, however, clues as to what was going to come.

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