Cristiano Ronaldo: After soccer, ping pong is my favorite sport,

Under the suggestive title of "Moments, takes Dome Books on sale on Thursday, the autobiography of CR9. This edition, a must read for football aficionados, is prefaced by Florentino Perez. Throughout the book the Portuguese star in first-person reviews the most important moments of his life. Marco, who has had access to scoop from these texts and photos, gives readers, in several installments, some of the most significant extracts of a work that will furor in the bookstores of our country

"My name is Cristiano Ronaldo ...". These four words represent the starting gun to the very personal story that Cristiano Ronaldo makes his life in the book. Over nearly 200 pages, the Portuguese footballer naked inside with confessions that show their human side. CR9 is recalling his childhood dreams, their family lives, their passions, their first steps into the world of soccer, his breakthrough as a star ...

Reading the book, in which the Portuguese has had support from Manuela Brandao, gives fans a complete interior design Christian. He is aware of what their figure is. And it says Entry: "My name is Cristiano Ronaldo and I know that this name means so much to all lovers of football." With this book you will know better.

"I feel this need to make others happy, whether signing autographs, giving away or still photos nice. " Cristiano Ronaldo out in a passage from his autobiography to please his calling those who turn to him. A highly professional attitude has earned him even more love from the fans than that already caused by his football.

Cristiano also admitted one of its more worthy and less known: meet personally all the letters and mails, which are hundreds. The player devotes his afternoons to answer all requests that come from all over the world.

His trick to sign autographs Another confessions made over the revealing moments, is its willingness to sign autographs whenever they ask. "When I have time I ever refuse to sign [...] although I have a trick. If I am surrounded by many people use my initials and if the number of requests is less use my usual signature. And he recognizes that concern him most are the children patients: "How unjust is life with them!" he laments.

One of the best kept secrets in the life of Cristiano Ronaldo is that he was about to change the boots for the ping pong paddle, one of his favorite sports. They say he hit the white ball just as well that hits the ball.

He describes in his autobiography CR9 Moments, which goes on sale tomorrow: "After soccer, ping pong is my favorite sport. I love watching games professional and I like to play. I began to feel a fascination for the table tennis as a child because it is a very popular sport in Madeira, where several nationally competitive clubs, such as São Roque, Estreito or Camara de Lobos. I started playing as a boy in my neighborhood and at school.

That childhood hobby became almost a vice when Christian left Madeira to be part of the lower categories of Sporting Lisbon. "When I moved to the Sporting-school Christian story kept playing ping-pong. There were plenty of tables in the common area of all athletes and good times spent there with my teammates. One day the coach of the Sporting Tennis said, 'I've seen you play and I think you can become a good table tennis player. Want to get in the team? '. 'No, no, thanks "I replied without hesitation. I want to be a footballer. Ping pong is a hobby, a hobby, not a sport wants to be a professional ', I replied. "

However, not pushy coach gave up and returned to the fray. According to Christian account in his autobiography, this time not convinced, so he tried to persuade me again and again. I always said no, and finally surrendered. Football was my passion. "

The facts seem to have proved right in his choice Christian, but he feels he could have gone far in table tennis: "I do not know if the ping Tennis has lost a good player, but I know that even today I enjoy playing. Play with the right, left ... Without being boastful, I think I do pretty well. Even those who think they have a chance just surrendered to the evidence. "

If Christian has a soft spot for anyone in the world is about his mother, Dolores Aveiro. In her autobiography distils her words to her true love: "My mother, at last!, My mother and we have a very special. I've always been her little boy and even now treats me like a baby. "

Cristiano is grateful: "For everything that has taught me, by his constant concern for protecting me, for the support he has always given me ... Has never left me. " Crack Portuguese remembers the first time that he left her. "It was when I joined the School of Sporting," relates. For life circumstances, my mother could only come to Lisbon three times a year, but I always holding hands, and more than that, I took her in his arms. It gave me great strength and support. "Furthermore, particularly Ronaldo appreciates the trust relationship he has with his mother.

"It is also a friend who writes," I turn to ask opinion about almost everything. I listen because I believe that it is the right person to advise me and tell me what and what not to do in my life. My greatest desire is to enjoy good health and be happy. Because I adore my mother. "