Factbox on Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a 2-1/2 year deal on Friday.

EARLY DAYS

* Born Feb. 5, 1985 in Funchal, Madeira.

* Plays youth team football at Nacional before joining Sporting in 2002.

MANCHESTER UNITED (2003-09)

* United manager Alex Ferguson signs the 18-year-old for 12.24 million pounds ($14.80 million) in August 2003.

* In 2006-07, United win the title and Ronaldo is named England’s Footballer of the Year.

* Celebrates League and Champions League double in the 2007-08 season, finishing as Europe’s top scorer with 42 goals.

* Caps 2008 season by winning the Ballon d’Or.

* In 2008-09, helps United to the Premier League title and League Cup.

* Scores 118 goals in 291 appearances for United.

REAL MADRID (2009-18)

* Signs for 80 million pounds from United in 2009, a world record fee at the time.

* Scores 46 goals in the 2011-12 LaLiga season as Real win the title.

* Scores a record 17 goals in the Champions League in 2013-14 as Real secure a 10th European title.

* Scores the decisive spot kick in penalty shootout against Atletico to give Real their 11th Champions League title in 2016.

* Wins the Ballon d’Or in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017.

* Finishes as Real Madrid’s all-time top scorer with 451 goals.

JUVENTUS (2018-21)

* Signs for the Turin club in July 2018 for a reported fee of 100 million euros, the highest ever for a player over 30.

* Scores 21 goals as Juve win their eighth consecutive Scudetto, thereby becoming the first player to win league titles in England, Spain and Italy.

* Comes in third place for the 2019 Best FIFA Men’s Player Award, behind Lionel Messi and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk.

* Nets 31 times to finish as the second-highest goalscorer in the 2019-20 Serie A season as Juventus again win the title.

* Juve, however, get knocked out by Olympique Lyonnais in the round of 16 in the Champions League.

* Wins the Serie A golden boot for 2020-21 with 29 goals but the Italian giants fail to win the league, finishing fourth.

* Finishes with 101 goals in 134 games across all competitions.

MANCHESTER UNITED (2021-22)

* Re-signs for the Premier League club in August 2021 for a fee of 15 million euros plus eight million euros in performance-related add-ons.

* Becomes the first player to score in five consecutive Champions League matches in a single season for an English club.

* Reaches 807 goals to become top scorer in professional football history

* Manchester United get knocked out by Atletico Madrid in the round of 16 in the Champions League and finish sixth in Premier League.

* Nets 18 times to become the third-highest Premier League goalscorer.

* Scores 24 goals across all competitions to become the team’s top scorer for the season.

* Wins the Manchester United Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award.

* Ends the season trophyless for the first time since the 2009-10 campaign.

PORTUGAL (2003-)

* Makes Portugal debut in August 2003.

* Helps side to runners-up spot at Euro 2004.

* Portugal are eliminated from the 2010 World Cup by Spain in the last 16.

* Portugal go out in the group stage at the 2014 World Cup with Ronaldo clearly struggling with injury.

* In 2016, helps Portugal win their first European title as they beat France 1-0 in the final.

* Captains Portugal to victory over the Netherlands in the 2018-19 Nations League final.

* Scores against France at Euro 2020, equalling former Iran captain Ali Daei’s international record of 109 goals.

* Wins the Euro 2020 Golden Boot with five goals and one assist.

* In September 2021 surpasses Daei’s record after scoring twice against Ireland in the World Cup qualifiers.

* Plays his fifth World Cup with Portugal at Qatar 2022

* Becomes the first player to score in five World Cups after netting a penalty against Ghana in a Group H match.

* Portugal get knocked out of the World Cup in the quarter-finals by Morocco.