TWO FOOTBALL LEGENDS BORN ON THE SAME DAY :Neymar and Ronaldo ( See History And Details)

Happy Birthday to Neymar and

Ronaldo from sportblaze.  

On this day in 1985 - Cristiano Ronaldo was born.

Born and raised on the Portuguese island 

of Madeira, Ronaldo was diagnosed with a

 racing heart at age 15. He underwent an 

operation to treat his condition, and 

began 

his senior club career playing for Sporting 

CP, before signing with Manchester United 

at age 18 in 2003. After winning his first 

trophy, the FA Cup, during his first season 

in England, he helped United win three 

successive Premier League titles, a UEFA 

Champions League title, and a FIFA Club 

World Cup. 

By age 22, he had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations and at age 23, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. In 2009, Ronaldo was the subject of the most expensive association football transfer when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer worth €94 million (£80 million).

With Real Madrid, Ronaldo won 15 

trophies, including two La Liga titles, two 

Copas del Rey, four UEFA Champions 

League titles, two UEFA Super Cups, and 

three FIFA Club World Cups. Real Madrid's 

all-time top goalscorer, Ronaldo scored a 

record 34 La Liga hat-tricks, including a 

record-tying eight hat-tricks in the 2014–

15 season and is the only player to reach 

30 goals in six consecutive La Liga 

seasons. After joining Madrid, Ronaldo 

finished runner-up for the 

Ballon d'Or three times, behind Lionel 

Messi, his perceived career rival, before 

winning back-to-back Ballons d'Or in 2013 

and 2014. 

After winning the 2016 and 2017 

Champions Leagues, Ronaldo secured 

back-to-back Ballons d'Or again in 2016 

and 2017. A historic third consecutive 

Champions League followed, making 

Ronaldo the first player to win the trophy 

five times. In 2018, he signed for Juventus 

in a transfer worth an initial €100 million; 

the highest ever paid by an Italian club and

 the highest fee ever paid for a player over 

30 years old.

A Portuguese international, Ronaldo was 

named the best Portuguese player of all 

time by the Portuguese Football 

Federation in 2015. He made his senior 

debut for Portugal in 2003 at age 18, and 

has since had over 150 caps, including 

appearing and scoring in eight major 

tournaments, becoming Portugal's most 

capped player and his country's all-time 

top goalscorer. He scored his first 

international goal at Euro 2004 and 

helped 

Portugal reach the final. 

He took over full captaincy in July 2008, leading Portugal to their first-ever triumph in a major tournament by winning Euro 2016, and received the Silver Boot as the second-highest goalscorer of the tournament, before becoming the highest European international goalscorer of all-time. One of the most marketable athletes in the world, he was ranked the world's highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 2016 and 2017, as well as the world's most famous athlete by ESPN in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

On this day in 1992 - Neymar was born

Neymar came into prominence at an early

 age at Santos, where he made his 

professional debut aged 17.

 He helped the

club win two successive Campeonato 

Paulista championships, a Copa do Brasil, 

and the 2011 Copa Libertadores, Santos' 

first Copa Libertadores since 1963. 

Neymar was twice named the South 

American Footballer of the Year, in 2011 

and 2012, before moving to Europe to join 

Barcelona. As part of 

Barça's attacking trio

with Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez, he won

 the continental treble of

 La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA 

Champions League, and 

came third for the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2015 

for his performances. 

He followed this up by attaining a 

domestic double in the 2015–16 season. 

In August 2017, Neymar transferred from 

Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in a 

move worth €222 million, making him the 

most expensive player ever. In France, he 

claimed a domestic treble of Ligue 1, 

Coupe de France, and Coupe de la Ligue, 

and was voted as the Ligue 

1 Player of the Year.

With 60 goals in 96 matches for Brazil 

since debuting at age 18, Neymar is the 

third highest goalscorer for his national 

team, trailing only Pelé and Ronaldo. He 

was a key player in Brazil's victories at the 

2011 South American Youth 

Championship, where he finished as 

leading goalscorer, and the 2013 FIFA 

Confederations Cup, where he won the 

Golden Ball as player of the tournament. 

His participation in the 2014 FIFA World 

Cup and 2015 Copa América was cut 

short by injury and a suspension, 

respectively, but, the following year, he 

captained Brazil to their first Olympic gold 

medal in men's football at the 2016 

Summer Olympics, and two years later, 

featured at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Off the pitch, he ranks among the world's 

most prominent sportsmen; SportsPro 

named him the most marketable athlete in

 the world in 2012 and 2013, and ESPN 

cited him as the world's fourth-most 

famous athlete in 2016. In 2017, Neymar 

was listed by Time to be one of the most 

influential people in the world, 

and in 2018, France Football ranked him 

as the world's third highest  

paid footballer, earning €81.5m ($95m) for

 a calendar year in combined income from 

salaries, bonuses, and endorsements.