Christiano Ronaldo doesn't play football.
The 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala was the fourth year for FIFA 's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year . Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro , ( [ kɾiʃ ` tjɐnu ʁuˈnaɫdu ] , born 5 February 1985 ) is a Portuguese professional footballer for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team . At Euro 2016 , he became the most capped player of all-time in the tournament , the first player to score at four consecutive European Championship finals , and also equalled Michel Platini 's all-time record for most goals scored in the competition . Forwards are the players on an association football team who play nearest to the opposing team 's goal , and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals . The 2016 UEFA European Championship , commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 or simply Euro 2016 , was the 15th UEFA European Championship , the quadrennial international men 's football championship of Europe organised by UEFA .