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Scouting report - Ledley King on Cristiano Ronaldo

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- Joined our Academy in 1997, professional 1998
- One-club man, made 323 appearances for us between 1999-2012
- League Cup winner and captain, 2008
- Captained team into Champions League for first time, 2010
- Retired 2012, now Club Ambassador
- Capped 21 times by England, Euro 2004, World Cup 2010

Cristiano Ronaldo

- Joined United from Sporting in 2003
- Premier League champion 2007, 2008, 2009
- Champions League winner 2008
- PFA and FWA Player of the Year 2007, 2008
- Joined Real Madrid in 2009
- La Liga winner 2012, 2017
- Champions League winner 2014, 2016, 2017
- Real Madrid's all-time record goalscorer (412)
- Currently has 286 goals in 269 La Liga appearances for Real Madrid
- Portugal's all-time caps and goalscorer - 79 goals in 147 caps
- Four-times Ballon d'Or winner and holder

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his goal in the 2017 Champions League Final

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Ledley King: "I remember Cristiano playing for Sporting (Lisbon) against Manchester United in a friendly (in 2003) and thinking to myself ‘wow’.