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Obsession for perfection

Book by Luca Caioli


Presented By-

Shashank Patel
About the book

Book is inside story of the Real Madrid star whose determination has driven him to the very
top of his game, featuring insights from those who know him best: coaches, teammates,
girlfriends and even Cristiano Ronaldo himself.
About the author

 Luca Caioli ( Milan , Italy in 1958 ) is an Italian journalist and writer.


 He has published the following books: Ronaldinho. The happy footballer (2006) ; The
parable of Zinédine Zidane (2006) ; Messi, the boy who could not grow (2008) ; The
double challenge of Lance Armstrong ; Torres, An Intimate Portrait of a kid who
became king ; Karim Benzema, a talent brut ; Coupe du Monde, Gagner malgré
Domenech, Perdre malgré Domenech ; Vicente del Bosque. A thousand thanks ;
Cristiano Ronaldo, the obsession for the perfection
First six chapters

 Basically describes about the mentality of Cristiano Ronaldo.


 He has full confidence over himself.
 He always want to win and needs competitive environment.
 He says he want to be known as greatest footballer of all time, at least counted among
greatest player.
 His family is his backbone.
 He hates to get defeated and sometimes cries also.
Start of footballing career

 Played with Andorinha (1992-95)


 Played with Nacional (1995-97)
 Signed for Sporting CP (1997)
 Promoted to Sporting CP’s senior team at age 17
 Showed impressive performance in league matches, champions league etc.
 Ultimately ended up becoming most crucial asset of team
Chapter 7-16

 Signed for biggest EPL club, Man. Utd. (transfer fee of £12.24 million)
 Cristiano Ronaldo’s father expired ( 5/09/2005), but he still continued to play
tournament and went on scoring in very next match against Germany.
 Faced rape allegation but was acquitted.
 Had conflict with another star Wayne Rooney
 Went on to win numerous titles of league, champions league and award for best player
for 2008 (Ballon d'Or)
Chapter 16- till the end

 Transferred to Real Madrid


 He quoted “ Sir Alex Ferguson is my second father”
 Rivalry with Lionel Messi began
 First season no titles.
 Became father via surrogacy ( 03/07/2010)
 Lost title of Ballon d'Or to Lionel Messi who won it for 3 years consecutively
(2010,2011,2012)
Continued…

 Dethroned Lionel Messi and won back Ballon d'Or (2013,2014,2016,2017)


 Played world cup 2014, despite of career threatening tendinosis in his left knee.
 Had breakup with his long-time girlfriend (2015)
 Won titles with Portugal national team ( Euro 2016).
 Won three consecutive UCL under coach Zinadin Zidane.
 Zinadin Zidane left.
 Transferred to Juventus (112 million euros) due to rift with Fiorentino Perez (club
President, Real Madrid) over renewal of contract.
Lesson that I learnt from book

 Trust yourself
 Never give up, never ever.
THANK YOU

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