This story is completely true and was revealed publicly by Cristiano Ronaldo’s own mother, Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, in her official biography titled Mother Courage.The player’s childhood and his mother’s decision involve remarkable facts of the family’s trajectory: The Context of Poverty and the Attempt to Abortion Financial difficulties: At the time of her pregnancy, in 1984, Dolores already had three children (Elma, Katia and Hugo) and the family lived in extreme poverty in Funchal, on Madeira Island. Cristiano’s father, Diniz Aveiro, suffered from alcoholism and was very absent. The medical refusal: Upon discovering the fourth pregnancy, Dolores sought a doctor to terminate the pregnancy. However, the professional utterly refused to do the procedure. Homemade methods: Desperate for fear of not being able to feed one more mouth, Dolores tried homemade recipes, such as drinking hot black beer and running to exhaustion to force a spontaneous abortion. The Birth and the Change of Life The “Star” of the family: Attempts failed and Cristiano Ronaldo was born perfectly healthy on February 5, 1985. Today, his mother openly declares in interviews with vehicles like the Globo Esporte that he was “the star that lit up the family’s life”. Hungry Moments: Even after birth, Cristiano’s childhood continued to be difficult. In emotional accounts, he said that at 12, when he moved to Sporting’s base in Lisbon, he ordered leftover burgers at a McDonald’s near the stadium because he had no money to eat.

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