My Favourite Sportsman I am really fond of sport. I especially like tennis, swimming, skiing, basketball, and figure-skating. However, my favourite type of sport is football. I like both playing and watching it. Football is played in many countries, so I support foreign teams as well as the domestic ones. I know many great players of football. Among them, Maradona, Zidan, Arshavin, Totti, Maldini, Beckham, Cnatona, Messi, Vieri, but most of all I like Ronaldo. I like the way he plays and behaves. He seems to be not only talented but also a strong-willed guy. His full name is Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro. I know people who don’t like this Portuguese-born footballer but I adore him. He is considered to be the most expensive footballer of all times. To transfer from “Manchester United” team to Spanish “Real” he was paid more than 83 million pounds. Ronaldo was born on February the 5th, 1985 in Madeira neighborhood. He was the youngest child in a family and his father named him after the American President Ronald Reagan. His career in football started rather early. At the age of eight he already played for the amateur team “Andorinha”. When he turned ten, he signed his first contract with the local club “Nacional”. Today, Ronaldo is one of the best players in the world and he plays as a forward for the Spanish club “Real Madrid”. He is known to be mentally sharp, predicting certain plays, and having very good reactions. He was also the first player to win all main football awards. Apart from being a great player, Ronaldo often donates money and personal possessions to charity funds and people who are in need.
1.My favorite football player Messi.(Мой любимый спортсмен футболист Месси.) 2.He was 29 years old.(ему 29 лет) 3.Lionel Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in the Argentine city of Rosario.(Лионель Месси родился 24 июня 1987 года в аргентинском городе Росарио.) 4.He achieved incredible heights. (Он добился невероятных вершин.) 5.Messi plays for Barcelona and the football teams in Argentina.(Месси играет за футбольные команды Барселоны и Аргентины.) 6.When Lionel was 13 years old, one of the shareholders of the club "Barcelona" has learned about a young footballer.(Когда Лионелю было 13 лет, один из акционеров клуба «Барселона» узнал о юном футболисте.)7.Lionel Messi started playing football at a very early age for the club of his city, "Newell's Old Boys."(Лионель Месси начал играть в футбол в очень раннем возрасте за клуб своего города «Ньюэллс Олд Бойз».)8.At age 11, he moved with his parents to Barcelona, where he was in the youth team of "Barcelona" in 13 years.(В возрасте 11 лет он переехал с родителями в Барселону, где уже в 13 лет оказался в молодёжной команде «Барселоны».)9.He will always be the best player in the world.
2.He was 29 years old.(ему 29 лет) 3.Lionel Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in the Argentine city of Rosario.(Лионель Месси родился 24 июня 1987 года в аргентинском городе Росарио.) 4.He achieved incredible heights. (Он добился невероятных вершин.)
5.Messi plays for Barcelona and the football teams in Argentina.(Месси играет за футбольные команды Барселоны и Аргентины.)
6.When Lionel was 13 years old, one of the shareholders of the club "Barcelona" has learned about a young footballer.(Когда Лионелю было 13 лет, один из акционеров клуба «Барселона» узнал о юном футболисте.)7.Lionel Messi started playing football at a very early age for the club of his city, "Newell's Old Boys."(Лионель Месси начал играть в футбол в очень раннем возрасте за клуб своего города «Ньюэллс Олд Бойз».)8.At age 11, he moved with his parents to Barcelona, where he was in the youth team of "Barcelona" in 13 years.(В возрасте 11 лет он переехал с родителями в Барселону, где уже в 13 лет оказался в молодёжной команде «Барселоны».)9.He will always be the best player in the world.