The Story of Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985, in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. He is a football
player who started his career in a local club called Nacional da Liha da Madeira. Christian
Ronaldo started to know football from his father who is an equipment manager in his first club.
When he was 10 years old, he was already recognized as a talented little boy in football. He
loved football since kid even he was often out of the house through the window just to play ball
and left his homework.

Ronaldo’s talent developed rapidly during adolescence. After playing for a club Nacional da
Liha da Madeira, he signed his first professional contract with Sporting Lisbon football club in
2001. In the same year at the age of 16, Ronaldo impressed football world when he played
against Manchester United. He showed his talent by outwitting his opponent with quick footwork
and ball control skills which are very good. All football managers were impressed by him even a
number of English players asked their manager to try to bring in this young player.

Because of this talent, Manchester United was interested in signing him. In 2003 Manchester
United must pay £ 12 million to Sporting Lisbon to take him to England. This was a record price
for the most expensive football player of his age. A year later he scored his first goal for
Manchester United in the FA Cup final in 2004 and won the FA Cup as his first trophy. In 2008,
he recorded a franchise record for goals scored. Ronaldo has won many titles Premier League
with Manchester united. The peak of his career was when he won Champions League trophy
with Manchester united. His Success in Manchester United made Real Madrid must pay an
amount of $ 131 million to bring him to Spain. Real Madrid made Cristiano Ronaldo as the most
expensive football player in the world in 2009.

1. What nationality is Christiano Ronaldo?

A. Brazilian B. Canadian C. Portuguese D. British
2. What was the name of place where Ronaldo first started his career?
A. Nacional da Liha da Madeira
B. Nacional da Liha da Manoira
C. Nacional da Liha da Maveira
D. Nacional da Liha da Madona
E. Nacional da Liha da Mareira
3. Why did Ronaldo first learned about football from his father?
A. Because Ronaldo’s father became a coach in his first club
B. Because Ronaldo’sfather became a partner in his first club
C. Because Ronaldo’sfather became a manager in his first club
D. Because Ronaldo’s father became a director in his first club
E. Because Ronaldo’s father became an owner in his first club
4. What is the name of the second club of Ronaldo?
A. Manchester United
B. Nacional da Liha da Madeira
C. Sporting Lisbon Football Club
D. Real Madrid
E. Portugal National Club
 5. Why did Ronaldo impress the football world when he was 16 years old?
A. Because Ronaldo made his first goal
B. Because Ronaldo made his first contract
C. Because he scored his first goal for Manchester United
D. Because he showed his talent by outwitting his opponent with quick footwork and
ball control skills
E. Because he showed his communication with his opponent with quick footwork and
ball control skills
6. Why did Real Madrid make Cristiano Ronaldo the most expensive football player in the
world in 2009 ?
A. Because Real Madrid must pay an amount of $ 131 million to bring him to Spain.
B. Because he won Champions League trophy with Manchester united
C. Because he recorded his success in Sporting Lisbon
D. Because he recorded his success on national team
E. Because he won all his throphies
The Story of Boaz Salossa
Boaz began his junior career by playing at the amateur club PS Putra Yohan in 1999 to 2000.
Then he moved to Perseru Serui from 2000 to 2001. Boaz was summoned in the Papua PON
Team to be competed in the 16th National Sports Week in Indonesia. At that time, he was only
17 years old. His talent finally came to Peter White, the coach of the Indonesian National Team
at the time, and took him to the 2004 Tiger Cup when he was 18 years old.

Boaz signed his first professional contract with Persipura Jayapura in 2005. Since then, he has
emerged as the most influential player at the club and even served as captain of the team after the
departure of Eduard Ivakdalam. Until 10 August, Boaz scored 207 goals from 311 official
matches with Persipura and made him the club's all-time top scorer along with various individual
awards. In addition, he also brought Persipura to win the top division of Indonesia's professional
football league four times in the 2005, 2009, 2011 and 2013 seasons.

He has never strengthened other clubs in Indonesia other than Persipura despite being offered a
higher salary from rival clubs. According to him, Persipura was like a second home for him and
had become his extended family. But when Indonesia's professional football competition was
halted due to FIFA sanctions from 2015 to 2016, he accepted an offer from Borneo FC to play in
a non-official tournament because Persipura decided to temporarily disband. At the beginning of
the 2018 season, he returned to play for Borneo FC only for the 2018 Presidential Cup pre-
season tournament.

After spending 16 years with Persipura, on 17 July 2021 Boaz joined Borneo on a 2-season deal.
On 10 September 2021, Boaz made his debut for Borneo on a league game against Persik Kediri
coming on as a substitute in the 70th-minute, as his team lose 1-0. On 8 January 2022, Boaz
scored his first goal for Borneo against Persik Kediri at the Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium,
Gianyar.

The first time he appeared was dubbed the "prodigy", when he was brought by Peter White and
performed a stunning performance in Ho Chi Minh City, when he performed with the Indonesian
National Team in the 2004 Tiger Cup. Boaz's international debut was against Turkmenistan on
30 March 2004 for the 2006 World Cup qualification where Indonesia won 3–1 and Boaz made
two assists for his teammate Ilham Jaya Kesuma. Boaz was considered to be a bright prospect in
Indonesian football after performing brilliantly in the 2004 Tiger Cup, where Indonesia was
defeated by Singapore in a home and away match, which resulted in an aggregate score of 5–2 to
Singapore. In the group phase, Boaz managed to score 4 goals and along with Ilham Jayakesuma,
who scored 7 goals, both led the top scorers chart. He was injured after a tough tackle in a
friendly match against Hong Kong, forcing him to miss the Asian Cup 2007 and disappear from
football for 10 months.

After another failure for the Indonesian national team to become a champion in the 2016 AFF
Championship, Boaz announce his retirement from the national squad to give chance to other
young players as well admitting he was "tired to see Indonesia without any trophy in the
tournament". He congratulated Thailand for their fifth trophy and acknowledged that "Thai
players and their performances are much better and still far from us to reach". However, Boaz
still disclosed his intention to retire, saying he wanted to discuss the matter with his family first
while celebrating Christmas in his hometown of Sorong.

7. Where did Boaz start his football career?

A. Perseru Serui B. Borneo FC C. Persipura D. PS Putra Yohan E. Persebaya

8. Who was Peter White who firstly recruited Boaz Salossa?

A. The coach of the Indonesian National Team at the time
B. The coach of the Persipura Team at the time
C. The director of FIFA league
D. The supervisor of International Football Club
E. A famous football player

9. Why Boaz Salossa became the club's all-time top scorer?

A. Because Boaz signed the contract with national team
B. Because Boaz scored 207 goals from 311 official matches with Persipura
C. Because Boaz got the highest award in football
D. Because Boaz became favorite football player at the time
E. Because Boaz always scored his goal in every match

10. Why he has never strengthened other clubs in Indonesia other than Persipura?
A. Because he got high salary from Persipura
B. Because he couldn’t adapt himself to another club
C. Because Persipura was like a second home for him and had become his extended family
D. Because the influence of his fans and family
E. Because another clubs couldn’t afford his salary

11. Where was the place where Boas made his international debut?
A. Ho Chi Minh City
B. Singapore
C. Thailand
D. Malaysia
E. Turkmenistan

12. Why did Boaz announce his retirement from the national squad?
A. To critize the national team
B. To give motivation for his teammate
C. To join again with Persipura
D. To develop his international career
E. To give chance to other young players

13. Why did Boaz acknowledge that "Thai players and their performances are much better and
still far from us to reach"?
A. Because Thailand continously won their five football match
B. Because Thailand defeated Indonesia team
C. Because Thailand would be the pattern for national football team
D. Because Thailand was intended to invite him to join them
E. Because Thailan was the championship in ASEAN