Spring 2025

Cristiano Ronaldo

Soccer's Greatest Scorer

From the Series Gateway Biographies

  • Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 8
  • Reading Level: Grade 5

Cristiano Ronaldo has won soccer’s coveted Ballon d’Or five times, as well as more than thirty trophies and many other awards. He’s also the top goal scorer in history. Many would argue that he’s the best soccer player of all time.

Ronaldo was born in 1985 on the island of Madeira, near Portugal. He and his friends played soccer on the street because they didn’t have a local field. As a child, Ronaldo had notable talent, even though he hated losing so much that he earned the nickname crybaby. He was recruited to an elite soccer academy at a young age, and his skill and fame grew from there. Follow Cristiano Ronaldo’s journey, from soccer-loving child to award-winning, international superstar.

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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 5
Genre Social Studies
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction, Biography
Copyright 2025
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 48
Publication Date 2025-01-01
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS JNF007100, JNF054130
Dewey 796.334092 [B]
Dimensions 7 x 9
Lexile 920
Guided Reading Level TBD
Features Bibliography/further reading, Index, Source notes, and Timeline

Author: Leslie Holleran

Leslie Holleran is a children’s author and freelance writer based in Maryland.

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Gateway Biographies

Discover the human side of newsworthy, historical, and pop culture figures, and learn about people leading key social movements or handling crises. Each biography in this easy-reading series is peppered with quotations and stories, accounts of successes and failures, and descriptions of… View available downloads →