By Ryan Bailey
Not so long ago, Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo
was regarded as an arrogant, bratty, prima donna who was far too
conerned with how his hair looked to think about others. Now, the
current World Player of the Year appears to be taking his role as one of
the biggest sports stars in the world with maturity and compassion, as
proven by his latest act of generosity.
Spanish newspaper AS
revealed that the family of a 10-month-old boy with cortical dysplasia —
a rare brain disorder that causes dozens of daily seizures — was
looking to raise €60,000 ($83,000) to raise money for a vital operation.
Ronaldo — the current leading
scorer in the Champions League and La Liga — was asked to donate a shirt
and pair of boots to help raise funds for little Erik Ortiz Cruz,
a request with which he duly obliged. But that's not where the
Portuguese star's contribution ended: he has also offered to pay the
full cost of the operation.
The donation may only represent
around 20% of his mammoth weekly earnings, but it's an extremely classy
gesture from a man who has used his financial means to help plenty of sick kids on the Iberian Peninsula in the past few years. In 2012, for example, he paid for the cancer treatment of a 9-year-old fan.
Even the staunchest Leo Messi fanboy will agree that it's getting harder and harder to dislike Cristiano Ronaldo.
source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/cristiano-ronaldo-donates--83-000-to-pay-for-sick-child-s-operation-155950192.html
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