ronaldo made his debut for portugal in cristiano ronaldo.
when did ronaldo make his debut for portugal?
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on 13 december 2011 ronaldo and zinedine zidane played a charity match with their friends against former and current players of the german team hamburg in the ninth edition of the match against poverty series, which ronaldo and zidane established in 2003. in december 2012, ronaldo and zidane reunited for the match against poverty in porto alegre, portugal, with the field littered with world cup winners from france and brazil, which also saw 1982 world cup legend zico (ronaldo's boyhood idol) turn out for ronaldo's team. in january 2013, ronaldo was named one of the six ambassadors of the 2014 fifa world cup in brazil.
ronaldo (brazilian footballer)
ronaldo was portugal's second-highest scorer in the european qualification for the 2006 fifa world cup with seven goals. during the tournament, he scored his first world cup goal against iran with a penalty kick in portugal's second match of the group stage. in the quarter-finals against england, his manchester united teammate wayne rooney was sent off for stamping on portugal defender ricardo carvalho. although the referee later clarified that the red card was only due to rooney's infraction, the english media speculated that ronaldo had influenced his decision by aggressively complaining, after which he was seen in replays winking at portugal's bench following rooney's dismissal. ronaldo went on to score the vital winning penalty during the penalty shoot out which sent portugal into the semi-finals. ronaldo was subsequently booed during their 1–0 semi-final defeat to france. fifa's technical study group overlooked him for the tournament's best young player award and handed it to germany's lukas podolski, citing his behaviour as a factor in the decision. following the 2006 world cup, ronaldo would go on to represent portugal in four qualifying games for euro 2008, scoring two goals in the process.
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