Cristiano Ronaldo has remained in extremely stable form since moving to Saudi Arabia and playing for Al Nassr. The Portuguese superstar becomes the world’s number one scorer in 2023 with a total of 54 goals after 59 appearances.

CR7 is famous as one of the athletes who is “obsessed” with perfection. This leads to him often having habits to both maintain his health and skills, and to build confidence.

Ronaldo always works hard and regularly works hard to get better every day. When he was a young player at Manchester United, the Portuguese player was recorded spending many hours of additional training at the Carrington training center. In it, he wore weights around his ankles to perform technical exercises.

Besides, former player Patrice Evra once shared the story of Ronaldo inviting him home to eat after training with the team. Not only did he have to eat dishes like salad, chicken breast and drink filtered water, Evra was then “forced” by his teammate to continue practicing.

The Portuguese team captain also paid attention to his health by painting his toenails black to fight the risk of infection.

In addition, there is a long-standing habit of Ronaldo that not all fans pay attention to. That’s how the striker born in 1985 entered the field when playing. Specifically, CR7 always steps in with his right foot first.

Ronaldo’s above habit can be explained by his adherence to a long-standing Portuguese tradition. In the culture of the Iberian Peninsula country, there is a famous saying: “entra com a direita”. The meaning of this sentence is: “walk to the right”.

The fact that Ronaldo does this is both because he is superstitious and shows that the 39-year-old player always looks towards his roots. Regardless, seeing a professional athlete adopt the above habit is extremely interesting.

The owner of five Ballon d’Or titles also has some other notable habits. For example, some fans noticed that Ronaldo often repeats the same thing when taking group photos with the team. He stands on tiptoes in almost every pre-match photo to appear taller.

The next impression of Ronaldo that has gone deep into the minds of fans is his posture preparing to take a free kick. CR7 is famous for his style of standing with his legs wide apart, breathing heavily before running.