After Beckham's departure, and with the Jersey vacant, Sir Alex Ferguson, upon witnessing Ronaldo's talent, felt he deserved the legendary number. Although hesitant due to the weight of the number. and his young age of eighteen, Ronaldo accepted it. out of respect for Ferguson's confidence in him.
Real Madrid. As his usual number 7 was unavailable, Ronaldo wore number 9 during his debut season at Madrid. After Raúl departed the club, Ronaldo was handed the number 7 shirt before the 2010–11 season.
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Perhaps the man that made the No. 7 shirt the most iconic for a generation at Old Trafford, David Beckham became synonymous with the number for club and country until taking the No. 23 at Real Madrid — but even then, No.
7s: From Eric Cantona to Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham to Mason Mount. Manchester United, of course, have had some truly iconic players wear the famed No. 7 shirt, including the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, George Best, and Bryan Robson.
On international duty, Ronaldo first wore the No. 17 shirt whilst featuring for Portugal at the European Champions back in 2004. The talismanic jersey was worn by legend Luís Figo at the time but after his retirement, Ronaldo soon claimed it.
Moreover, the number 7 jersey was worn by Raul, another club legend. The club couldn't simply ask their top scorer in UEFA competition to handover his jersey to Ronaldo. That was Raul's last season at Real Madrid. After his departure his jersey number was given to Ronaldo and he again became CR7.
Ronaldo had also spoken about it earlier where he said: “I started to say 'si', it's like 'yes', when I was in Real Madrid. I was in the USA and we played against Chelsea and I don't know where this is coming from, the celebration,” he said. “I just scored the goal and it just came out.
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The competition rules for said tournament state that the players starting the match must wear numbers one to 11, so usual squad numbers go out the window. So, Messi wore the no. 10 against Nice and did so again in Marseille on Wednesday. On Saturday it will be back to normal and back to no.
Masharipov had actually switched to No. 77 before Ronaldo joined Al Nassr. When news agency AFP reached out to the club for fact-checking, a representative rubbished the claim and confirmed that Masharipov agreed to change his jersey number before Ronaldo's signing was announced.
Messi first wore number 10 in the 2008-2009 season, with Barcelona and the Argentina national team, as well as at PSG, even though he used number 30. Messi previously wore numbers 30 and 19 with the Barcelona senior team, before using number 10 which has become his trademark to date.
Cristiano Ronaldo's first jersey number was No. 28, given to him after he broke into the Sporting Lisbon first team from the youth setup in 2002. In fact, it was in his jersey No. 28 that Ronaldo turned up for Sporting Lisbon in a pre-season friendly against Manchester United on August 6, 2003.
Vinícius Júnior will wear Real Madrid's iconic No. 7 shirt -- previously worn by Cristiano Ronaldo -- next season after the departure of Eden Hazard, the club confirmed Monday. Vinicius, 22, is now listed as Madrid's No.
He will wear number 7. According to information from Fabrizio Romano, CR7's son will start training with the team in the coming days and will wear the iconic number '7' on his back, just like his father.
Real Madrid paid a world record transfer fee at that time to acquire the forward and handed him the unconventional number nine jersey as former Real Madrid forward Raul was at the helm of the shirt number 7. Ronaldo inherited the number 7 in the following season and the rest was history.
While Ronaldo is mainly associated with the No. 7 shirt, his preferred number was worn by club captain and legendary figure Raul in 2009-10. The Portugal international instead wore the No. 9 shirt in his inaugural season at the Bernabeu, scoring 33 goals in 35 appearances in all competitions.
The number was last worn by Cristiano Ronaldo, who left the club for Al-Nassr in January, and by legends including George Best, David Beckham, and Eric Cantona. Mason Mount will wear the iconic number 7 after completing a £60m move to Manchester United from Chelsea. Photo from @ManUtd.
Raheem Sterling is our latest number 7; the England international wore 17 last season following his move from Manchester City. Noni Madueke has opted for the number 11 shirt ahead of the new campaign. Marc Cucurella will wear 3; Benoit Badiashile 5; Carney Chukwuemeka 17; and Armando Broja has switched to 19.
