Cristiano Ronaldo: My secret sadness
The smile on the face of Man United's Cristiano hides a hidden grief...
At just 22, Cristiano Ronaldo has the world at his feet after signing a five-year, £31 million contract with Manchester United.
But his mother Dolores Aveiro, 52, has revealed a secret sadness behind her handsome son's breathtaking success.
While he was growing up, he watched helplessly as his father drank himself to death and he also witnessed his brother Hugo's struggle to get off drugs.
'Cristiano has seen what drink and drugs can do to people close to him,' says Dolores.
'What's happened to our family explains why he doesn't have any vices. He doesn't smoke or drink. His only addiction is football.'
Dolores says Cristiano paid for his older brother Hugo, now 32, to be treated at a drugs clinic in Lisbon, Portugal. But his money could do nothing to save his father.
'Dinis drank himself into an early grave, which left Cristiano devastated,' she says. 'It's very sad.'
See the full of story of Cristiano Ronaldo's heartache in Now magazine (dated 14 May) out now!
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