Cristiano Ronaldo deeply moved by images of deceased father

Football legend Cristiano Ronaldo (34) burst out crying during an interview on the British television channel ITV. Presenter Piers Morgan confronted the Portuguese football player with never before seen images of Ronaldo’s father, Jose Dinis Aveiro, who died in 2005 at the age of 52.

In the video, which was shot a year before Ronaldo’s father’s death, the man tells how proud he is of his son. At that time Ronaldo was still at the start of his impressive career on the green fields. When his father died, the Portuguese was only twenty years old. Moreover, the two had little contact, since his father was always drunk. “A normal conversation was not possible. The contact was very difficult,” said Ronaldo.

“I have never seen these images. They are unique. It makes me feel very good and I want to show them to the rest of the family. I did not know that he was so positive about me.”

The footballer regrets that his father is no longer there to see how he is doing now. “He has not actually experienced my successes.”

Ronaldo also said that his father could not do anything about it, that he had a drinking problem. “He became traumatized when he fought as a soldier in Mozambique and Angola. He died too young. ”