Is the amazing story of Cristiano Ronaldo & Albert Fantrau true?

After winning the Champions League with Real Madrid on Saturday evening in Lisbon, Cristiano Ronaldo headed into the crowd, took off his shirt and handed it to someone in the crowd.

The touching moment was captured by the TV cameras and Ronaldo looked genuinely thrilled and touched to hug the supporter in the crowd with the Real Madrid top on. See more photo after the cut....


Social media has quickly declared the man to be Albert Fantrau.

Now, stories and legends develop about top class footballers all the time. Mario Balotelli and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are involved in countless stories, legends and myths as is Cristiano Ronaldo.

And, the story of Albert Fantrau, copied below is such a great tale, that we want to believe it.

This is what Cristiano Ronaldo allegedly said about Albert Fantrau:

“I have to thank my old friend Albert Fantrau for my success. We played together when we were young. When people from Sporting Lisbon arrived, they told us that whoever scored more goals would be accepted to their Accademy. We won that game 3-0, I scored the first solo, then Albert scored a header, and the third was a goal that impressed everyone. Albert went one on one with the goalkeeper, I was running next to him, he went round the keeper, all he needed to do was just to put it into the empty goal. But, he passed it to me and I scored. I was accepted to the Sporting Lisbon Academy. After the game, I approached him and asked: “Why?” and he answered: “You’re better than me!”.

Several years later a journalist went to Albert’s house, and asked whether the story was true. He confirmed it. He also said that his career as a football player finished after that match and he is now unemployed. “But where did you get such a gorgeous house, a car? You seem to be a rich person. You also provide for your family.. .Where is all this from?” Albert proudly replied: “It’s from Cristiano!”