Man Utd: Cristiano Ronaldo Jr's individual highlights at youth tournament

Cristiano Ronaldo Jr might one day choose to follow in his father’s footsteps.

It must be a pretty unique set of circumstances to grow up with arguably the greatest male footballer in history as your father, particularly if you also hold ambitions to play the beautiful game one day.

Cristiano Jr is the eldest child of the Manchester United superstar, who is regularly touted alongside players like Diego Maradona, Pele and Lionel Messi in the GOAT debate.

As such, the 11-year-old has a pretty good role model in his own home when it comes to forging a career in football if that is indeed what he chooses to do when he grows up.

Obviously, it’s impossible to know what career you’ll be chasing as an adult when your age is barely two figures, but it seems pretty clear that Cristiano Jr is enjoying his football as a youngster.

In fact, the heir to the Ronaldo throne has been plying his trade in Manchester United’s youth teams, following his father over to England having also played in the Juventus academy.

And even before Cristiano Jr was climbing the youth ranks at some of Europe’s biggest clubs, there were plenty of videos doing the rounds of him kicking a ball around with his father.

However, the United starlet arguably took his biggest step into the footballing spotlight earlier this month when he represented the Red Devils at the MICFootball.

An international youth tournament where the best academies around the world come together on the Costa Brava, Cristiano Jr was part of the United under-12 side that was competing for glory.

And it didn’t take the young Portuguese long to go viral as he scored in the opening 5-0 win over CEF Girones Sabat, before whipping out his father’s “SIUUUUU” celebration for good measure.

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