Quickly calling for himself in England, Los Blancos sought out the Now 35-year-old Portuguese star for his last Galactica.
And Ronaldo would give Bernabéu enthusiasts his first glimpse of himself with his famous white kit with a glamorous tie opposite the Irish Shamrock Rovers.
Real Madrid sneaked into it with a 1-0 win.
But who covered for Ronaldo that day and where are they now?
Having entered Liverpool’s history books with his impression of Bruce Grobbelaar in the 2005 Champions League final, Dudek left in 2007.
The Polish striker moved to Real Madrid, where he would play only two League games, involved at the time Iker Casillas.
After retiring in 2011 and returning to Los Blancos, he became a driving force for racing, participating in the Volkswagen Castrol Cup across Europe.
Torres, who made his way into the youth ranks, played 52 league games for Real Madrid, but sold out in the summer of Ronaldo’s deyet.
After the attack on Shamrock Rovers, he signed for Getafe where he would play more than a hundred times.
The famous burnt head spent most of his career at the Royal, before joining Besiktas in 2017 after a decade at the Bernabéu.
A FRINGE player for Real Madrid after joining Borussia Dortmund, Metzelder has played 21 times in La Liga in 3 seasons in Spain.
He moved to Schalke and then TuS Haltern in his local Germany before retiring in 2014.
More recently, TuS Haltern’s Metzelder president before resigning in September 2019 amid a police investigation.
ALWAYS Real Madrid player to this day, Marcelo had joined the two seasons before Ronaldo.
The same guy, Ronaldo, left Man Utd and had his first glimpse of the Real’s action opposed to Shamrock in 2009.
Ronaldo, now a Portuguese foreigner with 165 games and 101 goals, has scored 450 goals in 438 games in all competitions with Real Madrid.
He left to sign for Juventus on a 99 million pound play in the summer of 2018, where he still plays today.
The Argentine midfielder made a call-up at Real after signing for Real in 2007, more than 120 games in five years.
The flop of Chelsea, Arsenal and Portsmouth took a surprise move at Real Madrid in 2009 and also made his debut against Shamrock.
Diarra played 87 times in 3 years for the Spaniards in La Liga before passing through Russia, France and the United Arab Emirates when he dropped the backdrop of his career at Paris Saint-Germain between 2017-19
THE authentic Madrid legend in the club between 1986 and 2010, adding his years in the youth ranks.
He made more than 500 appearances with The Whites before Besiktas for a season-long Swanson.
REAL Real Madrid legend Raúl has scored 323 goals in 741 appearances for the club after moving from young people to first.
The Spaniard finished his with periods in Schalke, Al Sadd and New York Cosmos.
With 107 goals in just 190 League games, Higuain one of Europe’s feared highs at some point.
He even broke the Serie A season record with 36 for Napoli in 2016-17.
But he has not been able to reflect his high-level form at Juventus in recent years after a good start and fought for his brief loans to Chelsea and AC Milan.
His contract with the Italian champions ended this summer, allowing him to enroll in David Beckham’s MLS team, Inter Miami.
Michel Salgado – Legendary defender now in the rhythm of Galicia after periods in Blackburn and Independiente.
Ezequiel Garay – Last in Valencia, where he has played since 2016, but left and is a club.
Gabriel Heinze – Manchester United former definer Vélez Sarsfield’s last manager, resigned at the end of last season.
Royston Drenthe – The disputable wing has faced José Mourinho at Real and has since recovered, at Everton and Reading, now at Dutch Minnows Kozakken Boys.
Dani Parejo: now a Valencia legend after almost a decade at the club after leaving Real Madrid QPR (on loan) and Getafe.
Rafael van der Vaart: Former Spurs legend has a professional darts career in 2019.
Wesley Sneijder – Year retired after being in Inter Milan, Galatasaray, Nice and Al-Gharafa.
Alvaro Negredo – Last in Al-Nasr, Negredo has played in Seville, Manchester City and Valencia, among others, since leaving Bernabéu and returned to Spain with newly promoted Cadiz.
Karim Benzema – He remains in Real Madrid to this day while the rest of his former businessmen disappeared around him.
Marcos Tebar: Last on the Indian side of Odisha, Tebar has endured a career as a couple since leaving Real, one season in Brentford.
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