The 5 greatest managers of Cristiano Ronaldo’s career

It’s time to talk about the top 5 greatest managers that have played a big part in Cristiano Ronaldo’s brilliant career.

Cristiano Ronaldo certainly has had his fair share of different managers throughout his career, with Erik ten Hag being the latest one in line.

The Manchester United star worked under 13 different coaches in his club career, and four for the Portugal national team. Each of them, of course, has always praised him for his outstanding work ethic above all.

So let’s take a look at the five best coaches of the 37-year-old’s career.

Santos actually coached a teenage Ronaldo briefly during his Sporting CP days before he made the fatal mistake of playing the youngster against Manchester United in 2003.

“I was the coach when Sporting played United,” said Santos 13 years later.

“I played Cristiano Ronaldo and later wished I hadn’t. A week after [Ricardo] Quaresma left to join Barcelona, then two days later Cristiano Ronaldo was on his way to Manchester.”