Every night, Fabio Paim and Cristiano ronaldo shared leftover McDonald’s hamburgers.
Only a few weeks before ronaldo dominated Euro 2004, they even took a holiday together.
Cristiano ronaldo used to eat the leftover McDonald’s burgers that were being thrown out
Fabio Paim was friends with ronaldo in the Sporting academyCredit: Fabio Paim
Although Paim and ronaldo did not play together frequently as children due to their three-year age difference, they remained close friends off the field.
Although they were very different from professional athlete ronaldo’s ultra-healthy nutritional diet of today, they were nevertheless bound together by their love of fast food and football skills.”We used to play in Sporting and live in the academy, we lived in the stadium,” Paim said SunSport.
“We used to go to McDonald’s at night to pick up the burgers that were no longer in demand and therefore not suitable for sale.””Every night, we came for the burgers.””Sporting was aware, yes. It’s not as it is now. We had permission to leave.Paim said, “We were pals. We were pals, but I can’t say we were best friends.”I spent vacations with him.
One was in Brazil, where I had never been until Euro 2004. We took a vacation before Cristiano competed in his first European Championship with the senior Portugal squad.”Although I was too young to play, I trained with the national team.
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” I could have been there if I had been older. the children initially came into contact when eight-year-old “special” Paim enrolled in the Sporting academy and competed in a competition in Madeira, the Portuguese island where ronaldo was born. Although Paim could not have imagined how talented an 11-year-old ronaldo would grow to be at that point, he did exhibit some of the qualities that have highlighted his extraordinary success.
Paim said, “I was eight years old, new at Sporting, and we went to a competition in Madeira the first time I met Cristiano. “We had a great time hanging out together. For us, football was not that serious at the time.
We could relish our childhood.However, ronaldo will always come to me as a really dedicated, hardworking person who aspired to be the best. He’s always been that way—he gets irritated when he doesn’t win. It’s that effort that has brought him to this point.
He still aspires to be the best even though he isn’t required to play.”He has achieved everything he could, leaving nothing in his possession. But that work from when we were young is what led to it.Even he was in the dark about where he would end up.
I thought he would be a talented football player, but to the extent that he did? Not then, though.After leaving Sporting to go for Manchester united under Sir Alex Ferguson in 2003, ronaldo famously said, “If you think I’m good, wait until you see Fabio Paim.
“the only player ronaldo has publicly acknowledged is superior than him is still Paim. Paim’s career ended as fame and money gained over, leading him to pursue a lifestyle of women, cars, and parties with his enormous earnings at such a young age.
ronaldo, on the other hand, went on to become one of the greatest football players of all time, winning five Champions Leagues and the Ballon d’Or five times.
ronaldo would get upset when he lost even as a youngster in the Sporting academyCredit: Pa:press Association
He impressed Sir Alex Ferguson with his performances for SportingCredit: AP:Associated Press
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ronaldo famously referenced Paim’s quality when he joined Manchester united in 2003Credit: Getty
Paim and ronaldo went to Brazil just weeks before the latter shone at Euro 2004Credit: Corbis – Getty
the former winger, who spent twenty years on loan in Chelsea’s reserves earning £10,000 a week, is still sorry for the mistakes he made that caused him to waste his incredible natural talent. this is especially true because he genuinely thinks he was not only better than ronaldo but the best player in the world.
rather, despite the disagreement of several in Portugal, he maintains that ronaldo is the best player of all time, even surpassing rival Lionel Messi.
Paim brought SunSport to his barbershop, where the owner, a Messi fanatic, has outlawed discussion of the former real Madrid player.
Paim responded, “I cannot say the truth because the boss doesn’t allow anyone to pronounce Cristiano’s name,” when asked if Messi or ronaldo was involved.
“Messi will always be the finest in his eyes. I can’t say ronaldo or I won’t be able to come here the next week!
“I regret a few of my decisions, but I couldn’t ever reach Cristiano’s level knowing who I am.
“Yeah, I was superior to Cristiano then.” I should take one of his Ballons d’Or from him!
Although, strangely, he saw his former teammate train with the Portugal national team through the jail window after Paim was arrested in 2019 and imprisoned for a year on suspicion of drug trafficking offenses, the two had lost communication.
After the case fell apart, Paim’s name was cleared, and he is now assisting young people in avoiding his mistakes.
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He did, however, play football for just three years after a brief stint in 2020–21 at LZS Starowice, a third-tier team in Poland.
It would require an exceptionally unique phone call for him to lace up his boots once more following two prior knee surgeries.
“No, to be honest, I don’t want to play with Cristiano again,” Paim continued.
“I know I’m going to get hurt, so I’m scared to go onto the field. I’d go if he asked me to.
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“I have no idea if he even recalls my existence.
I haven’t spoken to him in a very long time.
Our lives are not the same. He lives his life, and I live mine, but if we cross paths, I have no doubt that we will talk like we always have.
Paim was scouted and signed for Sporting when he was eightCredit: Fabio Paim
the former winger was destined for greatness with superb natural skillCredit: Fabio Paim
