Maria Dolores dos Santos was born on December 31, 1954 in Madeira. Since childhood, she has faced enormous adversities. She lost her mother as a child and her father sent her to an orphanage. There, violence was used against her. When she returned home, she had to earn her own food, so she left school and started making wicker baskets. At the age of 18, she fell in love for the first time.
Maria Dolores did not have an easy life. When she became pregnant for the fourth time, she wanted to terminate it
Her chosen one was José Dinis Aveiro. After the wedding, which they got married very quickly, she moved in with him and his parents. Three years later, they had their first child, and shortly thereafter their second. When she was pregnant for the third time, her husband was sent to war, from which he returned a completely different man, abusing alcohol. Wanting to provide for herself and her family, she went to work in Paris, from where she returned after five months. The fourth pregnancy was a shock for her and she looked for ways to get rid of it. It didn’t work out and she soon gave birth to a son, .
Ronaldo could always count on his mother’s support. “She raised me, sacrificing her life for me”
Despite poverty and financial problems, Maria Dolores always supported her youngest son in his dreams of becoming a footballer. She worked hard to provide him with opportunities she didn’t have. – My mother raised me, sacrificing her life for me. She went to bed hungry to feed me. We had no money. She worked 7 days a week at night as a cleaner to buy my first shoes so that I could play, said the footballer, quoted by the portal. His father did not live to see the moment when he became a world-famous footballer. He died of a damaged liver.
Cristiano Ronaldo is very close to his mother. He repeatedly said that he owed her everything. – All my success is dedicated to her. And as long as she lives, she will always have everything I can give her with me. She is my shelter and my greatest gift – . With the first money he earned, he bought her a .
Ronaldo doesn’t let his mother watch the matches. He is worried about her health
Even though today Maria Dolores does not have to worry that her children will lack anything, she still faces other adversities, mainly health ones. She fought breast cancer and also suffered a stroke. Fortunately, she managed to recover. Despite this, the footballer forbids her from watching the most important matches with his participation, because he experiences them very much and it even happened that the woman . This does not change the fact that she is undoubtedly his biggest fan and an extremely strong woman. – My mother is the pillar of this family – admitted Ronaldo in an interview with “”.
Source: Gazeta
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