The son of Ronaldo is selected for the Portuguese U15 national team

The Portuguese Football Association released a new U15 men's football training list on May 6. Cristiano Dos Santos (nickname "Mini Ronaldo"), the son of football superstar Cristiano Dos Santos, who is now playing for the victory youth team in Riyadh, was successfully selected. The 14-year-old second-generation football star will join the team to participate in the 7th Flatko-Malkovic International Youth Championship held in Croatia from May 13 to 18.

As the son of a legend in football, Mini Ronaldo's growth trajectory has attracted much attention. In 2018, he joined Juventus youth training camp and started his career path. In 2021, he transferred to Manchester United's U12 echelon with his father. In October last year, he officially signed with Riyadh to win the U13 youth team, and helped the team win the Saudi U13 League championship in February this year, showing the potential to inherit his father's football talent.

This International Youth Championship is not only an important stage to test the strength of Portugal's new generation of players, but also the first time that Mini Luo has appeared in an international event in a national team jersey. The growth process of this young player, from Turin, Italy to Manchester, England, and then to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and finally returned to the Portuguese team of his motherland, forming a unique career development trajectory. The outside world hopes that he can show his competitive spirit and football skills inherited from his father on the Croatian arena.