Football fans only just realising Cristiano Ronaldo's brother is near identical if CR7 'had never played football'

Fans person flooded societal media aft realising the startling similarities betwixt Cristiano Ronaldo and his older member Hugo dos Santos Aveiro

Fans person been near successful splits aft realising Cristiano Ronaldo and his member look precise similar, if helium hadn’t been a footballer.

For those unaware, the Portuguese shot icon has 3 older siblings, 2 sisters, and 1 brother. In a caller station made connected societal media level Threads , Ronaldo was seen with his older member Hugo dos Santos Aveiro.

Fans were speedy to gully parallels betwixt him and his member Hugo, who is 10 years older than him, galore lone realising however akin they look present if 1 took distant Ronaldo’s committedness to fitness. The instrumentality who posted the photograph remarked that Hugo looked similar Ronaldo if the ex-Real Madrid prima was not the ultimate jock and footballer helium was.

After looking astatine the resemblance betwixt the two, a instrumentality suggested that Hugo looks similar a "carbon copy" of Ronaldo. Another instrumentality said, "Yeah much oregon less."

While immoderate fans agreed with the similarities, immoderate took a flimsy excavation astatine the 2 by comparing Hugo to the infamous wax statue of Ronaldo. A instrumentality suggested, "He looks similar the statue of Ronaldo., the bronze one, the horrendous one." Another instrumentality said, "He looks similar a wax statue of a abdominous CR7."

For context, the statue the fans were referring to was unveiled astatine the Madeira International Airport successful Portugal successful 2017, aft the airdrome was named aft Ronaldo. The statue came nether terrible disapproval from fans who said it looked thing similar the superstar footballer and statue was yet replaced with different sculpture of Ronaldo.

How Ronaldo’s Champions League triumph ended his brother’s intoxicant and cause issues

While Ronaldo has followed a beingness of discipline, the aforesaid hasn't been the lawsuit with his older member Hugo. Ronaldo’s member has had his issues with intoxicant and drugs, from arsenic acold backmost arsenic the 1990s.

Interestingly, their begetter was besides a recovering alcoholic who mislaid his beingness successful 2005. After losing his begetter chiefly due to the fact that of addiction, Ronaldo wasn't going to fto past repetition itself erstwhile it came to his brother. The erstwhile Real Madrid superstar made a pact with his older member successful 2014 up of the Champions League final.

According to the pact made by the 2 brothers, if Ronaldo won the 2014 Champions League, Hugo would discontinue intoxicant and drugs and spell to rehab. In the final, Real Madrid recorded a 4-1 triumph implicit rivals Atletico Madrid astatine the Estadio da Luz successful Portugal.

An affectional hug was caught connected camera betwixt Hugo and Ronaldo aft the final, which was besides the club’s 10th Champions League title. Ronaldo was reportedly indicating to Hugo however helium fulfilled his portion of the bargain and won a Champions League for Real Madrid and it was Hugo’s crook to unrecorded up to his promise.

Hugo stayed existent to his connection and went into rehab which was paid for by the five-time Ballon d'Or winner. Thanks to Ronaldo's support, Hugo is present sober and managing Ronaldo's CR7 depository successful Madeira, Portugal.

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