Cristiano Ronaldo's Free Kick Breaks Boy’s Wrist [Video]

Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo left a Brit fan aged 11 in agony by smashing his wrist with a free kick.

Schoolboy Charlie Silverwood had been taken to see his team Bournemouth host Real Madrid in a friendly. His dad ducked as the Real Madrid forward’s wayward 35-yard rocket scorched into the stands breaking his son’s wrist in two places.

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The lad was so determined not to miss the action he kept watching for the remaining 84 minutes  before going to hospital where X-rays revealed his double fracture.

He faced an operation before being plastered. Yesterday Charlie admitted: “It was very painful. I’ve told friends and they cannot believe it. Ronaldo is the world’s most expensive player and he broke my arm.”

The youngster, from Christchurch in Dorset, added: “I could see the ball coming towards me. It curled past the post and was going to hit my face so I had to block it with my hand. My dad was sat next to me and ducked out of the way so I took the full force.”

His father Lee, also a Bournemouth fan, said: “It all happened in a blur.
“One minute we were watching Ronaldo stand over the ball and the next it was flying towards Charlie.
“It must have been travelling at a rate of knots and hit Charlie right on the wrist.”


Ronaldo, 28, went on to score twice as the Spanish giants  who were paid £750,000 to appear in Sunday’s exhibition game battered the Championship side 6-0.

Bournemouth gave Charlie who will be in plaster for the entire six-week school holiday a Real Madrid shirt signed by Ronaldo and his teammates to “cheer him up”.

He also got a ball signed by the Bournemouth team.

The lad’s dad said: “It is a game Charlie will never forget.”

Real Madrid spokesman Juan Camilo Andrade said: “We will be donating a memento to Charlie.”