Happy Birthday, Ronaldo! A nice human and footballer par excellence

Ronaldo also found a new opponent in FIFA chief Sepp Blatter.

The Blatter-Ronaldo row blew up in October when Blatter, during a speech at the Oxford University Union in England, said Ronaldo resembled "a commander on the field of play".

The head of soccer's ruling body then rose from his chair and strutted on the stage in military fashion in apparent imitation of the player.

Blatter also said Ronaldo had "more expenses for the hairdresser than (Barcelona's Lionel Messi)", bringing an angry reaction from Ronaldo and Real.

The FIFA chief later apologised, saying he did not mean to cause offence.

Ronaldo later revealed that he had duly forgiven Blatter.

'The matter is in the past,' the Real Madrid star told a news conference ahead of the Ballon d'Or awards ceremony.

'We had a telephone conversation to clear up everything that had to be cleared up.'

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