'Woah! Can you do it again?!' - Ronaldo reveals how he wowed Sporting Lisbon as an 11-year-old

Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed how he was making a big impression with his talents as early as aged 11.

The Real Madrid star was snapped up by Sporting Lisbon before making the move to Manchester United back in 2003 and has been speaking about how he wowed players and coaching staff during his first training session with the Portuguese club.

In a video posted on Twitter, he said: "At 11 I remember when I was in Madeira and Sporting Lisbon said 'listen, we want to see you better. You should come to Lisbon because we want to observe you, all the coaches and the club'.

"I remember my first training, I did something and the players they look at me like 'woah! Can you do it again?' Even the coach. I did a step over and I scored a goal and at the end of the training I did some tricks with the ball. It was like this since the beginning. For me it's easy but for the other guys this is very complicated.

"I just remember that people were so excited when they saw me; at the beginning, during the training and at the end of the training too so it was good. I felt so proud, so big, that people were appreciating my talent."