5 Cristiano Ronaldo moments a fan can never forget. 

#4 Euro 2016

Ronaldo was forced to walk out of the most crucial match of his international career

The man from Madeira, now the captain of the Portugal National team, had never tasted international success and to be honest, wasn't likely to achieve it throughout his career. With other national teams far better in terms of quality, Portugal didn't seem like it had the ammunition to lift it's first piece of metal in 2016.

It had been a decade since Portugal lost that semi final in Munich to Zinedine Zidane's French squad. The team that was considered Portugal's best ever with the likes of Deco and Luis Figo, and a young Ronaldo. However, a 1-0 defeat meant that the nation would have to wait for years before they could field a team that stood a chance to lift the silverware any time sonon.

Portugal were completely outclassed on paper by the other competing countries in Euro 2012, but entered the competition on the virtue of being semi finalists in the previous season.

The tournament saw the players in their white and green jersey fight their way to the semi final, with Ronaldo being at the centre-stage as usual. The Portuguese talisman netted some breath taking goals as he made runs between the European defenders. But their journey came to an end as holding Spain to a 0-0 draw wasn't enough in the semi-final. They lost to the team that would go on to be champions, in penalties.

But the Portuguese fairy tail was just about to begin. In 2016, they started of the tournament in the worst possible way, drawing all three matches. Limping into the quarter finals, the Real Madrid number 7 faced a team with one of the best midfields in football. Managing to score a late winner in the 118th minute meant Portugal would face Gareth Bale's Wales in Lyon for the semi-final.

A towering header and assist from Ronaldo resulted in Portugal booking a place in the European final, only for the second time in its footballing history. The nation couldn't help but relive the agonising loss to Greece in 2004. The mighty Portuguese team that looked by far the strongest on paper, were stunned in their own back yard as Lisbon was left astonished back then.

But it was different this time. It wasn't 2004, it wasn't Lisbon; it was Paris and they were up against Les Blues. The team that beat the World Champions, were now facing a Portugal, a team that had struggled on their way to the top.

The final was as painful as it was exciting for the skipper. Suffering a major knock in the first 20 meant that he had to walk out of the most important match of his international career. Struggling to beat the pain and force the adrenaline to help him push through, Ronaldo finally took of that captain armband and to the world's despair, layed down on the ground in surrender. It was all on the others now. The onus of taking the team through was now on ageing players like Luis Nani and Pepe, a young and inexperienced Renato Sanchez and of course the Rabona specialist - Ricardo Quarezma.

The final was a nail bitter.

An unreal mess-up from Antoine Griezmann, meant that Portugal had managed to take the final into extra time. Late into the second half, the substitute - Eder, a man who had hardly played this campaign, let fly a low shot into the bottom left corner, a shot that ,made all of France come crashing down!

The wait was over. The Portuguese National Team had won Europe over and nobody could explain how it happened. The fairytale had materialized, and Europe was red. Limping on to the celebrations with his eyes full of tears and his heart full of raw emotion, the hardworking Ronaldo achieved international glory,

And boy, did he deserve it!