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R9: Pra Sempre Fenomeno

Bentley82 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:55:18 GMT

The icon. The teacher. The Phenomenon. Ronaldo defined a new breed of striker and inspired a fresh generation of footballer.

His legacy lives on. The pupils of R9 will never forget: #Prasemprefenomeno

CR7 Mercurial: Stay in the Spotlight

Bentley82 — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:26:47 GMT

Cristiano Ronaldo marked his first game in the new CR7 Mercurial with a match-winning strike. Now it's your chance to claim the spotlight.

Designed to Cristiano's exact specifications, the adaptive stud technology and microfiber upper are created for optimum traction, ultra-quick bursts and staying light on your feet throughout the game.

Stay in the spotlight. Get the new CR7 Mercurial

His boots. His terms.

Bentley82 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:24:30 GMT

The Mercurial Vapor Superfly Safari make their on-pitch debut in El Clasico this weekend.

Cristiano Ronaldo is ready to leave his mark on all four.

Seize Your Chance

Bentley82 — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:30:30 GMT

Chances don't come easy.

There are obstacles and doubts, nerves and injuries to overcome.

So, when you get the chance: seize it.

Be ruthless. Be brilliant. Be ready.

The Chance goes global from June 11th.

Be there.

Write The Future - Full Length Version

Bentley82 — Sat, 22 May 2010 01:06:20 GMT

The time has come for players to carve their name in history. One touch, tackle or free kick could crush a nation's hopes or cause them to build a statue in your honour. Drogba and Ronaldo are ready to Write The Future.

Write The Future – Ronaldo Movie Premiere

Bentley82 — Tue, 18 May 2010 23:12:15 GMT

One blistering strike and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo could go from every TV screen around the world to every cinema screen in Ronaldo: The Movie. But first he must Write The Future.

See it first

Master your game with NikeFootball+

BLOG_AU — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:31:04 GMT

Nike Football+ is a killer combination of our premium boots, pro training programs and access to the world's top coaches and footballers. It's simple - buy the boot and you get a code. Enter the code to unlock Elite football training and a year of improvement.

Get the boots. Get the code. Get Inside The Pro.

Get the app and take it to the pitch.

Inside the innovation: Day 1 – Mercurial

BLOG_AU — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:56:35 GMT

Held at a top-secret location, the Write History event exclusively unveiled the newest chapter in Mercurial history before a select congregation of the world’s media.

Revealing the latest in lightweight boot design and innovation, Cristiano Ronaldo arrived to showcase the Mercurial Superfly II’s adaptive stud technology and groundbreaking design.

The Portuguese speed demon also displayed himself pushing the new Mercurials to their limits in the Ronaldo Speed test, available as part of Master Speed.

Feel up to the challenge? The complete speed package will be available on April 1st.

32 nations, 1 mission

BLOG_AU — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:37:58 GMT

The groups are drawn, the matches set and history awaits.

The chosen 32 have earned their tickets to South Africa. But belief and an appetite for glory will now be put to the test on the world’s biggest stage. Who’s hungry?

Expect danger and perfection in equal doses when Drogba, Fabiano and Ronaldo clash in the early stages. All three lethal finishers will aim to change the game at all times. Backlines brace yourselves...

England will go into their first match against the USA with plenty of confidence, having blazed to the top of their qualification group. Combine Rooney's ruthless eye for goal, Ferdinand's strength and Theo's lightning-quick pace and you have a team ready for business.

But no longer considered inexperienced upstarts, Landon Donovan's side have proved they can hold their own, finishing second in the Confederations Cup – expect the unexpected.

And it’s not just about the big guns. The smaller nations will also be eager to shake things up this summer.

Michael Essien, Muntari, Song and Obi Mikel will be holding it down for the African nations and baring their teeth with the best of them. While South Korea and Australia provide the giant killing potential and look to cause 2010 upsets.

As 2010 draws near, one thing’s for certain – everyone believes they can win it, one team will prove it.

Who will go all the way? Have your say on the Nikefootball facebook Page.

Ronaldo’s Rebirth

BLOG_AU — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:07:09 GMT

All hands on deck and all eyes on one man. Every football fan in the world had a thought to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Spanish debut, and it would be understandable for even the consensus world player of the year to be a bit nervous. But if you tuned in for failure, you don’t know this coolest of competitors.

In the 35th minute, with the eyes of the world upon him, Ronaldo stepped to the penalty spot. A deep breadth, a swipe of a sleeve to catch the sweat from his face. Then no hesitation. A bullet barely caught on camera whizzed across the grass and passed the outstretched arms of a goal keeper who even guessed correctly, diving exactly where the ball had been. Past tense, had been. There was no stopping Ronaldo’s perfect penalty strike, and given the moment, perfect can’t pay it due justice.

Relentless We March

BLOG_AU — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:27:21 GMT

Always one more. One more point needed, one more result to nail, one more title earned in sweat. And then one more final to own, one more stage to dominate, one more cup to lift.

What's one more to a reigning champion? Everything.

Superfly’s Super Debut

BLOG_AU — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:51:48 GMT

A Premier League hat-trick in his brand new Mercurial Vapor IVs. A World-first Mercurial SL strike on the biggest of European nights. And now a soaring header in his very first competitive match wearing the new Mercurial Superfly boots. With a hat trick of debut goals in the last three incarnations of his favourite footwear, no one seems to know how to push their new boots to the limit quite like Cristiano Ronaldo.

CR7 knew the World’s gaze would be on him for Manchester United’s crunch match with Inter Milan, so it was no surprise when he rose to the occasion within the first five minutes to win the crucial corner that put the Red Devils’ noses in front. And with the second half only minutes old, Cristiano sent the United faithful into raptures – and the tie beyond doubt – with a clinical header from Wayne Rooney’s exquisite chipped pass.

As the Old Trafford scoreboard flashed 2:0, another message was being broadcast around the globe from the feet of the World Player of the Year: the Superfly has well and truly arrived.

CR7 gets Wired for Speed

BLOG_AU — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:35:58 GMT

One sight that will send a chill down the spines of Europe’s best defenders – the world’s best player getting to grips with the world’s lightest boot.

Cristiano Ronaldo debuts the Mercurial Superfly as Man Utd look to reach the Quarter Finals of Europe’s elite club competition. But he won’t be alone. Zlatan Ibrahimovic will also be wielding his own Superfly.

Catch the Superfly tonight at Old Trafford.

The History of Speed - The Mercurial SL

BLOG_AU — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:02:54 GMT

The designers and engineers at Nike HQ had done it before, and in 2004 they were asked to do it all over again. Their brief was as simple and as ambitious as ever: stop at nothing to create the fastest football boot the world had ever seen.

Four years later, the 100% carbon fibre Mercurial SL concept boot made its debut in Europe’s biggest club match, gracing the feet of Cristiano Ronaldo as he rose to head home Manchester United’s only goal in the European final of finals. Debuting the carbon fibre upper with a pink swoosh, Cristiano Ronaldo bagged his record-breaking 42nd goal of the season, helping his team to victory in Moscow.

A carbon fibre plate. An injection moulded outsole. A carbon fibre upper, hand-moulded in Italy. No corner was cut in the making of this boot, no expense spared. As CR7 showed on that memorable Moscow night, the only things getting trimmed were the hundredths of a second it takes the very best players to get to the ball, strike it, and run to their teammates to celebrate a hat trick of European titles.

The History of Speed - The Mercurial Vapor IV

BLOG_AU — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:27:15 GMT

It’s the first rule of working as a Nike designer: never believe those who say you can’t improve on perfection. After years of development work – and the input of Mercurial athletes from R9 himself to the latest brilliant Brazilian – the Mercurial Vapor IV is living proof that the definition of ‘perfect’ never stops changing.

When the seal was broken on Cristiano Ronaldo’s new shoebox in January 2008, you could hear the groans from defenders all over the world. The most in-form player on the planet was hard enough to stop, without adding a new weapon to his arsenal – and it took CR7 a mere 88 minutes to sear his orange peel Vapors into the fans’ memories with his first ever Manchester United hat trick. Five months and 20 goals later, CR7’s boots contained the first winger ever to win the European Golden Shoe, and the seventh consecutive Merc wearer to take the title of English Premier League top scorer.

Everyone knows a boot is only ever as good as the foot inside it. And with the likes of Ronaldo, Zlatan, Drogba, Robinho, Pato, Ribery, and Walcott, all donning the MVIV, it’s clear that this boot is as good as it gets.