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[/sport/cristianoronaldo/index.html Cristiano Ronaldo] has played alongside some of the greatest players in the world during his career - but his latest knockabout was a rather heartwarming one.<br>Ali Turganbekov was born without legs but that has not prevented him from developing his passion for football as he continues to remain physically active.<br>And the 12 year-old boy from Nur Sultan in Kazakhstan could not contain his excitement when he got the chance to knock the ball around with his idol in Dubai. <br>         Cristiano Ronaldo had a rather heartwarming knockabout with a 12-year-old boy in Dubai<br>         Ali Turganbekov was born without legs but was delighted to play with his footballing hero<br>         Ali has also met Xavi and Iker Casillas but could not contain his excitement at meeting Ronaldo<br>   RELATED ARTICLES  [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next]     [/sport/football/article-7836467/Ronaldo-poses-trophy-alongside-girlfriend-four-children.html  'A very emotional moment for me to share this award with my...] [/sport/football/article-7832387/Juventus-star-Cristiano-Ronaldo-reveals-like-try-acting-hangs-boots.html  'One thing that fascinates me is to want to try acting in a...] [/sport/football/article-7802439/Cristiano-Ronaldo-Lionel-Messi-make-cut-does-Europes-best-XI-decade.html  Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are out wide and Sergio...] [/sport/football/article-7807479/The-50-young-players-Europe-10-1-kid-ready-replace-Lionel-Messi-CR7-more.html  The striker everyone wants, the Liverpool defender with...]    <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br>6.4k shares<br><br><br><br>        Ali has 158,000 followers on Instagram where he has been photographed alongside other greats of the game such as former Barcelona star Xavi and Real Madrid legend Iker Casillas.<br>But he could not contain the thrill of meeting Ronaldo, chucking the ball to the Portuguese moments after he had walked through the door before engaging in a series of games of keepy uppies.<br>After the first short game, Ali goes over to Ronaldo to embrace him in the most heartwarming aspect of the video which also sees the Juventus star take photos with the boy and signing the ball they are playing with. <br>         The Juventus star also signed the ball they were playing with for the 12-year-old <br>         Ali is said to be a keen goalkeeper and showed off his impressive skills with his hands and head<br>On Instagram, Ali describes himself as a 'unique optimist'.<br><br>He plays in goal and has developed impressive handling and heading skills, which are immediately evident throughout the video.<br>The meeting with Ronaldo, set up by Russian Mixed Martial Arts champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, is not the first time young Ali has met one of his sporting heroes.<br>In March, he was introduced to Andriy Shevchenko and Manchester City's Oleksandr Zinchenko after inviting Ali to join the Ukrainian national team during a training session.<br> [  View this post on Instagram]  [ That's why you the best in the world. _ Thank you so much @cristiano You make my brother happy @ali_amir_happy]<br> A post shared by [  Khabib Nurmagomedov] (@khabib_nurmagomedov) on Dec 28, 2019 at 1:47pm PST<br> Ali travelled more than 4,000 kilometres from his home town to join in the knockabout with the side thanks to the help of Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Kairat.<br>He also handed out medals in Istanbul to Liverpool players after the team's European Super Cup victory in August over Chelsea.   <br>And Nurmagomedov thanked Ronaldo for the gesture on his Instagram by saying: 'That's why you the best in the world.<br><br>Thank you so much. You make my brother happy'.<br>Ronaldo is currently on a winter break in the Emirates and  [https://allinfootballncricket.hpage.com/iker-casillas-childhood.html allinfootballncricket.hpage.com] spent the week in Dubai where he was named the men's player of the year at the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards.<br>         Ronaldo also won another trophy while spending a week in Dubai on his winter break<br>   RELATED ARTICLES  [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next]     [/sport/football/article-7836467/Ronaldo-poses-trophy-alongside-girlfriend-four-children.html  'A very emotional moment for me to share this award with my...] [/sport/football/article-7832387/Juventus-star-Cristiano-Ronaldo-reveals-like-try-acting-hangs-boots.html  'One thing that fascinates me is to want to try acting in a...] [/sport/football/article-7802439/Cristiano-Ronaldo-Lionel-Messi-make-cut-does-Europes-best-XI-decade.html  Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are out wide and Sergio...] [/sport/football/article-7807479/The-50-young-players-Europe-10-1-kid-ready-replace-Lionel-Messi-CR7-more.html  The striker everyone wants, the Liverpool defender with...]    <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br>6.4k shares<br><br><br> <br> <br>