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Following a whirlwind time of it recently even by his own high standards, Cristiano Ronaldo has hailed the past week as the best of his life.

The Real Madrid forward is currently in Lisbon on international duty and on Wednesday was involved in a talk that included former teammate Rio Ferdinand, coach Fernando Santos, his footballing father Professor Aurelio Pereira, and his two friends Ricardo Quaresma and Miguel Paixao.

That came off the back of the ex-Manchester United man penning a bumper new Real Madrid deal until 2021 and picking up the Alfredo Di Stefano Award at the MARCA Awards ceremony on Monday, while he also launched a new pair of Nike boots on the back of a fresh sponsorship agreement.

"It has been a tremendous week," stated Ronaldo. "Three days ago I renewed with Madrid and now have my new agreement with Nike so this has probably been the best week of my life.

"We are like a family at Real Madrid and I'm very proud to be continuing that relationship."

With his vote as Portugal captain in the upcoming FIFA 'Best' awards, the winger admitted it was a tough choice picking a candidate.

"Obviously my two coaches did an awesome job, both Zinedine Zidane and Fernando Santos," said Ronaldo.

"Now, in my opinion it is much more difficult to win a European Championship with Portugal, the first in our history. Zidane's done a fantastic job but I have to favour one over this little bit, I would say Santos.

"That's not based on our relationship, with both it's fantastic, I imagine they'd do the same in my position."

It isn't just the past week which has been a special one for Ronaldo, who reflected on how far he has come in his career to make 2016 the best year of his life.

"I'm sure it has been the most important year of my career," acknowledged Ronaldo. "To win the Champions League with Real Madrid, the European Championship with Portugal, renewing with Real, renewing with Nike, I'm 100 percent sure this has been the best year of my career.

"I remember how hard it was for me to leave Madeira at 11 years of age to come to Lisbon, as a scrawny kid.

"I grew a lot as a person and as a player thanks to so many people, especially Aurelio Pereira. Then I left for Manchester and everything moved very fast."