Watch steamy images of Cristiano Ronaldo-Nereida Gallardo, his ex G/F

New Delhi: Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the super stars of sports world who has been linked to many hot beauties previously. Ronaldo is currently dating Irina Shayk, model and actress.Ronaldo dated Spanish beauty Nereida Gallardo for about seven month ion 2008 when their relationship came to a bitten end. The footballer, who had previously dated Gemma Atkinson, had been considered "smitten" with Nereida, a Majorcan-born model. However, according to Portuguese tabloid 24 horas, Ronaldo was tired of seeing lurid newspaper headlines about the model and her past. He said the break up was "a secret of the Gods", but the paper said Nereida had a strained relationship with his mum Dolores, who believed she was more interested in her son's money and fame than his heart. Nereirda and Cristiano vacationed together and looked quite cozy in Italy in June 2008. The soccer star and Spanish model called it quits just a month later.Nereida Gallardo has met Cristiano Ronaldo at a nightclub in Mallorca, back in January of 2008, by the time the Portuguese forward was still playing for Manchester United.She also dated Sergie Ramos and spent one night together after meeting at the Madrid night club Joy Eslava. Furious after being dumped she branded Ronaldo as a coward for dumping her by text message.The Manchester United star, recently linked to a string of other girls, didn't even call Spanish beauty Nereida Gallardo to end their seven-month relationship, she claims.Nereida said s80million star was an impressive lover and she was devastated when she got his text."He is very good in bed. That's why I was with him," she said. "We had sex the first night we met."Speaking about their romance for the first time, she said: "I was upset by the way he finished the relationship, which to me seems 100 per cent cowardly. He is very immature."Nereida blames Ronaldo's mum Dolores for the break-up. "There were some problems with his family as they were a little jealous," she said."He's very manipulated by his mother and she was always very protective towards him, which is normal."But she never called me to try to sort things out."The couple met in January 2008 while Ronaldo, 23, was clubbing in her home city of Palma, Majorca. They spent two weeks holidaying on a s10million yacht in Sardinia as Ronaldo nursed an injured ankle.But the relationship hit the rocks while he was in Los Angeles recovering from an operation. He was seen with a succession of women, including blonde US TV actress Tina Powers, another American called Jen and a mystery Scottish girl. As the football world waited to see if he would stay at Man United or jump ship to Real Madrid, his love conquests made headlines around the world while fuming Nereida was stuck in Majorca reading about his exploits.Before the split the s120,000-a-week striker regularly flew Nereida and two pals over to Britain for sleepovers in his s4million mansion in Cheshire, which has a swimming pool, jacuzzi and private cinema.He lavished her with expensive gifts including a designer handbag and an Armani belt.She said Ronaldo never discussed his plans to sign for Real Madrid with her in detail, but it was clear he wanted to go. She also suspected him of cheating on her during their time together. "I was faithful throughout our relationship but I'm not sure about him," she said. "I found text messages in Spanish one day on his mobile phone that made me suspicious."Ronaldo was said to be furious over claims that Nereida slept with Real Madrid star Sergio Ramos before the couple met. But in the interview on Spanish TV she insisted she was just friends with the Madrid defender. She also denied Ronaldo promised to marry her if United won the Champions League, saying: "We never spoke about marriage, ever."