After a long summer recovery, Cristiano Ronaldo returned to action a month sooner than expected. And Cristiano is obviously back to full fitness: he scored in Saturday’s 2-0 Premier League victory over Bolton, and was the catalyst to a much-needed Champions League victory against Aalborg (Denmark) yesterday.

The Portuguese winger even managed to release his own exclusive 2009 Calendar. That’s twelve more chance to drool over his perfect body.

And while there’s no doubt Cristiano Ronaldo deserves — and will likely win — the Golden Ball award, David Beckham released his own calendar a few days earlier — photographed by Anthony Mandler — and that’s what we call stiff competition.

Check the Ronaldo and Beckham calendar pictures in the gallery, then tell us:

Cristiano Ronaldo Calendar
Cristiano Ronaldo Calendar in The Sun
Anthony Mandler photography
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