RonaldoRonaldo Luís Nazário de Lima commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian footballer. Popularly dubbed "the phenomenon", he is considered by experts and fans to be one of the greatest football players of all time
He is one of only three men to have won the FIFA World Player of the Year award three times or more, along with Zinedine Zidane and Lionel Messi. He also won the Ballon d'Or twice, in 1997 and again in 2002. "The first time I saw him play was at Cruzeiro. He was still a kid. It was in a game where he ended up scoring five goals. From that point on he showed he was truly a phenomenon." —Brazilian defender Cafu on 17-year-old Ronaldo Considered by many one of the best strikers of all time, in 2007 he was named in the greatest ever starting eleven by France Football magazine and in 2004 was named in the FIFA 100 list of the greatest living players compiled by Pelé. He was inducted Into the Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame in 2006. In February 2011, Ronaldo announced his retirement from football Senior Career "Appearance (Goals)" 1993–1994 Cruzeiro 14 (12) 1994–1996 PSV 46 (42) 1996–1997 Barcelona 37 (34) 1997–2002 Inter Milan 68 (49) 2002–2007 Real Madrid 127 (83) 2007–2008 AC Milan 20 (9) 2009–2011 Corinthians 31 (18) Total of 247 goals in 343 appearances National Career 1993 Brazil U17 7 (5) 1996 Brazil U23 8 (6) 1994–2011 Brazil 98 (62) |
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