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Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)
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Not to be confused with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo
Ronaldo in May 2013
Personal information
Full name
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima
Date of birth
(1976-09-18) 18 September 1976 (age 41)
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position
Striker
Youth career
1990–1993
São Cristóvão[1]
Senior career*
Years
Team Apps (Gls)
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
A.C. Milan 20 (9)
2009–2011
Corinthians 31 (18)
Total
343 (247)
National team
1993
Brazil U17 7 (5)
1996
Brazil U23 8 (6)
1994–2011
Brazil 98 (62)
Honours[show]
Olympic Games
Representing Brazil
Men's Football
1996 Atlanta Team
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1994 USA Team
Winner 2002 Korea & Japan Team
Runner-up 1998 France Team
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner 1997 Saudi Arabia Team
Copa América
Winner 1997 Bolivia Team
Winner 1999 Paraguay Team
Runner-up 1995 Uruguay Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (locally [ʁoˈnawðu ˈlwiʒ nɐˈzaɾju dʒ ˈɫĩmɐ]; born 18 September 1976[2]), commonly known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Popularly dubbed "O Fenômeno" (The Phenomenon), he is widely considered to be one of the greatest football players of all time.[3][4][5][6][7] In his prime, he was known for his dribbling at speed, feints, and clinical finishing.
At his physical peak in the 1990s, Ronaldo starred at club level for Cruzeiro, PSV, Barcelona and Inter Milan. His moves to Spain and Italy made him only the second player, after Diego Maradona, to break the world transfer record twice, all before his 21st birthday. At age 23, he had scored over 200 goals for club and country. After almost three years of inactivity due to serious knee injuries and recuperation, Ronaldo joined Real Madrid in 2002, which was followed by spells at A.C. Milan and Corinthians.
Ronaldo won the FIFA World Player of the Year three times, in 1996, 1997 and 2002, and the Ballon d'Or twice, in 1997 and 2002, as well as the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year in 1998. He was La Liga Best Foreign Player in 1997, when he also won the European Golden Boot after scoring 34 goals in La Liga, and he was named Serie A Footballer of the Year in 1998. He was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the greatest living players compiled in 2004 by Pelé, and was inducted into the Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame and the Italian Football Hall of Fame.
Ronaldo played for Brazil in 98 matches, scoring 62 goals, and is the second-highest goalscorer for his national team, trailing only Pelé. At age 17, Ronaldo was the youngest member of the Brazilian squad that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup. At the 1998 World Cup, he received the Golden Ball for player of the tournament in helping Brazil reach the final where he suffered a convulsive fit hours before the defeat to France. He won a second World Cup in 2002 where he starred in a front three with Ronaldinho and Rivaldo. Ronaldo scored twice in the final, and received the Golden Boot as tournament's top goalscorer. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldo scored his 15th World Cup goal, which was a World Cup record at the time.
Having suffered further injuries, Ronaldo retired from professional football in 2011. Post-retirement, he has continued his work as a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador, a position to which he was appointed in 2000. He served as an ambassador for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Contents
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1 Club career
1.1 1993: Cruzeiro
1.2 1994–1996: PSV Eindhoven
1.3 1996–1997: Barcelona
1.4 1997–2002: Inter Milan
1.5 2002–2006: Real Madrid
1.6 2007–2008: A.C. Milan
1.7 2009–2011: Corinthians
2 International career
2.1 1998 FIFA World Cup
2.2 2002 FIFA World Cup
2.3 2006 FIFA World Cup
2.4 Farewell match and sporadic appearances
3 Style of play
4 Personal life
5 Nike sponsorship
6 Career statistics
6.1 Club
6.2 International
6.3 International goals
7 Honours
7.1 Club
7.2 International
7.3 Individual
8 References
9 External links
Club career
1993: Cruzeiro
"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.[8]
In 1993, Ronaldo began his football career playing for Cruzeiro.[9] Aged 16, he made his professional debut on 25 May 1993 against Caldense in the Minas Gerais State Championship.[9] Ronaldo came to national public attention on 7 November 1993, scoring five goals in the game against Bahia.[10]
Ronaldo scored 44 goals in 47 games with Cruzeiro, leading them to their first Copa do Brasil in 1993, and the Minas Gerais State Championship in 1994.[11] Before joining Cruzeiro, he was turned down by his boyhood favourite team Flamengo, but Brazilian World Cup legend Jairzinho saw Ronaldo's potential and helped get him the move to Cruzeiro.[12]
1994–1996: PSV Eindhoven
Ronaldo chose to join PSV after the 1994 World Cup, for which he was selected despite being just 17, but did not play. It was Romário who advised Ronaldo to start his European career at PSV; Romário being a former striker of the team from 1988 to 1993. Ronaldo scored 30 league goals in his first season in the Netherlands. His second season was marred by a knee injury which kept him out of most of the campaign, but he still averaged nearly a goal a game in the league, scoring 12 goals in 13 appearances. With PSV, Ronaldo won the Dutch Cup in 1996 and he was Eredivisie top scorer in 1995.[13] During his two seasons he scored 54 goals in 58 games.[14]
1996–1997: Barcelona
Ronaldo scoring the winning penalty for Barcelona in the 1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final against Paris Saint-Germain.
During his spell at PSV, Ronaldo attracted the attention of both Inter Milan and FC Barcelona. It was Barcelona that was willing to pay the then world record fee of $19.5 million.[14] During the 1996–97 season, Ronaldo scored 47 goals in 49 games in all competitions, with his goal celebration invariably the same with his arms outstretched like the statue of Christ the Redeemer that watches over his native Rio de Janeiro.[14] He led the Catalan side to UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph where he capped the season with the winning goal in the cup final, and to Copa del Rey and Supercopa de España wins. He also won La Liga top scorer award in 1997 with 34 goals in 37 games, and the European Golden Shoe.[15] Until the 2008–09 season, Ronaldo remained the last player to score more than 30 goals in La Liga.[15]
"He was physical perfection, and he seemed like a mythical figure. I love [Lionel] Messi, I played many times with Cristiano [Ronaldo] and I adore him, Neymar is outstanding, Ronaldinho was exceptional—but if you put all of them together, you might get what Ronaldo was that season."
—Quinton Fortune remembers playing against Ronaldo in the 1996–97 season.[16]
Ronaldo was at his physical peak at Barcelona, and many of his 47 goals involved him rounding the goalkeeper before slotting the ball into the net.[14] Probably his most memorable goal was scored at SD Compostela on 11 October 1996.[14] Having received the ball inside his own half, he evaded a cynical tackle of the first opponent with a drag back, before running away from another and ran towards goal where he went past two more defenders in the box with close ball control, and then slotted the ball into the bottom corner of the net.[14] The camera then cut to Barcelona manager Bobby Robson who had got up off the bench and clasped his head in disbelief at what he had seen.[14] The footage of the goal was later used in a Nike advert with a voiceover asking: "Imagine you asked God to be the best player in the world, and he listened to you".[14] The day after the goal, the headline in the Spanish newspaper AS read: 'Pele returns'.[14] Such was the manner Ronaldo ran through opposing defences, former Real Madrid forward Jorge Valdano commented; "he's not a man, he's a herd".[14] At the end of 1996, aged 20, Ronaldo became the youngest player to win FIFA World Player of the Year.[14]
1997–2002: Inter Milan
Ronaldo's time at Barcelona lasted one season, as there were problems with the renegotiation of his contract.[14] Barcelona thought the talking was over having agreed a new long term contract with the best player in the world until 2006, as Barcelona president Josep Lluís Núñez declared; "He's ours for life".[14] However, when the parties reconvened to finalise the deal the following day, the agreement collapsed, with Núñez admitting: "It's all over, Ronaldo is going".[14] Ronaldo's unhappiness had become evident and at the end of the season, by paying the buy out clause fee in his contract, Inter Milan signed him in the summer of 1997 for a then world record fee of $27 million, making him the second player, after Diego Maradona, to break the world transfer record twice.[14][17]
Ronaldo at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival
Ronaldo adapted to the Italian style of the game in his first season, finishing second on the league's scoring charts. Ronaldo started to develop into a complete forward. He began racking up assists, became first-choice penalty taker, taking and scoring freekicks. During his time with Inter, he scored several goals against city rivals A.C. Milan in the Derby della Madonnina. He won FIFA World Player of the Year for the second time in 1997, and collected the Ballon d'Or the same year.[18] The following year, Ronaldo scored a trademark goal against Lazio in the 1998 UEFA Cup Final. Running through defence to go one on one with Lazio goalkeeper Luca Marchegiani, Ronaldo feinted to go right then left, without touching the ball, leaving Marchegiani on his backside, before going right and slotting the ball into the net.[19] His Inter teammate Youri Djorkaeff stated; "Ronaldo was phenomenal. He proved that he was a cut above the rest that season."[19] After the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldo finished second for FIFA Player of the Year, behind Zinedine Zidane, and was widely regarded as the best striker in the world.[20] By the end of the 1998–1999 season, he was appointed Inter Milan captain.[21]
"The knee injuries suffered at Inter Milan took away the explosiveness that made him possibly the greatest young footballer of all time, a futuristic fusion of speed, strength and skill. That is not to belittle Ronaldo’s achievements in the second half of his career, when he scored eight goals in a single World Cup [in 2002] and became the first Ronaldo to receive a standing ovation at Old Trafford [in 2003], but it is the memory of the early years that puts mist in the eyes of grown men."
—Rob Smyth, The Guardian.[17]
After two seasons with Inter, A. C. Milan defender Paolo Maldini viewed Ronaldo and Diego Maradona as the two best players he ever faced, stating, "Ronaldo during his first two years at Inter was a phenomenon."[22] Inter had high hopes going into the 1999–2000 season with their attack including Ronaldo and Italian stars Roberto Baggio and Christian Vieri.[23] However, on 21 November 1999, during a Serie A match against Lecce, Ronaldo felt his knee buckle and was forced to limp off the field.[24] A medical examination confirmed that the striker had ruptured a tendon in his knee and would require surgery.[24] During his first comeback on 12 April 2000, he played only seven minutes during the first leg of the Coppa Italia final against Lazio before injuring his knee for a second time.[25] Ronaldo's recurring injury problems forced him to miss the entire 2000–01 season and much of the two seasons either side of it. Since Ronaldo's teammate Javier Zanetti had replaced him as the team captain during his absence, he eventually inherited the captain's band in late 2001.[26] After two operations and months of rehabilitation, Ronaldo came back for the 2002 World Cup, helping Brazil win their fifth World Cup title. Later in 2002, he won the FIFA World Player of the Year award for the third time, and transferred from Inter to Real Madrid.[18] Ronaldo was given his most recognizable nickname, Il Fenomeno, by the Italian press while playing there. He was named the 20th top footballer of all time for Inter, according to Times Online, and only his injuries prevented a higher ranking. He played 99 games and scored 59 goals for Nerazzurri.[18]
2002–2006: Real Madrid
Having signed for Real Madrid for €46 million, his jersey sales broke all records on the first day, such was the obsession and hype surrounding him. Ronaldo was part of the Galácticos era, which included Zinedine Zidane, Luís Figo, Roberto Carlos, Raúl and David Beckham.[27] He was sidelined through injury until October 2002 but the fans kept on chanting his name. Ronaldo scored twice in his debut for Real Madrid. He received a standing ovation at the Santiago Bernabéu. That same reception was observed on the night of the final game of the season against Athletic Bilbao, where Ronaldo scored again to seal his first season with 23 league goals and the La Liga title for 2003.[6] He also won an Intercontinental Cup in 2002 and Spanish Super Cup in 2003.[6]
Ronaldo taking a shot for Real Madrid, 2 March 2005
In the second leg of Real Madrid's Champions League quarter-final, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick against Manchester United at Old Trafford, knocking the English team out of the competition.[28] Ronaldo was substituted on 80 minutes and was given a standing ovation from both sets of fans.[28] In the 2003–04 season, Madrid was on track to win the treble, until Ronaldo was injured towards the end of the season; they subsequently lost the Copa del Rey final,[29] were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, and suffered a league form breakdown. Ronaldo scored the fastest goal in the club's history when he netted after 15 seconds in a league match against Atlético Madrid at the Bernabéu on 3 December 2003.[30] He finished the season as La Liga's top scorer with 25 goals and received the Pichichi Trophy for a second time, despite Madrid losing the league title to Valencia CF.[15]
In his final two seasons at the club, Ronaldo missed a number of games with injuries and weight issues, and with the acquisition of Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2006, he grew further out of favour with the manager Fabio Capello.[3] In four and a half seasons at Real Madrid, Ronaldo scored over a century of goals for the club, becoming the fifth foreigner at Madrid to achieve the feat after Argentine Alfredo Di Stéfano, Hungarian Ferenc Puskás, Mexican Hugo Sánchez and Chilean Iván Zamorano.[31] In April 2013, Ronaldo was named by Marca as a member of the "Best foreign eleven in Real Madrid's history".[32]
2007–2008: A.C. Milan
"I wasn't able to see Pelé play, but I've seen Ronaldo, and I've never seen a player like him. He's unique, number one in everything."
—A.C. Milan and Brazil teammate Emerson.[8]
On 18 January 2007, it was reported that Ronaldo agreed terms with A.C. Milan for a transfer of €8.05 million.[33] Ronaldo was forced to pay for the remaining period on his contract which tied him to Real Madrid, only because the latter did not agree to release him, while Milan were not ready to pay such a sum. On 25 January, Ronaldo flew from Madrid to Milan to watch the team play in a cup tie against Roma. Statements on the club's website said that Ronaldo was in Milan for a medical, and that a meeting had been arranged for Monday with Real Madrid officials to discuss and finalize his transfer to the Milanese club. On 26 January, Ronaldo successfully completed his medical tests at the Milanello training complex under the supervision of club doctors, and the transfer completed on 30 January[34] and got the squad number 99. He made his debut as a substitute on 11 February 2007, during the 2–1 victory over Livorno. The next game at Siena, on 17 February, Ronaldo scored twice and assisted on a third goal in his first start for Milan, as they won 4–3. In his first season, Ronaldo scored seven goals in 14 appearances.[24]
After his move to Milan, Ronaldo joined the list of the few players to have played for both Inter Milan and A.C. Milan in the Derby della Madonnina, and is one of two players to have scored for both sides in the derby game (for Inter in the 1998–99 season and for Milan in the 2006–07 season), the other player being Zlatan Ibrahimović. Ronaldo is also one of the few players to have started for Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, which also boasts a heated rivalry. Ronaldo, however, has never transferred directly between rival clubs. Ronaldo only played 300-plus minutes in his single season at Milan due to recurring injury problems and weight issues. Ronaldo's only goals in the 2007–08 season, besides his goal against Lecce in pre-season, came in a 5–2 victory against Napoli at the San Siro, where he scored an emotional brace. It was also the first time Milan's much hyped attacking trio of Kaká, Alexandre Pato and Ronaldo, known as Ka-Pa-Ro, played together.[35]
Despite tremendous success over the past decade, Ronaldo has never won the UEFA Champions League in his club career. During the 2006–07 season, though Milan won the 2006–07 title, Ronaldo was cup-tied with Madrid and ineligible to take part. The closest that he has been was in 2003 when he helped Real Madrid to the semi-finals, in which they lost to Juventus.
On 13 February 2008, Ronaldo suffered a severe season-ending knee injury while jumping for a cross in Milan 1–1 draw with Livorno, and was stretchered off and taken to a hospital. The club confirmed after the match that Ronaldo had ruptured the kneecap ligament in his left knee. It marked the third such occurrence of this injury, which he suffered twice to his right knee in 1999 and 2000.[36] He was released by Milan at the end of the season, as his contract expired and was not renewed.[37]
2009–2011: Corinthians
Ronaldo with Corinthians in 2010
Ronaldo trained with Flamengo during his recovery from knee surgery, and the club's board of directors said that the doors were open for him to join. On 9 December, however, Ronaldo signed a one-year deal with Flamengo's league rival Corinthians.[38] The announcement received high publicity in the Brazilian press about his choice of Corinthians over Flamengo, since Ronaldo publicly declared himself a Flamengo fan and had promised to defend the club.[37]
Ronaldo played his first match for Corinthians on 4 March 2009, a Copa do Brasil match against Itumbiara at Estádio Juscelino Kubitschek, in which he came as a substitute for Jorge Henrique.[39] Ronaldo scored his first goal for Corinthians on 8 March 2009 in a Campeonato Paulista match against Palmeiras.[40] He helped Corinthians win the Campeonato Paulista with 10 goals in 14 games.[41]
Ronaldo holding his ankle in 2010. The injury was the latest for a striker who suffered serious knee injuries which hampered his career in the 2000s
Ronaldo helped Corinthians defeat Internacional with an aggregate score of 4–2 to help the club win its third Brazil Cup (the second of his career), thus earning a spot in the Copa Libertadores 2010. He returned on 20 September in a match against Goiás. On 27 September 2009, he scored for Corinthians in the 1–1 draw against São Paulo FC. He finished the Brazilian Serie A 2009 with 12 goals in 20 matches. In February 2010, Ronaldo signed a contract extension with Corinthians that would keep him with the club until the end of 2011, and said he would then retire.[42]
In February 2011, after Corinthians were eliminated from the 2011 Copa Libertadores by the Colombian team Deportes Tolima, Ronaldo announced his retirement from football, concluding an 18-year career.[43][44][45] In an emotional press conference on 14 February, he cited pain and hypothyroidism as the reasons for his premature retirement.[46] Ronaldo admitted his body had finally succumbed to the crippling litany of injuries that had blighted his career: "It's very hard to leave something that made me so happy. Mentally I wanted to continue but I have to acknowledge that I lost to my body. The head wants to go on but the body can't take any more. I think of an action but I can't do it the way I want to. It's time to go."[47][48]
International career
Ronaldo made his international debut for Brazil in 1994, in a friendly match in Recife against Argentina. He went to the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States as a 17-year-old, but did not play. He came to be known as Ronaldinho ("little Ronaldo" in Portuguese), because Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus, his older teammate on the tournament, was also called Ronaldo and also nicknamed Ronaldão ("big Ronaldo") to further distinguish them.[49] Another Brazilian player, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, who is widely known as Ronaldinho, would be called Ronaldinho Gaúcho when he joined the Brazilian main national team in 1999.
In the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ronaldo played with the name Ronaldinho on his shirt, since centre back Ronaldo Guiaro, two years his senior, was one of his teammates. Brazil went on to win the bronze medal.[50] Ronaldo also represented Brazil in the 1995 Copa América (finishing in second place), and won both the 1997 and the 1999 editions of the tournament, finishing as top scorer in 1999. He was the second highest scorer of the tournament in 1997 and was elected the best player of the Copa América. He also took part in the friendly Tournoi de France in 1997, preceding the 1998 FIFA World Cup, scoring a goal as Brazil finished in second place. Ronaldo starred alongside Romário, dubbed the Ro-Ro attack, in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, helping Brazil win their first ever Confederations Cup title where he finished as the third highest scorer with 4 goals, scoring a hat-trick over Australia in the final.[51]
1998 FIFA World Cup
Stade de France (interior pictured) where Ronaldo performed in the 1998 World Cup final despite suffering a convulsive fit six hours before kick off
Ronaldo entered the 1998 FIFA World Cup billed as the world's greatest player by reporters in the sport.[52] Jacob Steinberg of The Guardian writes, "In 1998, no one was as ferociously talented as Ronaldo, whose supernatural mixture of power, pace and skill had made him the player every child in the playground wanted to be; at the age of 21, the hopes and dreams of a nation rested on his shoulders."[52] He scored four goals and made three assists en route to the final. Hours before the final he suffered a convulsive fit.[53] At first, Ronaldo was removed from the starting lineup 72 minutes before the match, and the team sheet (with Edmundo as his replacement) was submitted to the FIFA delegate.[52] The starting line up without Ronaldo was released to a shocked world media, however shortly before kick off, after pleading that he felt fine and requested to play, Ronaldo was reinstated by Brazil coach Mário Zagallo.[52]
Ronaldo was the last Brazilian player out of the tunnel as the teams entered the field. During the playing of the Brazil national anthem the camera focused on him throughout, with Ronaldo showing little emotion. Steinberg states that Ronaldo "sleepwalked" through the final in what was a below par performance for the striker, which also saw him injured in a collision with French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez.[52] Zagallo admitted the fears over Ronaldo affected his team psychologically, and stated "for the whole of the first half I was wondering whether to take him off", but feared a public outcry in Brazil had he done so.[52] Brazil lost the match to hosts France 3–0.[54] Ronaldo later reflected: "We lost the World Cup but I won another cup - my life."[53] An inquest was launched in Brazil, with team doctor Lídio Toledo telling the commission "imagine if I stopped Ronaldo playing and Brazil lost. At that moment I'd have to go and live on the North Pole."[52] Adrian Williams, professor of clinical neurology at Birmingham University, said that Ronaldo should not have played, saying that he would have been feeling the after effects of the seizure and that "there is no way that he would have been able to perform to the best of his ability within 24 hours of his first fit – if it was his first fit."[55] Despite his sub-par performance in the final due to his seizure hours earlier, Ronaldo was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament for his performances leading up to the final, and finished the tournament as the joint-third highest scorer.[56]
2002 FIFA World Cup
"I've said before that my big victory was to play football again, to run again and to score goals again. This victory, for our fifth world title, has crowned my recovery and the work of the whole team."
—Ronaldo on his comeback from injury and the 2002 World Cup success.[57]
Prior to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldo had barely played since rupturing the cruciate ligament in his right knee in April 2000, and he missed Brazil's entire qualification campaign where, in his absence, the team had not been impressive.[58] In a remarkable comeback from injury that had threatened his career, Ronaldo led Brazil to their record fifth World Cup triumph where he won the Golden Shoe as top scorer with eight goals, and was runner-up to the Golden Ball as most valuable player in the tournament.[59] Dubbed the "three R's", Ronaldo starred in a formidable attack alongside Rivaldo and Ronaldinho, and the trio were named in the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team.[60]
Ronaldo scored against every opponent in the tournament except in the quarter-finals against England. In the final against Germany in Yokohama, Japan, Ronaldo scored twice and tied Pelé's Brazilian record of 12 career World Cup goals.[61] Ronaldo was congratulated by Pelé when receiving his World Cup winners medal.[62] Gérard Saillant, the French surgeon who operated on Ronaldo's knee, was in the crowd as his guest, and stated after the game; "This gives hope to everyone who is injured, even those who aren't sportsmen, to see that by fighting you can make it. He's back to where he was; it's hugely satisfying and I am very moved."[57] Ronaldo received the Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year, and in December 2002 he dedicated his third FIFA World Player of the Year award to the medical team which helped him recover.[63]
2006 FIFA World Cup
Ronaldo mural in Berlin promoting Brazilian Joga Bonito style of play. The work was commissioned by Nike prior to the 2006 World Cup in Germany
On 2 June 2004, Ronaldo scored an unusual hat-trick of penalties for Brazil against arch-rivals Argentina in a 2006 World Cup qualifying match. Ronaldo was the South American top scorer in Brazil's qualifying campaign, helping them to qualify in first place.
At the 2006 World Cup, Ronaldo was part of a much-publicized "magic quartet" alongside Adriano, Ronaldinho, and Kaká. The all-star Brazilian team was promoted as masters of Joga Bonito, "the beautiful game", which was advertised by Nike before the tournament.[64][65] Although Brazil won their first two group games against Croatia and Australia, Ronaldo was repeatedly jeered for being overweight and slow,[66] but coach Carlos Alberto Parreira kept him in the starting lineup.
With two goals against Japan in the third match, Ronaldo became the 20th player to score in three World Cups and also equalled the all-time World Cup finals scoring record of fourteen, held by Gerd Müller (Ronaldo scored at France 98, Korea/Japan 2002 and Germany 2006), and then broke Müller's record in the Round of 16 match against Ghana by scoring his fifteenth-career World Cup goal.[6][67] With his third goal of the tournament, Ronaldo became only the second player ever, after Jürgen Klinsmann, to score at least three goals in each of three World Cups.[68] Brazil, however, were knocked out by France 1–0 with a goal by striker Thierry Henry in the quarter-finals.[69] Ronaldo was awarded the Bronze Shoe as the third-highest goal-scorer of the World Cup.
Ronaldo and Klinsmann's shared record of at least three goals in three separate World Cup finals was broken by German striker Miroslav Klose, who has a record of at least four goals in each of three tournaments, having netted five at both the 2002 and 2006 finals, and four at the 2010 tournament. Ronaldo finished with fifteen total goals in nineteen World Cup matches, for an average of 0.79 per game.[70]
Farewell match and sporadic appearances
Ronaldo playing in the Match Against Poverty in Bern, March 2014
In February 2011 it was announced that Ronaldo would be given one last match for Brazil, a friendly against Romania in São Paulo on 7 June 2011, five years after his last match with the national team.[71] Despite it being almost unheard of in international football for players to be given a farewell match for their national side, Brazilian Football Confederation officials stated that given the extraordinary career of Ronaldo, it was only fitting that his final game should take place in Brazil while representing his nation.[72]
Ronaldo played for 15 minutes in a match that ended with a Brazilian victory with a goal from Fred.[73] Fred celebrated his goal with Ronaldo's famous 'finger wag' celebration along with his Brazilian teammates. Ronaldo was introduced after 30 minutes, partnering new star striker Neymar in attack, and had three shots on target which were saved by the Romanian goalkeeper, Ciprian Tătărușanu.[74] After the first half ended, Ronaldo made a farewell speech to the crowd.[74] Ronaldo retired from international football as the second highest goalscorer for Brazil, behind only Pelé, with 62 goals in 98 appearances.[75]
Ronaldo in Bahia, Brazil in 2012 as an ambassador for the 2014 World Cup
On 13 December 2011 Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane played a charity match with their friends against former and current players of the German team Hamburg in the ninth edition of the Match Against Poverty series, which Ronaldo and Zidane established in 2003.[76][77][78][79] In December 2012, Ronaldo and Zidane reunited for the Match Against Poverty in Porto Alegre, Portugal, with the field littered with World Cup winners from France and Brazil, which also saw 1982 World Cup legend Zico turn out for Ronaldo’s team.[80] In January 2013, Ronaldo was named one of the six Ambassadors of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.[81]
A goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme, Ronaldo played in the 11th Match Against Poverty on 4 March 2014 against a Zidane XI in Bern, Switzerland, with proceeds raised helping the recovery efforts in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.[82] Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in the next year's match on 21 April 2015 in St Etienne, France, with proceeds going towards the African countries most affected by the Ebola epidemic.[83]
Style of play
"Ronaldo did things nobody had seen before. He, together with Romário and George Weah, reinvented the centre-forward position. They were the first to drop from the penalty box to pick up the ball in midfield, switch to the flanks, attract and disorientate the central defenders with their runs, their accelerations, their dribbling."
—Former France striker Thierry Henry.[84]
Ronaldo is regarded by many in the sport as one of the greatest and most complete forwards of all time.[3][6][85] Dubbed Il Fenomeno (the phenomenon), he was a prolific goalscorer, and despite being more of an individualistic attacker, he was also capable of providing assists for his teammates, due to his vision, passing and crossing ability.[3][86][87] He was an extremely powerful, fast, and technical player, as well as being a composed finisher.[88][89] He was capable of playing in several offensive positions, although his preferred role was that of a striker,[3][90] and he was able to use both feet, despite being naturally right footed.[91][92] Ronaldo was highly regarded for his technical ability, and he is considered one of the most skilful individual dribblers in the game.[93] Along with Brazilian compatriot Romário and African star George Weah, Ronaldo was seen as a new breed of striker in the 1990s who would also operate outside the penalty area before running with the ball towards goal: Ronaldo was frequently capable of beating several players when undergoing individual dribbling runs at speed, and he was also equally competent in one on one situations, due to his ball control, acceleration, agility, balance, quick feet and technical skills.[3][6][93]
"If he gets on the ball and there’s even a metre of space for him to burst into...you’re lost. Let that happen, and he’ll start dribbling round defenders as if it’s a kick-about in the playground. He’ll be off. Unstoppable."
—César Gómez on facing Ronaldo.[16]
In one on one situations, Ronaldo would often use elaborate feints to trick and beat defenders and goalkeepers; he most notably popularised the use of many football tricks and skills, such as the elastico, the step over, the nutmeg, among others.[3][6][94] In his prime, Ronaldo was an extremely fast player with great acceleration, which made him a threat for opposing defences when he undertook individual dribbling runs during counter-attacks.[85][95]
"There were two Ronaldos: the one that returned after long-term injury in 2002 was a great goalscorer, but the 1990s version was a great everything. At his fearsome peak for PSV, Barcelona and Inter Milan he was arguably the most dangerous striker the world has ever seen."
—Rob Smyth, The Guardian.[17]
His coach at Barcelona, Bobby Robson, commented: "He was the fastest thing I've ever seen running with the ball. Had he managed to stay free of injury, he had every chance of becoming the best footballer ever", while Lionel Messi states: "He was the best striker I've ever seen. He was so fast he could score from nothing, and could shoot the ball better than anyone."[96] Ronaldinho called Ronaldo "the most complete striker there has ever been."[97] Ronaldo was also a strong and powerful player who could shield the ball from the opposition, with former Italian defender Alessandro Nesta (who faced Ronaldo in a high-profile one on one duel in the 1998 UEFA Cup final) stating: "Ronaldo is the hardest attacker I've ever had to face. He was impossible to stop."[96] With his quick reactions and anticipation, he regularly beat defenders to the ball, and as a finisher he was effective with his head, and could finish well both inside and outside the penalty area.[3] In addition to these attributes, Ronaldo was an accurate free-kick and penalty kick taker.[85] At his physical peak in the 1990s, Ronaldo later became severely affected by serious knee injuries he would suffer from late 1999 onward and the subsequent weight gain during his inactivity, which limited his speed, fitness, and mobility.[3][88]
Personal life
Ronaldo is the third child of Nélio Nazário de Lima, Snr. and Sônia dos Santos Barata. Ronaldo has a brother, Nélio Jr.[98][99]
Ronaldo during a 2005 meeting at the Brazilian Ministry of Education
During 1997, Ronaldo met the Brazilian model and actress Susana Werner on the set of Brazilian telenovela Malhação when they acted together in three episodes.[100][101] Although they never married, they began a long-term relationship and lived together in Milan until the beginning of 1999.[102]
In April 1999, Ronaldo married female Brazilian footballer Milene Domingues, at the time pregnant with the couple's first son, Ronald, who was born in Milan, on 6 April 2000.[103] The marriage lasted four years. In 2005, Ronaldo became engaged to Brazilian model and MTV VJ Daniela Cicarelli, who became pregnant but suffered a miscarriage; the relationship lasted only three months after their luxurious wedding at the Château de Chantilly. The ceremony reportedly cost £700,000 (€896,000).[104]
A practicing Catholic, Ronaldo donated a signed football to Pope Francis. Accompanied with a signed Brazil jersey from Pelé, it is located in one of the Vatican Museums
In April 2008, Ronaldo was involved in a scandal involving three travesti prostitutes whom he met in a nightclub located in the city of Rio de Janeiro.[105] Upon discovering that they were legally male, Ronaldo offered them $600 to leave.[106] One of the three, however, demanded $30,000 and exposed the case to the media.[107] Ronaldo's engagement to Maria Beatriz Antony was cancelled immediately after the prostitution scandal[108] but resumed a little later. Maria Beatriz Antony gave birth to their first daughter, named Maria Sophia, in Rio de Janeiro, on 24 December 2008. In April 2009, the whole family moved to a new penthouse in São Paulo.[109] On 6 April 2010, Maria Beatriz Antony gave birth to their second daughter. The girl, born in São Paulo, was named Maria Alice. Coincidentally, Maria Alice was born exactly 10 years after her older brother Ronald.[110]
"In the dressing room, I was sat between [Paolo] Maldini and Ronaldo, who asked me if I wanted to be part of his clan, showing me a copy of Playboy, or if wanted to be part of Kaká's clan, who had a few church things in the dressing room."
—Alexandre Pato on meeting Ronaldo.[111]
In December 2010, Ronaldo and his family moved to a new mansion in São Paulo.[112] Also in December, Ronaldo performed a paternity test and confirmed to be the father of a boy named Alexander (born in April 2005). The boy was born after a brief relationship between Ronaldo and Michele Umezu, a Brazilian waitress whom Ronaldo first met in Tokyo, in 2002.[113][114] After the confirmation of his fourth child, Ronaldo stated on 6 December 2010 that he had had a vasectomy, to "close the factory", feeling that having four children was enough.[115]
Ronaldo was the co-owner of A1 Team Brazil, along with motorsport legend Emerson Fittipaldi.[116] Ronaldo co-owns the sports marketing company 9INE, with his friend, mixed martial artist Anderson Silva, one of his clients.[117][118] A keen poker player, in April 2013 Ronaldo became a member of PokerStars SportStar, and in December 2013 he played a charity poker tournament against tennis star Rafael Nadal.[119] On 11 December 2014, Ronaldo became a minority owner of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League.[120][121]
In 2017, Ronaldo's son, Ronald, was selected for the junior football team representing Brazil in the 2017 Maccabiah Games.[122] The Maccabiah is described as "the Jewish Olympics"; Ronald is not Jewish, but some participating countries have more relaxed rules about eligibility and Ronald is a member of a Jewish football club.[122] In 2017 Ronaldo was added as a legend to the Ultimate Team in the EA Sports video game FIFA 18, receiving a 95 rating along with Brazilian compatriot Pelé, Argentine playmaker Diego Maradona, former Russian goalkeeper Lev Yashin and former French star Thierry Henry.[123]
Nike sponsorship
Ronaldo has been sponsored by sportswear company Nike since the early part of his career. In 1996, Nike signed Ronaldo to a 10-year contract and to a lifetime endorsement deal worth over $180 million.[124] He is closely associated with the original Nike Mercurial R9 that was designed for him for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[125] To celebrate 15 years of the iconic boot, Nike created a Mercurial Vapor IX inspired by the 1998 design, with Phil McCartney, VP of Football Footwear for Nike, stating; "Ronaldo’s impact on the game 15 years ago was immense, and in the run up to 2014, we wanted to celebrate that boot and the man himself. We thought a modern construction of his 1998 boot would be a great commemoration of that moment."[125]
Ronaldo has appeared in a series of Nike commercials. He starred in the 1996 Nike commercial titled "Good vs Evil" in a gladiatorial game set in a Roman amphitheatre. Appearing alongside football players from around the world, including Paolo Maldini, Eric Cantona, Luís Figo, Patrick Kluivert and Jorge Campos, they defend "the beautiful game" against a team of demonic warriors, destroying evil by winning the match.[126] In 1998, he featured in a Nike commercial set in an airport with a number of stars from the Brazil national team, including Romário and Roberto Carlos.[126] In a Nike advertising campaign in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, he starred in a "Secret Tournament" commercial (branded "Scopion KO") directed by Terry Gilliam, appearing alongside football players such as Thierry Henry, Fabio Cannavaro, Francesco Totti, Ronaldinho, Luís Figo and Hidetoshi Nakata, with former player Cantona the tournament "referee".[127][128]
Career statistics
Club
Season
Club
League
League
Regional
League
Cup
Continental
Other
Total
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
1993 Cruzeiro Série A 14 12 2 0 – – 4 8 1 0 21 20
1994 – – 18 22 – – 8 2 – – 26 24
Total
14
12
20
22
–
–
12
10
1
0
47
44
1994–95 PSV Eredivisie 33 30 – – 1 2 2 3 – – 36 35
1995–96 13 12 – – 3 1 5 6 – – 21 19
Total
46
42
–
–
4
3
7
9
–
–
57
54
1996–97 Barcelona La Liga 37 34 – – 4 6 7 5 1 2 49 47
Total
37
34
–
–
4
6
7
5
1
2
49
47
1997–98 Internazionale Serie A 32 25 – – 4 3 11 6 – – 47 34
1998–99 19 14 – – 2 0 6 1 1 0 28 15
1999–00 7 3 – – 1 0 – – – – 8 3
2000–01 –
2001–02 10 7 – – 1 0 5 0 – – 16 7
Total
68
49
–
–
8
3
22
7
1
0
99
59
2002–03 Real Madrid La Liga 31 23 – – 1 0 11 6 1 1 44 30
2003–04 32 24 – – 5 2 9 4 2 1 48 31
2004–05 34 21 – – 1 0 10 3 – – 45 24
2005–06 23 14 – – 2 1 2 0 – – 27 15
2006–07 7 1 – – 2 1 4 2 – – 13 4
Total
127
83
–
–
11
4
36
15
3
2
177
104
2006–07 Milan Serie A 14 7 – – – – – – – – 14 7
2007–08 6 2 – – – – – – – – 6 2
Total
20
9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20
9
2009 Corinthians Série A 20 12 10 8 8 3 – – – – 38 23
2010 11 6 9 3 – – 7 3 – – 27 12
2011 – – 2 0 – – 2 0 – – 4 0
Total
31
18
21
11
8
3
9
3
0
0
69
35
Career total
343
247
41
33
35
19
93
49
6
4
518
352
Other - Recopa Sudamericana, Supercopa de España, Intercontinental Cup, & UEFA Cup Play-Off (at Coppa Italia)
International
[129]
Brazil national team
Year
Apps
Goals
1994 4 1
1995 6 3
1996 4 5
1997 20 15
1998 10 5
1999 10 7
2000 - -
2001 - -
2002 12 11
2003 8 3
2004 11 6
2005 5 1
2006 7 5
2007 - -
2008 - -
2009 - -
2010 - -
2011 1 0
Total
98
62
International goals
Main article: List of international goals scored by Ronaldo
Honours
Club
Cruzeiro[6]
Campeonato Mineiro (1): 1994
Copa do Brasil (1): 1993
PSV Eindhoven[6]
KNVB Cup (1): 1996
Johan Cruijff-schaal (1): 1996
Barcelona[6]
Copa del Rey (1): 1997
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1997
Supercopa de España (1): 1996
Inter Milan[6]
UEFA Cup (1): 1998
Real Madrid[6]
La Liga (2): 2002–03, 2006–07
Intercontinental Cup (1): 2002
Supercopa de España (1): 2003
Corinthians[6]
Campeonato Paulista (1): 2009
Copa do Brasil (1): 2009
International
Brazil[6]
FIFA World Cup (2): 1994, 2002
FIFA World Cup (1): Runners-up (2nd Place) 1998
Copa América (2): 1997, 1999
Copa América (1): Runners-up (2nd Place) 1995
FIFA Confederations Cup (1): 1997
Summer Olympic Games (1): Bronze Medal (3rd Place) 1996
Individual
Supercopa Libertadores Top Scorer (1): 1993–94
Supercopa Libertadores Team of The Year (1): 1993-04
Campeonato Mineiro Top Scorer (1): 1993–94
Campeonato Mineiro Team of The Year (1): 1994
Eredivisie Top Scorer (1): 1994–95
World Soccer Magazine World Player of The Year (3): 1996, 1997, 2002
FIFA World Player of the Year (3): 1996, 1997, 2002[6]
Trofeo EFE La Liga Ibero-American Player of the Year (2): 1996–97, 2002–03
Pichichi Trophy (2) 1996–97, 2003–04
European Golden Boot (1): 1996–97
Don Balón Award La Liga Foreign Player of the Year (1): 1996–97
Copa América Final Most Valuable Player (1): 1997
Copa América Most Valuable Player (1): 1997[130]
FIFA Confederations Cup Bronze Boot (1): 1997[131]
FIFA Confederations Cup All-Star Team (1): 1997
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final Most Valuable Player (1): 1997
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Top Goal Scorer (1): 1996–1997
Copa América All-Star Team (2): 1997, 1999
IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year (1): 1997[132]
Bravo Award (2): 1997, 1998
Onze d'Or (2): 1997, 2002
Ballon d'Or (2): 1997, 2002
UNICEF European Footballer of the Season: 1996–97[133]
European Sports Media ESM Team of the Year (2) 1996–97, 1997–98
FIFA XI (2): 1997, 1998[134]
Serie A Footballer of the Year (1): 1997–98
Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year (1): 1997–98
UEFA Cup Final Most Valuable Player (1): 1998
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (1): 1997–98
UEFA Club Best Forward (1): 1997–98
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (1): 1998[135]
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team (2): 1998, 2002
FIFA World Player of the Year – Silver award (1): 1998
Copa América Top Scorer (1): 1999
FIFA World Cup Golden Boot (1): 2002[136]
FIFA World Cup Silver Ball (1): 2002[136]
FIFA World Cup Final Most Valuable Player (1): 2002
Intercontinental Cup Man of the Match (1): 2002
UEFA Team of the Year (1): 2002
Strogaldo De Legendary Award (1): 2002
BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year (1): 2002
Laureus World Sports Awards Comeback of the Year (1): 2003
FIFA World Player of the Year – Bronze award (1): 2003
FIFA 100 (2004)
FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot (1): 2006[137]
Brazil national football team Hall of Fame: 2006
Golden Foot award (1): 2006
Serie A Player of the Decade: 1997–2007
France Football (magazine): Starting eleven of all time (2007)[citation needed]
Real Madrid Team of the century[citation needed]
Campeonato Paulista Best Player (1): 2009
Honor of Brazilian Football Confederation: 2010
Real Madrid Hall of fame[138]
Marca Leyenda: 2011
World Soccer (magazine): The Greatest Players of the 20th Century (Published December 1999) #13
L'Équipe's top 50 South-American footballers in history: #5[139]
Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2015[140]
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Records
Preceded by
Gerd Müller
14 FIFA World Cup Highest Goalscorer
27 June 2006 – 8 July 2014 Succeeded by
Miroslav Klose
16
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Giuseppe Bergomi Internazionale captain
1999–2001 Succeeded by
Javier Zanetti
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Awards
Preceded by
Goran Ivanišević BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
2002 Succeeded by
Lance Armstrong
Preceded by
Danny Jordaan
with Irvin Khoza FIFA World Cup Chief Organizer
2014 Succeeded by
TBD
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Ballon d'Or
France Football magazine award
Ballon d'Or (1956–2009)
1956: Matthews
1957: Di Stéfano
1958: Kopa
1959: Di Stéfano
1960: Suárez
1961: Sívori
1962: Masopust
1963: Yashin
1964: Law
1965: Eusébio
1966: Charlton
1967: Albert
1968: Best
1969: Rivera
1970: Müller
1971: Cruyff
1972: Beckenbauer
1973: Cruyff
1974: Cruyff
1975: Blokhin
1976: Beckenbauer
1977: Simonsen
1978: Keegan
1979: Keegan
1980: Rummenigge
1981: Rummenigge
1982: Rossi
1983: Platini
1984: Platini
1985: Platini
1986: Belanov
1987: Gullit
1988: Van Basten
1989: Van Basten
1990: Matthäus
1991: Papin
1992: Van Basten
1993: Baggio
1994: Stoichkov
1995: Weah
1996: Sammer
1997: Ronaldo
1998: Zidane
1999: Rivaldo
2000: Figo
2001: Owen
2002: Ronaldo
2003: Nedvěd
2004: Shevchenko
2005: Ronaldinho
2006: Cannavaro
2007: Kaká
2008: C. Ronaldo
2009: Messi
FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015)
2010: Messi
2011: Messi
2012: Messi
2013: C. Ronaldo
2014: C. Ronaldo
2015: Messi
Ballon d'Or (2016–present)
2016: C. Ronaldo
FIFA World Player of the Year (1991–2009)
FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015)
The Best FIFA Men's Player (2016–present)
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FIFA Player of the Year
FIFA World Player of the Year
1991: Matthäus
1992: Van Basten
1993: Baggio
1994: Romário
1995: Weah
1996: Ronaldo
1997: Ronaldo
1998: Zidane
1999: Rivaldo
2000: Zidane
2001: Figo
2002: Ronaldo
2003: Zidane
2004: Ronaldinho
2005: Ronaldinho
2006: Cannavaro
2007: Kaká
2008: C. Ronaldo
2009: Messi
FIFA Ballon d'Or
2010: Messi
2011: Messi
2012: Messi
2013: C. Ronaldo
2014: C. Ronaldo
2015: Messi
The Best FIFA Men's Player
2016: C. Ronaldo
2017:
See also: Ballon d'Or
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FIFA 100
UEFA
Baggio
Ballack
Banks
Baresi
Van Basten
Beckenbauer
Beckham
Bergkamp
Bergomi
Best
Boniek
Boniperti
Breitner
Buffon
Butragueño
Cantona
Ceulemans
Charlton
Cruyff
Dalglish
Dasayev
Davids
Del Piero
Desailly
Deschamps
Emre
Eusébio
Facchetti
Figo
Fontaine
Gullit
Hagi
Henry
Kahn
Keane
Keegan
R. van de Kerkhof
W. van de Kerkhof
Klinsmann
Kluivert
Kopa
B. Laudrup
M. Laudrup
Lineker
Luis Enrique
Maier
Maldini
Masopust
Matthäus
Müller
Nedvěd
Neeskens
Nesta
Van Nistelrooy
Owen
Papin
Pfaff
Pirès
Platini
Puskás
Raúl
Rensenbrink
Rijkaard
Rivera
Rossi
Rui Costa
Rummenigge
Rüştü
Schmeichel
Seedorf
Seeler
Shearer
Shevchenko
Stoichkov
Šuker
Thuram
Totti
Trésor
Trezeguet
Van der Elst
Vieira
Vieri
Zidane
Zoff
CONMEBOL
Carlos Alberto
Batistuta
Cafu
Crespo
Cubillas
Di Stéfano
Falcão
Figueroa
Francescoli
Júnior
Kempes
Maradona
Passarella
Pelé
Rivaldo
Rivelino
Roberto Carlos
Romário
Romero
Ronaldinho
Ronaldo
Djalma Santos
Nílton Santos
Saviola
Sívori
Sócrates
Valderrama
Verón
Zamorano
Zanetti
Zico
CAF
Diouf
Milla
Okocha
Abedi Pelé
Weah
CONCACAF
Akers
Hamm
Sánchez
AFC
Hong
Nakata
[show]
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European Golden Shoe
L'Équipe award
1968: Eusébio
1969: Zhekov
1970: Müller
1971: Skoblar
1972: Müller
1973: Eusébio
1974: Yazalde
1975: Georgescu
1976: Kaiafas
1977: Georgescu
1978: Krankl
1979: Kist
1980: Vandenbergh
1981: Slavkov
1982: Kieft
1983: Gomes
1984: Rush
1985: Gomes
1986: Van Basten
1987: Cămătaru / Polster
1988: Çolak
1989: Mateuţ
1990: Sánchez & Stoichkov
1991: Pančev
Unofficial
1992: McCoist
1993: McCoist
1994: Taylor
1995: Avetisyan
1996: Endeladze
ESM award
1997: Ronaldo
1998: Machlas
1999: Jardel
2000: Phillips
2001: Larsson
2002: Jardel
2003: Makaay
2004: Henry
2005: Henry & Forlán
2006: Toni
2007: Totti
2008: C. Ronaldo
2009: Forlán
2010: Messi
2011: C. Ronaldo
2012: Messi
2013: Messi
2014: C. Ronaldo & Suárez
2015: C. Ronaldo
2016: Suárez
2017: Messi
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FIFA World Cup · Golden Ball
Best Player
1930: Nasazzi
1934: Meazza
1938: Leônidas
1950: Zizinho
1954: Puskás
1958: Didi
1962: Garrincha
1966: Charlton
1970: Pelé
1974: Cruijff
1978: Kempes
Golden Ball
1982: Rossi
1986: Maradona
1990: Schillaci
1994: Romário
1998: Ronaldo
2002: Kahn
2006: Zidane
2010: Forlán
2014: Messi
Golden Ball was first awarded in 1982.
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FIFA World Cup · Silver Ball
2nd Best Player
1930: Stábile
1934: Sindelar
1938: Piola
1950: Schiaffino
1954: Kocsis
1958: Pelé
1962: Masopust
1966: Moore
1970: Gérson
1974: Beckenbauer
1978: Rossi
Silver Ball
1982: Falcão
1986: Schumacher
1990: Matthäus
1994: Baggio
1998: Šuker
2002: Ronaldo
2006: Cannavaro
2010: Sneijder
2014: Müller
Silver Ball was first awarded in 1982.
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FIFA World Cup · Golden Boot
Top Scorer
1930: Stábile
1934: Nejedlý
1938: Leônidas
1950: Ademir
1954: Kocsis
1958: Fontaine
1962: Albert, Garrincha, Ivanov, Jerković, Sánchez & Vavá
Golden Shoe
1966: Eusébio
1970: G. Müller
1974: Lato
1978: Kempes
1982: Rossi
1986: Lineker
1990: Schillaci
1994: Salenko & Stoichkov
1998: Šuker
2002: Ronaldo
2006: Klose
Golden Boot
2010: T. Müller
2014: J. Rodríguez
Golden Boot was first awarded in 1966.
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Copa America top scorers
1916: Gradín
1917: Romano
1919: Friedenreich & Neco
1920: Pérez & Romano
1921: Libonatti
1922: Francia
1923: Aguirre & Petrone
1924: Petrone
1925: Seoane
1926: Arellano
1927: Carricaberry & Luna & Figueroa & Petrone & Scarone
1929: González
1935: Masantonio
1937: Toro
1939: Fernández
1941: Marvezzi
1942: Masantonio & Moreno
1945: Méndez & de Freitas
1946: Medina
1947: Falero
1949: Jair
1953: Molina
1955: Micheli
1956: Hormazábal
1957: Maschio & Ambrois
1959 (Argentina): Pelé
1959 (Ecuador): Sanfilippo
1963: Raffo
1967: Artime
1975: Luque & Díaz
1979: Peredo & Morel
1983: Burruchaga & Dinamite & Aguilera
1987: Iguarán
1989: Bebeto
1991: Batistuta
1993: Dolgetta
1995: Batistuta & García
1997: Hernández
1999: Rivaldo & Ronaldo
2001: Aristizábal
2004: Adriano
2007: Robinho
2011: Guerrero
2015: Guerrero & Vargas
2016: Vargas
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CONMEBOL Copa América Player of the Tournament
South American Nations Championship
Player of the tournament
1916: Gradín
1917: Scarone
1919: Friedenreich
1920: Piendibene
1921: Tesoriere
1922: Fortes
1923: Nasazzi
1924: Petrone
1925: Seoane
1926: Andrade
1927: Seoane
1929: Ferreira
1935: Nasazzi
1937: Mata
1939: Fernández
1941: Livingstone
1942: Varela
1945: da Guia
1946: Pedernera
1947: Moreno
1949: Ademir
1953: Herrera
1955: Hormazábal
1956: Míguez
1957: Sívori
1959–1: Pelé
1959–2: Silveira
1963: Blacut
1967: Rocha
Copa América
Player of the tournament
1975: Cubillas
1979: Caszely
1983: Francescoli
1987: Valderrama
1989: Sosa
1991: Rodríguez
1993: Goycochea
1995: Francescoli
1997: Ronaldo
1999: Rivaldo
2001: Guevara
2004: Adriano
2007: Robinho
2011: Suárez
2015: Messi
2016: Sánchez
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Intercontinental Cup · Man of the Match
1980: Victorino
1981: Zico
1982: Jair
1983: Renato
1984: Percudani
1985: Platini
1986: Alzamendi
1987: Madjer
1988: Ostolaza
1989: Evani
1990: Rijkaard
1991: Jugović
1992: Raí
1993: Cerezo
1994: Asad
1995: Blind
1996: Del Piero
1997: Möller
1998: Raúl
1999: Giggs
2000: Palermo
2001: Kuffour
2002: Ronaldo
2003: Donnet
2004: Maniche
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UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
1998: Ronaldo
1999: Beckham
2000: Redondo
2001: Effenberg
2002: Zidane
2003: Buffon
2004: Deco
2005: Gerrard
2006: Ronaldinho
2007: Kaká
2008: C. Ronaldo
2009: Messi
2010: Milito
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UEFA Club Football Awards
Best Goalkeeper
1997–98: Schmeichel
1998–99: Kahn
1999–2000: Kahn
2000–01: Kahn
2001–02: Kahn
2002–03: Buffon
2003–04: Baía
2004–05: Čech
2005–06: Lehmann
2006–07: Čech
2007–08: Čech
2008–09: Van der Sar
2009–10: Júlio César
2010–16: Not awarded
2016–17: Buffon
Best Defender
1997–98: Hierro
1998–99: Stam
1999–2000: Stam
2000–01: Ayala
2001–02: Roberto Carlos
2002–03: Roberto Carlos
2003–04: Carvalho
2004–05: Terry
2005–06: Puyol
2006–07: Maldini
2007–08: Terry
2008–09: Terry
2009–10: Maicon
2010–16: Not awarded
2016–17: Ramos
Best Midfielder
1997–98: Zidane
1998–99: Beckham
1999–2000: Mendieta
2000–01: Mendieta
2001–02: Ballack
2002–03: Nedvěd
2003–04: Deco
2004–05: Kaká
2005–06: Deco
2006–07: Seedorf
2007–08: Lampard
2008–09: Xavi
2009–10: Sneijder
2010–16: Not awarded
2016–17: Modrić
Best Forward
1997–98: Ronaldo
1998–99: Shevchenko
1999–2000: Raúl
2000–01: Raúl
2001–02: Raúl
2002–03: Van Nistelrooy
2003–04: Morientes
2004–05: Ronaldinho
2005–06: Eto'o
2006–07: Kaká
2007–08: C. Ronaldo
2008–09: Messi
2009–10: Milito
2010–16: Not awarded
2016–17: C. Ronaldo
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Eredivisie top scorers
1957: Dillen
1958: Canjels
1959: Canjels
1960: Groot
1961: Groot
1962: Tol
1963: Kerkhoffs
1964: Geurtsen
1965: Geurtsen
1966: Van der Kuijlen & Kruiver
1967: Cruijff
1968: Kindvall
1969: Van Dijk & Kindvall
1970: Van der Kuijlen
1971: Kindvall
1972: Cruijff
1973: Janssens & Brokamp
1974: Van der Kuijlen
1975: Geels
1976: Geels
1977: Geels
1978: Geels
1979: Kist
1980: Kist
1981: Geels
1982: Kieft
1983: Houtman
1984: Van Basten
1985: Van Basten
1986: Van Basten
1987: Van Basten
1988: Kieft
1989: Romário
1990: Romário
1991: Romário & Bergkamp
1992: Bergkamp
1993: Bergkamp
1994: Litmanen
1995: Ronaldo
1996: Nilis
1997: Nilis
1998: Machlas
1999: Van Nistelrooy
2000: Van Nistelrooy
2001: Kežman
2002: Van Hooijdonk
2003: Kežman
2004: Kežman
2005: Kuyt
2006: Huntelaar
2007: Alves
2008: Huntelaar
2009: El Hamdaoui
2010: Suárez
2011: Vleminckx
2012: Dost
2013: Bony
2014: Finnbogason
2015: Depay
2016: Janssen
2017: Jørgensen
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La Liga top scorers
1929: Bienzobas
1930: Gorostiza
1931: Bata
1932: Bata
1933: Olivares
1934: Lángara
1935: Lángara
1936: Lángara
1940: Unamuno
1941: Pruden
1942: E. Suárez
1943: Martín
1944: E. Suárez
1945: Zarra
1946: Zarra
1947: Zarra
1948: Pahiño
1949: César
1950: Zarra
1951: Zarra
1952: Pahiño
1953: Zarra
1954: Di Stéfano
1955: Arza
1956: Di Stéfano
1957: Di Stéfano
1958: Badenes, Di Stéfano & Ricardo
1959: Di Stéfano
1960: Puskás
1961: Puskás
1962: Seminario
1963: Puskás
1964: Puskás
1965: Ré
1966: Aragonés
1967: Waldo
1968: Uriarte
1969: Amancio & Gárate
1970: Amancio, Aragonés & Gárate
1971: Gárate & Rexach
1972: Porta
1973: Marianín
1974: Quini
1975: Carlos
1976: Quini
1977: Kempes
1978: Kempes
1979: Krankl
1980: Quini
1981: Quini
1982: Quini
1983: Rincón
1984: Da Silva & Juanito
1985: Sánchez
1986: Sánchez
1987: Sánchez
1988: Sánchez
1989: Baltazar
1990: Sánchez
1991: Butragueño
1992: Manolo
1993: Bebeto
1994: Romário
1995: Zamorano
1996: Pizzi
1997: Ronaldo
1998: Vieri
1999: Raúl
2000: Salva
2001: Raúl
2002: Tristán
2003: Makaay
2004: Ronaldo
2005: Forlán & Eto'o
2006: Eto'o
2007: Van Nistelrooy
2008: Güiza
2009: Forlán
2010: Messi
2011: C. Ronaldo
2012: Messi
2013: Messi
2014: C. Ronaldo
2015: C. Ronaldo
2016: L. Suárez
2017: Messi
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La Liga Foreign Player of the Year - Don Balón Award
1976: Neeskens
1977: Cruyff
1978: Cruyff
1979: Stielike
1980: Stielike
1981: Stielike
1982: Stielike
1983: Barbas
1984: Barbas
1985: Schuster
1986: Valdano
1987: Sánchez
1988: Alemão
1989: Ruggeri
1990: Sánchez
1991: Schuster
1992: Laudrup
1993: Đukić
1994: Stoichkov
1995: Zamorano
1996: Mijatović
1997: Ronaldo
1998: Rivaldo
1999: Figo
2000: Figo
2001: Figo
2002: Zidane
2003: Nihat
2004: Ronaldinho
2005: Riquelme
2006: Ronaldinho
2007: Messi
2008: Agüero
2009: Messi
2010: Messi
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EFE Trophy
1990–91: Fernández
1991–92: Zalazar
1992–93: Zamorano
1993–94: Romário
1994–95: Zamorano
1995–96: Simeone
1996–97: Ronaldo
1997–98: Roberto Carlos
1998–99: Rivaldo
1999–2000: Herrera
2000–01: Acuña
2001–02: Saviola
2002–03: Ronaldo
2003–04: Ronaldinho
2004–05: Forlán
2005–06: Aimar
2006–07: Messi
2007–08: Agüero
2008–09: Messi
2009–10: Messi
2010–11: Messi
2011–12: Messi
2012–13: C. Ronaldo
2013–14: Diego Costa
2014–15: Suárez
2015–16: Navas
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Serie A Footballer of the Year
Oscar del Calcio AIC
1997: Mancini
1998: Ronaldo
1999: Vieri
2000: Totti
2001: Zidane
2002: Trezeguet
2003: Nedvěd & Totti
2004: Kaká
2005: Gilardino
2006: Cannavaro
2007: Kaká
2008: Ibrahimović
2009: Ibrahimović
2010: Milito
Gran Galà del Calcio AIC
2011: Ibrahimović
2012: Pirlo
2013: Pirlo
2014: Pirlo
2015: Tevez
2016: Bonucci
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Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year
1997: Zidane
1998: Ronaldo
1999: Batistuta
2000: Shevchenko
2001: Zidane
2002: Trézéguet
2003: Nedvěd
2004: Kaká
2005: Ibrahimović
2006: Kaká & Suazo
2007: Kaká
2008: Ibrahimović
2009: Ibrahimović
2010: Milito
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1998 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper
Fabien Barthez
José Luis Chilavert
Defenders
Roberto Carlos
Marcel Desailly
Lilian Thuram
Frank de Boer
Carlos Gamarra
Midfielders
Dunga
Rivaldo
Michael Laudrup
Zinedine Zidane
Edgar Davids
Forwards
Ronaldo
Davor Šuker
Brian Laudrup
Dennis Bergkamp
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2002 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper
Oliver Kahn
Rüştü Reçber
Defenders
Roberto Carlos
Sol Campbell
Fernando Hierro
Hong Myung-bo
Alpay Özalan
Midfielders
Rivaldo
Ronaldinho
Michael Ballack
Claudio Reyna
Yoo Sang-chul
Forwards
Ronaldo
Miroslav Klose
El Hadji Diouf
Hasan Şaş
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2002 UEFA Team of the Year
GK: Rüştü Reçber
RWB: Cristian Chivu
CB: Alessandro Nesta
CB: Carles Puyol
LWB: Roberto Carlos
MF: Clarence Seedorf
MF: Michael Ballack
MF: Zinedine Zidane
MF: Damien Duff
FW: Thierry Henry
FW: Ronaldo
Coach: Şenol Güneş
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World Soccer Player of the Year
1982: Rossi
1983: Zico
1984: Platini
1985: Platini
1986: Maradona
1987: Gullit
1988: Van Basten
1989: Gullit
1990: Matthäus
1991: Papin
1992: Van Basten
1993: Baggio
1994: Maldini
1995: Vialli
1996: Ronaldo
1997: Ronaldo
1998: Zidane
1999: Rivaldo
2000: Figo
2001: Owen
2002: Ronaldo
2003: Nedvěd
2004: Ronaldinho
2005: Ronaldinho
2006: Cannavaro
2007: Kaká
2008: C. Ronaldo
2009: Messi
2010: Xavi
2011: Messi
2012: Messi
2013: C. Ronaldo
2014: C. Ronaldo
2015: Messi
2016: C. Ronaldo
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Bravo Award
1978: Case
1979: Birtles
1980: H. Müller
1981: Wark
1982: Shaw
1983: Bonini
1984: Righetti
1985: Butragueño
1986: Butragueño
1987: van Basten
1988: Ohana
1989: Maldini
1990: Baggio
1991: Prosinečki
1992: Guardiola
1993: Giggs
1994: Panucci
1995: Kluivert
1996: Del Piero
1997: Ronaldo
1998: Ronaldo
1999: Buffon
2000: Casillas
2001: Hargreaves
2002: Metzelder
2003: Rooney
2004: C. Ronaldo
2005: Robben
2006: Fàbregas
2007: Messi
2008: Benzema
2009: Busquets
2010: T. Müller
2011: Hazard
2012: Verratti
2013: Isco
2014: Pogba
2015: Berardi
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Golden Foot
2003: Baggio
2004: Nedvěd
2005: Shevchenko
2006: Ronaldo
2007: Del Piero
2008: Roberto Carlos
2009: Ronaldinho
2010: Totti
2011: Giggs
2012: Ibrahimović
2013: Drogba
2014: Iniesta
2015: Eto'o
2016: Buffon
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Brazilian Football Museum – Hall of Fame
Bebeto
Carlos Alberto Torres
Didi
Djalma Santos
Falcão
Garrincha
Gérson
Gilmar
Jairzinho
Julinho
Nílton Santos
Pelé
Rivaldo
Rivelino
Roberto Carlos
Romário
Ronaldinho
Ronaldo
Sócrates
Taffarel
Tostão
Vavá
Zagallo
Zico
Zizinho
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10 Rivaldo
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15 Célio Silva
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4 Júnior Baiano
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8 Flávio Conceição
9 Ronaldo
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14 Gonçalves
15 Zé Roberto
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4 Júnior Baiano
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6 Roberto Carlos
7 Giovanni
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9 Ronaldo
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11 Emerson
12 Carlos Germano
13 Zé Carlos
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2 Cafu
3 Odvan
4 Antônio Carlos Zago
5 Emerson
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7 Amoroso
8 Vampeta
9 Ronaldo
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11 Alex
12 Marcos
13 Evanílson
14 César Belli
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8 Gilberto Silva
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15 Kléberson
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1 Dida
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3 Lúcio
4 Juan
5 Emerson
6 Roberto Carlos
7 Adriano
8 Kaká
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10 Ronaldinho
11 Zé Roberto
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13 Cicinho
14 Luisão
15 Cris
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18 Mineiro
19 Juninho
20 Ricardinho
21 Fred
22 Júlio César
23 Robinho
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values: რონალდო – Georgian

values: Роналдо – Kazakh

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Ronaldu – Latvian
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lv
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values: Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima – Lithuanian

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Ronaldo – Hungarian
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values: रोनाल्डो – Maithili

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Ronaldo – Maltese
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values: रोनाल्डो – Marathi

values: رونالدو (لاعب برازيلى) – Egyptian Arabic

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Ronaldo – Malay
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ms
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values: Рональдо – Mongolian

values: रोनाल्डो – Nepali

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https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo
Ronaldo – Neapolitan
nap
nap
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values:
https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo
Ronaldo – Norwegian
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no
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values:
https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo
Ronaldo – Norwegian Nynorsk
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nn
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values:
https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo
Ronaldo – Uzbek
uz
uz
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values:
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo
Ronaldo – Polish
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pl
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values:
https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo
Ronaldo – Romanian
ro
ro
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values:
https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo
Ronaldo – Quechua
qu
qu
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values: Роналдо – Russian

values:
https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo
Ronaldo – Northern Sami
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se
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values:
https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo
Ronaldo – Scots
sco
sco
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values:
https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo
Ronaldo – Slovenian
sl
sl
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values: Роналдо – Serbian

values:
https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo
Ronaldo – Serbo-Croatian
sh
sh
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values:
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo
Ronaldo – Finnish
fi
fi
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values: ரொனால்டோ – Tamil

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values: โรนัลโด – Thai

values: Роналдо – Tajik

values:
https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo
Ronaldo – Turkish
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tr
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values: رونالڈو – Urdu

values:
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Ronaldo – Vietnamese
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vi
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