Ronaldinho

Personal information
Full name	Ronaldo de Assis Moreira
Date of birth	March 21, 1980 (age 27)
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11.3 in)
Nickname	El Maestro Gaúcho Dinho Ronnie El Mago
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Barcelona
Number	10
Youth clubs
1997-1998	Grêmio
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2001 2001-2003 2003-present	Grêmio Paris St. Germain FC Barcelona	110 (37) 55 (17) 114 (56)
National team2
1999-present	Brazil	73 (29)

Inspired by his brother Roberto Ronaldo de Assis Moreira started playing Football it since he was very little. He began playing Futsal and beach soccer, and that's where he developed his abilities. His first contact with the media was when he was 13 after scoring 23 goals in a 23 - 0 victory over a local team. Shortly he had to live up to the death of his father when he was only 8

Ronaldinho has played in many divisions including Under 15 , Under 17, Under 20, Under 23 and Senior Level

Some of his international Appearances have been:

• Under 17 championship Egypt 1997

• Copa America 1999

• 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup

• 2002 World Cup

• 2005 Confederations Cup

• 2006 World Cup

Timeline:

1997- he became world champion with the under 17 brazil team playing against Ghana in the finals.

1999- Presented as Brazil's top figure, Ronaldinho along with Brazil's Under 20 team got only to the quarter finals of the Nigeria Under 20 world cup.

• He also played for the first time in Brazil's absolute team along with Ronaldo and Rivaldo.
• Withouth playing too much, him along with Brazil won the 1999 Copa America.
• Obtained 2nd place in the 1999 Copa America which was played in Mexico.
  

2000- He signed for PSG but because of some problems he couldn't play until year 2001.

• He was the top scorer with 9 goals in the South American preolimpic games with the under 23 team.
  

2001- He played his first match with PSG in August.

2002- Along with brazil he won the 2002 World Cup and all his abilities were seen by the public.

• In his 5th minute goal against England he classified Brazil for the 2002 World Cup Semifinals

2003- Because of many problems with the PSG coach he was sold to Barcelona FC for 28 million dollars, the team in which he has a contract until 2010.

• After returning from injury in the first half of the campaign, Ronaldinho continued to justify his price tag by leading Barcelona to a second-place finish in La Liga during the 2003/2004 season

2004- Along with Samuel Eto'o, Deco, Xavi, Ludovic Giuly and Henrik Larsson, Ronaldinho comprised part of a strike force which helped bring the 2004-05 La Liga title for FC Barcelona. On December 20, 2004, Ronaldinho was named FIFA World Player of the Year ahead of Arsenal's Thierry Henry and AC Milan's Andriy Shevchenko. It was then that Barcelona rejected a £60 million bid made for him by Chelsea F.C., according to Sandro Rosell.^[9] .

2005- On November 19, 2005, Ronaldinho scored two solo goals to help FC Barcelona to a 3–0 win over arch-rivals Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid. After he scored his second goal of the night, his team's third, a large part of the Madrid followers gave him a standing ovation, a rare feat which had not occurred since Diego Maradona played for Barcelona in 1985.

• In September 2005, Ronaldinho was crowned FifPro Player of the year, an award voted for by his fellow professionals. He was also named in the FifPro team of the year alongside the likes of Zidane and Maldini. In November 2005 Ronaldinho was named as both the European Footballer of the Year and the best striker in the 2004-05 Champions League. In 2005, Ronaldinho became the third Brazilian to win the Ballon d'Or. On December 19, 2005, he was again named FIFA World Player of the Year with 956 points, more than three times the 306 points of Chelsea's Frank Lampard, who finished second in the poll, and the 190 points of Barcelona team mate Samuel Eto'o who finished third. He was chosen for the UEFA team of 2005 for the third time running in January 2006.
• On May 3, 2006, Barcelona were crowned 2005-06 La Liga champions after they beat Celta Vigo 1-0.
• On May 17, 2006, Barcelona became European champions after defeating Arsenal 2-1 in the Champions League final. In this match Ronaldinho was kept relatively subdued and the goals came from Samuel Eto'o and Juliano Belletti, who were both assisted by Henrik Larsson. Ronaldinho finished the season with 26 goals in all competitions, his best goalscoring tally ever. It was rumoured on the 3rd of August that Ronaldinho might move to AC Milan, but Ronaldinho denied it. On August 24, 2006, Ronaldinho was named Champions League player of the year for the 2005-06 season.

2006- On December 17, 2006, at the same Yokohama Stadium, Ronaldinho's efforts were not enough to beat his ex-rival team, the Sport Club Internacional, from Brazil. Barcelona lost 1-0 in the final. Ronaldinho won the Bronze ball award for the tournament.

• The next day Ronaldinho appeared at the World Player of the Year Gala in Zurich to claim third place in the 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year poll, behind the Italian World Cup winning captain Fabio Cannavaro and Zinedine Zidane.
• , Ronaldinho was named among the UEFA Team of the Year for the third time in a row, receiving the highest number of votes in almost 292,000 nominations.

His Best Goal: On November 25, 2006, Ronaldinho scored his 50th league goal against Villarreal during a Spanish League match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. In that same match he scored a second goal by an over head bicycle kick, after controlling the ball with his chest. He later said that it was a goal he had dreamed of scoring since he was a boy.

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