
Ronaldo played for inter milan and ac milan as well as barcelona and real madrid he is the only player in history to.
Ronaldo nazario football club. In his prime he was known. Ronaldo nazario football news. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest football players of all time. Messi is entering the final year of his contract and is yet to commit his long term future to the club.
Ronaldo nazario had one of the finest debut seasons for barcelona. Ronaldo former footballer from brazil centre forward last club. Ronaldo grew up in the poor rio de janeiro suburb of bento ribeiro. Ronaldo luís nazário de lima brazilian portuguese.
Sport club corinthians paulista sep 22 1976 in rio de janeiro brazil. Fresh from suffering rejection from flamengo the team he supported ronaldo won his first of many titles aged just 16 lifting the copa do brasil. Signed by barcelona from psv eindhoven for a then world record transfer fee of 13 2 million 15 million in the summer of. Born 18 september 1976 commonly known as ronaldo is a brazilian business owner president of la liga club real valladolid and a retired professional footballer who played as a striker popularly dubbed in portuguese o fenômeno the phenomenon he is widely considered one of the greatest.
By 1992 he was playing in the brazilian championship for cruzeiro. Ronaldo nazario is best remembered for his incredible spells with barcelona and. A coach at youth club sao cristovao in northeastern rio jairzinho helped bring the 13 year old through the ranks there before sending him to his former club cruzeiro just three years later. Ronaldo scored 247 career club goals over an 18 year period as well as 62 goals in 98 appearances for brazil earning him the nickname o fenomeno the phenomenon and is one of only four men.
He began playing football as a junior for the neighbourhood social ramos club at age 12 and two years later joined são cristóvão in the carioca league. He was a member of brazil s under 17 south american championship team in 1991 before joining the. Although he never switched over from one rival team to the other he has the dubious distinction of upsetting the fan bases of europe s storied clubs. ʁoˈnawdu ˈlwis nɐˈzaɾju dʒi ˈɫĩmɐ.