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At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldo received the Golden Ball as the player of the tournament after he helped Brazil reach the final, where he suffered a convulsive fit hours before kick-off. The Portuguese soccer star has now scored 750 goals in his career, which is the most by any player in history. He revealed, "when I arrived in training with this haircut everybody stopped talking about the injury". [221], At his physical peak in the 1990s, Ronaldo became severely affected by the knee injuries he suffered from late 1999 onward and the subsequent weight gain during his inactivity, which limited his speed, fitness, and mobility. John Wiley & Sons. Scored 51 goals in 79 games during the 1979-80 season. "[33], "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. In 1996, Nike signed Ronaldo to a 10-year contract and to a lifetime endorsement deal worth over $180 million. The other Ronaldo and Messi were brilliant teenagers but had nothing like the same impact at that age. [21] He scored 30 league goals in his first season in the Netherlands, which included seven braces and a hat-trick against Utrecht. Nothing disturbed him, nothing overawed him, nothing threw him off his game. [255], Ronaldo appeared in The Simpsons season 18 episode "Marge Gamer" broadcast in April 2007. Season Team Competition Matches Goals; 2011: Corinthians: CL: 2: 0: 2010: Corinthians: CL: 7: 3: 2006/2007: Real Madrid: UCL: 4: 2: 2005/2006: Real Madrid: UCL: 2: 0: . I don't think there was anybody in the stadium who didn't stand up, and I count myself in that as the opposition coach. [8], Ronaldo has been sponsored by sportswear company Nike since the early part of his career. That's the first time I really felt a special player was out on a football field. "Profitable Marketing Communications: A Guide to Marketing Return on Investment". In his first season, the Egyptian showed his goalscoring touch and went on to become Premier League top scorer. [61] He was sidelined through injury until October 2002 which added to the fans anticipation. Ronaldo is the hardest attacker I've ever had to face. ", Ronaldo on his comeback from injury and the 2002 World Cup success. Investing 400 million reais ($70 million) in the club, Ronaldo stated he wants to "give back to Cruzeiro and take them where they deserve to be. He was the fastest thing I've ever seen running with the ball. [25], During his spell at PSV, Ronaldo attracted the attention of both Inter Milan and FC Barcelona. He scored his first. Ronaldo is the best my eyes have seen",[31] and in 2014 regarded him as the best player post-Diego Maradona. [6][8] Crediting futsal for developing his skills, Ronaldo has said, "futsal will always be my first love. [111], 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. Scored 71 goals in 80 games during the 1982-83 season. The speed of thought he had and the speed he had to carry out his actions were perfect. Jimmy Greaves (2008). In 2015, Pele posted a tweet claiming that he had scored 1,283 goals during his illustrious career. [109][110] Following an injury lay off he returned on 20 September in a match against Gois, and a week later scored for Corinthians in a draw against So Paulo FC. "[23] Asked to name the best player of his lifetime, Jos Mourinho said, "Ronaldo, El Fenomeno. You'd be at a table with him and it'd be a judge sitting opposite talking to a politician with someone off the street listening in. In 1997, Inter Milan broke the world record fee to sign Ronaldo, making him the first player since Diego Maradona to break the world transfer record twice. The forward was nicknamed 'Fenomeno' in his playing days and it isn't hard to see why. [134] The BBC's John Motson stated, "The scenes in the commentary box have been absolute mayhem and chaos. First name Ronaldo Luz Last name Nazrio de Lima Nationality Brazil Date of birth 22 September 1976 Age 46 Country of birth Brazil Place of birth Rio de Janeiro [107] He scored twice in a 31 win against local rivals Santos in the first leg of the state championship final, with Santos idol Pel looking on from the stands. [84] 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 43. 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 Chteau de Chantilly. [48] However, on 21 November, during a Serie A match against Lecce, Ronaldo felt his knee buckle and was forced to limp off the field. He also provided 43 assists. [66], In a 2005 interview with Folha de S.Paulo, Ronaldo revealed that, somewhat unexpectedly, he identified racially as white,[231] generating a wider conversation about the complex role of race in Brazil. Despite his injury woes, many people speak so highly of Ronaldo including Jose Mourinho, who believes he is the best player he's ever seen. 12 of those goals came during his 14 World Cup appearances,. Pele now lists his total as 1,283 goals, including his goal haul with Santos. Cristiano, maybe you can guess that he has three or four tricks he would use most of the time, but Ronaldo, it was always something different. [63] He also won an Intercontinental Cup in 2002 and Spanish Super Cup in 2003, scoring in both finals. From that point on he showed he was truly a phenomenon. [192], Ronaldo was chosen as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2000 as he had the highest global appeal among sportspeople, and he accepted the role as he saw it as "an obligation" to help with causes around the world. His stepover was a form of hypnosis, and his signature trick, the elastico, could certainly have come from a computer screen. In April 2009, the family moved to a new penthouse in So Paulo. However, if we are talking strictly about talent and skill, nobody surpasses Ronaldo. It was extraordinary. He was a perfect physical specimen. Ronaldo scored 88 goals by taking the ball around the goalkeeper during his career. [83] Wearing the number 99 jersey, he made his debut as a substitute on 11 February 2007 in the 21 victory over Livorno. [105] Ronaldo scored his first goal for Corinthians on 8 March 2009 in a Campeonato Paulista match against Palmeiras. With this goal, he has now reached the top spot in the all-time list of men's goal scorers. [25], Ronaldo's time at Barcelona lasted one season, as there were problems with the renegotiation of his contract. [235] Ronaldo claimed that upon discovering that they were legally male, he offered them $600 to leave. [12], Three months after arriving at Cruzeiro, Ronaldo made his professional debut on 25 May 1993 against Caldense in the Minas Gerais State Championship. [248][249] A keen poker player, in April 2013 Ronaldo became a member of PokerStars SportStar, and in 2014 he played a charity poker tournament against tennis star Rafael Nadal. He was inventing things on the spot, so you can't guide him left or right because he's going to get out of these situations, no matter what". [203][204][205] Highly regarded for his technical ability, Ronaldo was able to use both feet, despite being naturally right footed,[206][207] and is considered one of the most skilful dribblers in the game. Football is all about passion. His individual accolades include being named FIFA World Player of the Year three times and winning two Ballon d'Or awards. [12] During the tour, his performance against Porto impressed enough that they bid $500,000, which was turned down by club president Csar Masci. He scored twice in the final and received the Golden Boot as the tournament's top goalscorer. [125] Another player, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, now widely known as Ronaldinho, was called Ronaldinho Gacho when he joined the Brazil team in 1999. [42] Ronaldo's goal celebrations often saw his Inter teammates congratulating him by kneeling down and pretending to shine his shoe. And usually, he was right". The record Ronaldo has broken relates to FIFA's estimated number of games and goals recorded during their existence as an organization, with the previous record holder Josef Bican scoring an. "[120], Ronaldo made his international debut for Brazil on 23 March 1994 in a friendly match in Recife against Argentina. [62] Ronaldo scored twice on his debut against Alavs, the first 61 seconds after coming on. "[12], Spotted by former Brazilian player Jairzinho, who was coaching So Cristvo, Ronaldo played for the So Cristvo youth team. Ronaldo started his career at Cruzeiro and moved to PSV in 1994. The series takes viewers inside the day-to-day running of Real Valladolid, revealing every challenge and triumph in Valladolid's first full season under their Brazilian president, intercut with parallel narratives detailing the highs and lows of Ronaldo's own playing career. [49], 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 few players to have scored for both rival teams in the Milan derby game (for Inter in the 199899 season and for A.C. Milan in the 200607 season), the others being players such as Giuseppe Meazza, Zlatan Ibrahimovi, Enrico Candiani and Aldo Cevenini. During his long career in football, Ronaldo has played for five different teams and scored 750 goals. [185] After the first half ended, Ronaldo made a farewell speech to the crowd. In 2018, Ronaldo's R9 Mercurial boots inspired the Nike Mercurial Superfly VI boots commissioned for Kylian Mbapp. [25] The camera then cut to manager Robson who had got up off the bench and clasped his head in disbelief at what he had seen. What stood out to all of us, from the moment we met Ronnie, was that he could do things which other players found very difficult and make them look easy. (2005), Goal II: Living the Dream (2007) and Goal III: Taking on the World (2009). I think of an action but I can't do it the way I want to. He began racking up assists, became first-choice penalty taker, taking and scoring freekicks. Because he knows he's black. [179] Ronaldo finished with fifteen goals in nineteen World Cup matches, for an average of 0.79 per game. Went from a Wild Idea to a Cult Movie Franchise for Football Fans", "Pitbull Debuts 'We Are One (Ole Ola)' Ft. 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[208] Ronaldo would also operate outside the penalty area before running with the ball towards goal,[63][71] with Rob Smyth writing, "he played like every attack had a 10-second deadline.. he would explode into life with no warning for defenders. Maradona was born on August 4th, 1960 in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. [12] Ronaldo's agents in Brazil, Reinaldo Pitta and Alexandre Martins, signed him as a 13-year-old. [112][113] Commenting on his weight issues following this announcement, Brian Homewood of The Guardian states, "Sadly, Ronaldo's celebrity is now more of a draw than his skills on the pitch Coldplay, Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres and actor Hugh Jackman have all visited So Paulo to get a picture with the rolypoly star. He is a five-time winner of the Ballon d'Or award. "I understand perfectly, I'm openly a Flamengo fan. [94][95] The closest that he came to Champions League success was in 2003 when he helped Real Madrid to the semi-finals, in which they lost to Juventus. "[224], In December 2021, Ronaldo bought a controlling stake in his boyhood club Cruzeiro. Emilio Butragueo stated, "Ronaldo creates a goalscoring opportunity where it doesn't exist. film trilogy, Goal! [33], Comparing his natural ability to Roger Federer, Paul MacDonald of Goal wrote, "there's a joy to be had watching something we know to be extremely difficult executed with considerable ease. Everything that would come to define him the lightning pace, the blurry stepovers, the implausible impression that he was faster with the ball than without it, even the exceptional upper-body strength was all there. [63][174] With his third goal of the tournament, Ronaldo became only the second player ever, after Jrgen Klinsmann, to score at least three goals in each of three World Cups. 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