Ronaldinho in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ronaldo de Assis Moreira | ||
Date of birth | 21 March 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil | ||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||
Youth career | |||
1987–1998 | Grêmio | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2001 | Grêmio | 92 | (238) |
2001–2003 | Paris Saint-Germain | 55 | (38) |
2003–2008 | Barcelona | 145 | (70) |
2008–2011 | Milan | 76 | (20) |
2011–2012 | Flamengo | 56 | (29) |
2012–2014 | Atlético Mineiro | 58 | (20) |
2014–2015 | Querétaro | 25 | (8) |
2015 | Fluminense | 7 | (0) |
Total | 511 | (205) | |
National team | |||
1997 | Brazil U17 | 13 | (3) |
1998–1999 | Brazil U20 | 17 | (8) |
1999–2008 | Brazil U23 | 27 | (18) |
1999–2013 | Brazil | 97 | (33) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980), more commonly known as Ronaldinho, or Ronaldinho Gaúcho, is a retired Brazilian footballer. At club level, he is best known for playing for F.C. Barcelona. Considered the best player in world football for several years, he is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, and by some, as the greatest ever. He was known for his dribbling, passing, flair, skills, and ability to create and score goals, all prominent characteristics of his early-age background playing futsal. He is the only player ever to have won a World Cup, a Copa América, a Confederations Cup, a Champions League, a Copa Libertadores and a Ballon d'Or.After scoring two solo goals in the first 2005–06 El Clásico, he became the second Barcelona player, after Diego Maradona in 1983, to receive a standing ovation from Real Madrid fans at the Santiago Bernabéu. In 2009, he was voted "World Player of the Decade 2000s", ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. In Brazil, his admirers and supporters call him "O Bruxo" ("The Wizard").
After a successful club career at F.C. Barcelona, Ronaldinho was appointed ambassador of the club in September 2016.
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