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One of the most outstanding football players in the history of Ronaldo ended his football career in 2011, but still arouses the interest of fans of this sport.

Biography of Ronaldo in the most interesting facts

Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima (Portuguese name looks like Ronaldo Luís Nazario de Lima) was born on September 18, 1976 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, however, his parents registered him on September 22.

He has been playing football since the age of 6. From the age of 12 he has been a regular player in the Valqueire children's sports futsal club, and then in the San Cristovan team. After that, they began to call him "the new Pele."

During their football career they played in the following football clubs: Cruzeiro, PSV, Inter, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Milan, Internazionale, Corinthians, of course, played for the Brazilian national team.

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As a result, Ronaldo, who is often called "Nibbler" for protruding large front teeth, became a two-time world champion, vice-champion of the world, the best football player in the history of the world championships according to the results of Castrol Index research, the best field football player of the 1998 and 2002 world championships, the top scorer of the championship world championship in 2002, ex-record holder of the world championships in goals scored (only in 2014 he was surpassed by Miroslav Klose), world championship record holder in the number of matches in which a football player scored at least one goal, record holder in the number of goals scored in all international tournaments, three times the best football player of the year according to FIFA and World Soccer magazine, two-time winner of the Golden Ball, owner of the Golden Boot, included in the list of the hundred greatest football players in the world in 13th place according to World Soccer magazine (1999), in FIFA 100 list, recognized as the best player of the decade in Serie A according to the Italian Football Association (1998-2007), the best player of the decade voted on goal.com (2000-2009), one of only two players along with Pelé to win the World Cup at 17 and one of three players along with Romario and Geoffrey Hurst to score a hat-trick in final of the international tournament.

He is also famous for his stormy personal life.

From 1997-1999 he lived with the Brazilian actress Susana Werner, they starred together in three episodes of the Brazilian TV series Malhação. Later, Werner became the wife of Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar.

In April 1999, Ronaldo married soccer player Milena Dominguez, whom he fell in love with after watching her play on TV. On April 6, 2000, the couple had a son, Ronald. In September 2003 they divorced. Milena later married Spanish footballer David Aganso from Real Madrid.

He met Brazilian top model Daniela Sicarelli, they were engaged, she was pregnant by him, after she had a miscarriage, they broke up.

Ronaldo has 4 children: Ronald (born April 6, 2000 from Milena), Alexander (born April 2005 from a Brazilian waitress whom Ronaldo met in Tokyo), Maria Sofia (born December 4, 2008) and Maria Alice (born 6 April 2010, exactly 10 years after the birth of Ronald's first child).

Mother of two daughters Maria Beatriz Antoni (pictured) lives with Ronaldo in 2006. In December 2010, Ronaldore underwent a vasectomy in order to "shut down a baby factory".

Luis Ronaldo is a legendary professional ex-football player from Brazil who played as a striker. During his career (from 1993 to 2011) he played for such outstanding clubs as Cruzeiro and Corinthians (Brazil), PSV Eindhoven (Holland), Barcelona and Real Madrid (Spain), "Internazionale" and "Milan" (Italy). Between 1994 and 2011 played for the Brazilian national team, in which he became a two-time world champion (1994 and 2002) and a two-time winner of the America's Cup (1997 and 1999).

Biography

Luis Ronaldo was born on September 22, 1976 in the city of Bento Ribeiro (Rio de Janeiro region, Brazil). At the age of six he became interested in football. It all started on the local fields, the so-called "boxes", where almost all the boys of the district gather and are divided into teams. In 1986, the guy enrolled in the football section, but he does not play big football, but futsal. From 1989 to 1990, he played as part of the youth club Social Ramos, but already in big football. It was impossible not to notice the guy's football talents, and soon he was invited to become a player in the San Cristovan academy, in which he played until 1993.

He began his professional career in the Brazilian club Cruzeiro in 1993. The contract amount was about 50 thousand US dollars. The player was endowed with incredible football talent - in his debut season for Cruzeiro, 17-year-old football player Luis Ronaldo played 21 official matches and scored 20 goals, becoming the top scorer of the club and the championship. Naturally, this result was covered by the entire world football community and major European clubs began to follow the Brazilian striker.

In one of the matches of the Brazilian Serie A, against the Bahia club, Luis registered 5 goals in his statistics (a penta-trick in football slang) and gave one assist. In total, he played 50 matches for Cruzeiro (including unofficial ones), in which he became the author of 45 goals and 5 assists. This is an incredible statistic for a football player who is not even eighteen years old.

Transfer to PSV Eindhoven

In 1994, the Brazilian signed a contract with the Dutch club PSV Eindhoven for 5 million pounds. In Holland, he was warmly welcomed by both the coach and the goal-hungry fans. Here, the Brazilian was offered a sponsorship contract from Nike, despite the fact that he did not know Dutch at all and was a minor athlete. Yes, and with acclimatization, the forward had some problems at first. However, in his debut season for the Red and White Army, Ronaldo became the top scorer of the Eredivisie - in 33 matches, the Brazilian scored 30 goals. In the second half of the season, Inter Milan was already interested in him, with whom a contract was signed that the Italian club would have priority rights to the player in the event of his transfer.

The next season was unsuccessful for Ronaldo - 13 matches and 12 goals. The fact is that Louis began to complain of pain in his knee, as a result of which doctors conducted frequent examinations and removed the football player from matches. In February 1996, an operation was performed, which required 4 months to recover. Brazilian national team player Romario advised Ronaldo to a highly qualified physiotherapist who had once treated him. Louis accepted the idea of his compatriot and went to Brazil for a three-month course, leaving the order of PSV. During the course, the Brazilian visited gyms and swimming pools. As a result, he managed to return to his former form. Returning to Eindhoven, Ronaldo was ready to play a full match in the Dutch Cup final, but head coach Dick Advocaat did not include him in the starting line-up, but only let him go for a few minutes in the second half. It was after this that the Brazilian decided to change the club.

One and a half seasons at Barcelona

After a successful performance at the Olympic Games, where Luis Ronaldo was recognized as the best player, the Catalan Barcelona made an offer for the Brazilian. At this time, PSV turned to Internationale with a proposal to buy the striker for $ 20 million (under the terms of a previously concluded agreement), but they were refused. As a result, Luis Ronaldo became a Barcelona player. At the same time, Nike renews the contract with him.

In his debut season for the Blue Garnet, the player began to demonstrate all his best skills - in almost every match he scored goals, mocking the opponents' defense. At the end of the season, the Brazilian striker had 47 goals in 49 matches. We can safely say that Ronaldo was the cause of such won trophies as the Spanish Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup. Here he was recognized as the top scorer of the Spanish championship (34 goals in 37 games) and received an award in the form of a "golden boot".

Career in the Italian "Inter"

In the summer of 1997, Luis Ronaldo signed an agreement with Inter Milan. The transfer deal amounted to 20 million pounds, which at that time was a record in world football. Milan fans (and not only) with great excitement met the Brazilian superstar near the club's headquarters (more than 10 thousand people). As part of the "snakes" Ronaldo received a T-shirt with the 10th number. Subsequently, the club paid for the transfer several times by selling shirts with the name Ronaldo.

In one of the first matches for the new club, against Piacenza, Ronaldo managed to get a hat-trick, after which the Italian fans gave him the nickname "The Phenomenon". According to the results of the 1996/97 season, the Brazilian was awarded the Golden Ball. In the same year, he was recognized for the second time in a row as the best player according to FIFA (no one had previously received this award twice in a row). In that year, the Scudetto was lost to Juventus, but the UEFA Cup was won.

The next season turned out to be less successful - the team of Luis Ronaldo took only 9th place in Serie A and did not win a single cup. The title of the best FIFA player was also lost - the Frenchman Zinedine Zidane won the first place, and the second - Ronaldo.

Serious injury

Soon the knee problems returned. The football player continued to play, however, in the next match against Lecce, it became clear that another operation was required, the recovery after which required 4 months. Everything went well, and the striker came out to play in the starting lineup against Lazio. During the match, Ronaldo collapsed on the field and grabbed his knee. Tears rolled down his face, everyone around him understood that his career was in jeopardy. Over the next two years, the football player did not enter the field and trained according to individual programs. Over such a period of time, its popularity has subsided a little. In Brazil, new high-class and talented football players appeared, who made Ronaldo compete for a place in the national team on the eve of the 2002 World Cup.

Later career

After a successful World Cup that ended with the victory of Brazil, Ronaldo returned to Inter, where he played only a few matches and moved to Real Madrid for 40 million pounds. At the same time, the "creamy" bought themselves such world football stars as Zinedine Zidane. Luis Ronaldo's best goals were scored for Real Madrid. Here he became the owner of the Intercontinental Cup, two-time winner of the Champions League and the owner of the Supercopa Spain. In 2002, the player again received the Golden Ball.

In the 2007/08 season, the Brazilian played for Milan, and from 2008 to 2011 for the Brazilian Corinthians and won two titles. In 2011, Luis Ronaldo ended his career due to frequent injuries and knee pain.

- he will come to Moscow, - the guy says to his girlfriend in the subway.

- Why? Before Irina Shayk will he apologize? - the girl answers the question with a question.

- No. Is not Ronaldo, and Ronaldo is a Nibbler, - the football fan tries to explain.

Approximately such a dialogue was overheard by a journalist from the sports department of AiF.ru, returning home from the editorial office by metro. It became clear that the difference between Ronaldo and Ronaldo is seen only by dedicated football fans who have been closely following what is happening in world sports since at least 2002. For the rest of the mass of people who are interested in sports insofar as, during the World and European Championships, there is one Ronaldo, who in 2002 became the top scorer of the World Cup. Then Ronaldo became the most expensive football player in the world, moving to Real Madrid, and in 2014 we began to dislike everything, because he is an athlete, a Komsomol member and just a very, very beautiful woman.

Attempts to explain that once upon a time, a year or so in 1997, there was another Ronaldo, who also became the best football player in the world, was also the most expensive player on the planet, also came to Russia ... Few people remember him. Don't believe? Ask your girlfriend/fiancee/wife - who is Ronaldo/Ronaldo? That's the same.

So we decided, without trying to compare these two players (this is still impossible to do), to tell how Ronaldo differs from Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo. Photo: www.globallookpress.com

Name

The first thing that catches your eye is the difference in the names of the two players. We write the current player of Real Madrid as Ronaldo, the former - as Ronaldo. However, this difference exists only in Russian. In all other languages, the names of football players are spelled and pronounced the same - Ronaldo.

The difference is noticeable only when considering the full names of the players. The one who plays at Real Madrid and broke up with Irina Shayk is fully called Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro. Another, who came to Moscow in May, is Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima.

In the Russian press they are called differently, changing the last letter on purpose so as not to allow confusion between the two great football players - this has been going on since the time when one just started his career and was considered one of the most promising players on the planet, and the second is already slowly went into the shadows, but still periodically reminded of himself.

By the way, the players also have different nicknames. Ronaldo was assigned a diminutive of his name - Cristi. Ronaldo was called the Phenomenon at home, and around the world the nickname Zubastic stuck to him. Once he even had to seek an injunction to call himself that.

Ronaldo. Photo: www.globallookpress.com

Nationality

The players have a common name Ronaldo - and this is no coincidence, because both players, like all their relatives, speak the same language - Portuguese. However, this does not mean that they were both born in the same country.

Ronaldo and Ronaldo have different nationalities. Ronaldo, who had nothing to do with Irina Shayk, is Brazilian. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, where he spent his entire childhood and youth, until 1994 playing exclusively for local clubs.

Ronaldo is Portuguese. His homeland is the paradise island of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean at a considerable distance from the continental part of the country - just on the way to Brazil, where they also speak Portuguese.

Age

From all of the above, it becomes clear that the age of the players also differ markedly from each other. True, in fact, this difference is not so great as it might seem. It’s just that Ronaldo approached the sunset of his career early enough, although, in a good way, he could still perform at a fairly high level.

Luis Nazario de Lima was born on September 22, 1976 - a little over 38 years ago - the age at which it is quite possible to enter the field in modern football.

His Portuguese namesake, dos Santos Aveiro, just celebrated his 30th birthday. It happened on February 5th. And he was born eight and a half years later than Zubastik - in 1985.

Cristiano Ronaldo. Photo: www.globallookpress.com

Position on the field

Two Ronaldos differ in the position they occupy on the football field. The Brazilian Phenomenon was, as they say, a “clean nine”, a center forward to the marrow of his bones, the tip of all the attacks of his clubs and the national team.

Cristiano Ronaldo plays a little differently, although now they have begun to call him a forward. He became a star in the English "Manchester United", where he played as a left attacking midfielder, which football experts often call the word insider. After moving to Real Madrid, he began to appear more often in attack and shift more to the center, for which he received a new role - a striker. But his position is still different from the one played by Ronaldo.

Playing style

If it will be quite difficult to distinguish between two players by the position of a non-professional, then one has only to glance at how they act on the field, as it immediately becomes clear who is Ronaldo and who is Ronaldo.

The Brazilian became famous for his phenomenal technique. He could get the ball from a partner and from the center of the field to reach someone else's penalty area, effortlessly winding half a team of opponents. At the same time, his movements were smooth - he seemed to be dancing a beautiful waltz with the ball. At the same time, Ronaldo always remained a fairly tight player, in a collision with which the opponent bounced to the side, and he remained in place.

Ronaldo is completely different. He is also technical, but all his technique is built on speed, sharpness and amazingly refined movements. His feints are lightning fast, swift and often even elusive to the eye. Only one thing is annoying - an excessive number of them, while Ronaldo's every trick was elegant and worth ten gestures performed by Ronaldo.

Ronaldo. Photo: www.globallookpress.com

Achievements

There is also a difference in the achievements of the players during their careers. Moreover, speaking of achievements, it is necessary to divide the won trophies, titles and titles into two large categories - personal and team, that is, those that the players won together with their club.

Let's start with the latter. And they, either unfortunately, or fortunately, are not in favor of the modern Ronaldo. Having omitted the championship titles in national tournaments and cups of countries, let's move on to the main thing - European cups and the success of national teams. So, on account of Cristiano Ronaldo, two victories in the Champions League, two titles of the club world champion, two European Super Cups, as well as silver and bronze of the European Championships. Ronaldo, on the other hand, cannot boast of such achievements at the club level - only a victory in the UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup, as well as the won European Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. But all this is more than covered by the two world titles that Ronaldo got together with the Brazilian national team, being the best player in the team. And that's not all - Ronaldo also has a World Cup silver, along with two victories in the America's Cup, as well as an Olympic bronze medal and a victory in the Confederations Cup.

In the personal achievements of the players, it is also worth omitting all the secondary titles, which are becoming more and more every year, choosing only the most important ones. And in the main trophies, Ronaldo and Ronaldo have parity - three titles of the best football player in the world. The Portuguese surpasses his Brazilian namesake only in the number of Golden Boots awarded to the top scorer in Europe at the end of the season - he has three of them, against one for Zubastik.

But stop comparing two great football players on paper. It is better to see once than to read a hundred times.

The famous Brazilian striker turned 40 years old. It is curious that the Brazilian not only has a unique football talent, but celebrates his birthday twice. The thing is that Zubastik was born on September 18, and he was registered only on September 22. So, for example, UEFA congratulated one of the best forwards in the history of football on September 18, and FIFA - on the 22nd. "SE" joins the congratulations of the beloved striker and includes him in the team of the greatest football players of our time.

RONALDO

Ronaldo is the idol of the most selfish and narcissistic striker of our time, Zlatan Ibrahimovic

At the age of 17 he became the world champion, and at 21 he was considered the main star of the Brazilian national team. At the World Cup in France, he fell ill and failed the final, but four years later, in Japan and Korea, the forward proved that he was not called a Phenomenon for nothing.

In Asia, Zubastic led the team to victory, and he became the top scorer of the tournament, scoring eight goals (including a double in the final against Germany). Ronaldo has been named the FIFA Footballer of the Year three times and won the Ballon d'Or twice more. The striker has won every European club trophy, except for the Champions Cup - the Champions League title was not submitted to the Brazilian in a completely magical way.

Ronaldo himself believes that he spent the best years of his career in. "This time was special - I always enjoy remembering it. Each of our matches was a giant event," the great scorer admitted. By the end of his career, he was tormented by injuries and excess weight, and at the age of 35 Zubastik retired from football. Now he is engaged in business, participates in charity matches (even losing weight for them) and has been acting as an adviser to the president of Real Madrid since August.

RONALDINHO

The smiling Brazilian scored the most goals as a child and ended up on the pencil of a dozen top European clubs. The representatives turned out to be the most efficient - they instantly saw the magician and brought him to the Parc des Princes. From there, the abnormally technical striker could move to Real Madrid, but Florentino Perez blocked the deal: according to legend, he said that Ronaldinho was too unsightly appearance to play at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Then the transfer was issued and never regretted it. In the era of Ronaldinho, he revealed himself one hundred percent: the Brazilian made the Catalans the best team in Euro, and he absolutely deservedly received the Golden Ball. Unfortunately, in order to maintain the same level for years, Ronaldinho did not have enough character. He was lazy, getting fat, late from the training camp, and eventually moved to. The Italians kept him in good shape for a couple of years, but then history repeated itself with laxity.

In fact, the Brazilian has not yet completed his career, but his performances have long lost their regularity: he wanders around the world, playing either football or futsal.

The genius of Ronaldinho is in his work: he was not afraid to beat, loved to demonstrate new tricks and almost always smiled. Undoubtedly, it can and should be considered one of the football symbols of the departed "zero".

Zinedine ZIDAN

A Frenchman with Algerian roots and a Marseille upbringing has always been the embodiment of talent multiplied by hard work. , who played with Zizu in, recalled that this midfielder, despite his status, never allowed himself to relax and did absolutely everything that the coaches said. Zinedine's discipline in training did not always carry over to the field: he was sent off as many as 14 times in his career, including the famous red card in the Berlin World Cup final.

Both in, and in Juve, and in Real Madrid, Zidane was considered a leader and authority. Even the players of the "Royal Club" of the "galacticos" era (, ), answering the question of who was the best among them, immediately answered: Zinedine.

He loudly retired from football 10 years ago - at the time, Zizou said he did not want to be a coach. But the alignment has changed: first he studied to be a functionary, and then he headed the Madrid youth team and received a Pro license. The chance to prove himself at the highest level was provided in January, and Zinedine took advantage of it: the crisis and timid Real Madrid got stronger and reached the Champions League final, where they defeated Atlético on penalties - this is how Zidane got the first trophy in his coaching career.

Now the Frenchman is busy winning the Spanish title - there is a feeling that Florentino Perez fully trusts the current helmsman of Real Madrid.

Lionel Messi

As a child, the Argentine was deficient in growth hormone, but the state did not help the family in any way. At the Newell club with the Old Boys, they gave pennies for treatment - little Leo was forced to work as a salesman in a store to provide himself with therapy. But he was lucky: the scouts of Barcelona appreciated his technique and offered to move to Europe with payment for all the necessary pills and injections.

Lionel's father, Jorge, thought about this idea for a long time, and in the end listened to his son, who was eager for Catalonia. The result is well known to everyone: Leo not only became the heir to Ronaldinho, but also surpassed the Brazilian.

Messi was not yet thirty, and he had already won five Golden Balls, lifted the Champions Cup four times and became the champion of Spain eight times.

Now Leo is the only football player in the world who is called an alien from another planet. To become the best in history, he must take the title with the national team. The best moment for this is the 2018 World Cup in Russia: fortunately, after the disappointment at the 2016 America's Cup, Messi returned to the team and helps her qualify for the main tournament of the four years.

CRISTIANO RONALDO

The Portuguese can be blamed for excessive attention to his own image, but the facts cannot be denied: a boy from a small Portuguese island put all his childhood, youth and youth to become the best football player in the world. The path is a ready-made guide for young football players: he did not spare himself (he trained a few weeks after heart surgery), worked more than others (for the sake of him they hung a lock in the gym - so as not to overstrain), ignored alcohol and every day took a step towards a dream.

At 31, he has absolutely everything: a chic car fleet, luxury real estate on different continents, three Golden Balls, three Champions Cups and a victory at Euro.

But his motivation is still going through the roof: he forced recovery from an injury in order to return to football as soon as possible and once again fight for the right to be the main football player on the planet. This year has definitely remained for Ronaldo - in January he will receive the fourth Golden Ball and will approach Messi at a distance of one trophy.

A flamboyant, highly agile and fast striker, Ronaldo became an international football star in the 1990s, as well as the greatest Brazilian footballer since Pelé. At the age of 17, he became a member of the Brazilian team that won the 1994 World Cup. However, the athlete did not participate in it. In the same year, he joined the German club PSV Eindhoven.

In 1996, Ronaldo began playing for Barsenona. He left the team again the following year. This time he signed a contract with the Italian Internazionale Milan, having stayed at this club until 2002. Then Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid.

In 1996, 1997 he was named FIFA Player of the Year. At the same time, Ronaldo became the youngest player to win such a high title, as well as the only one who received the title two consecutive times. In 1998, he showed an excellent game at the World Cup, scoring four goals. However, the athlete was criticized for losing 3-0 to France. Weakened by illness, Ronaldo nevertheless made a triumphant comeback in the 21st century when he helped Brazil win the 2002 World Cup.

Ronaldo won the "Golden Boot" award for the player with the highest number of goals in the competition. Then he scored 8 goals, also scored two goals in the final game of Brazil with Germany. Despite accusations that Ronaldo weighs too much and is no longer as energetic, the athlete scored three goals at the 2006 World Cup. By this time, in his biography, Ronaldo played 15 times in the world championships, thus setting a new record. In January 2007, he signed an 18-month contract with AC Milan.

Additional data: Ronaldo wears uniform number 9. He should not be confused with Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese footballer. It's a Brazilian tradition to name football players with a one-word name. He was named Ronaldo Valente by the staff immediately after birth. In 1994, during the World Cup, Ronaldinho was written on the athlete's T-shirt to distinguish him from athletes with the same name. But since the 2002 championship, he has been called Ronaldo. The 2006 World Cup was won by Italy, while Brazil exited the competition in the quarter-finals.

In July 2004, Ronaldo became interested in model Daniela Sicarelli, but the couple later broke up. Prior to that, the athlete was married to football player Milen Dominguez (1999-2003). They have a son, also named Ronaldo.