Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima

RONALDO


Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima; (born 22 September 1976), commonly known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Corinthians. He is considered by many fellow footballers, fans, journalists and experts to be the greatest striker in the history of football.
Ronaldo was also one of the most prolific scorers in the nineties and in the early twenty-first century. During his football career in Europe, Ronaldo became one of the most renowned strikers in the world by winning his first Ballon d'Or as the European Footballer of the Year in 1997 and again in 2002. He is also one of only two men to have won the FIFA Player of the Year award three times, along with French footballer Zinedine Zidane. In 2007, he was named as one of the best starting eleven of all-time by France Football and was named to the FIFA 100, a list of the greatest footballers compiled by fellow countryman Pelé. In 2010, he was voted Goal.com's Player of the Decade by an online poll, gathering 43.63% of all votes and was also included as Centre Forward in The Team of the Decade.
Ronaldo is also an established national footballer for Brazil. He has appeared in 97 international matches, amassing 62 goals and standing 15 goals away from the Brazilian national scoring record. He was a part of the Brazilian squad that won the 1994, and 2002 World Cups. During the 2006, Ronaldo became the highest goalscorer in the history of the World Cup with his fifteenth goal, surpassing Gerd Müller's previous record of 14.
Ronaldo's clinical finishing, ability to beat defenders with ease, skills on the ball and his many comebacks from injury have seen him lauded by football fans worldwide. He is an idol to many modern footballers such as Zlatan Ibrahimović, Karim Benzema, Alexandre Pato, Fernando Torres and Wayne Rooney.




o Club Career

o 1.1 Cruzeiro and PSV
o 1.2 Barcelona
o 1.3 Internazionale
o 1.4 Real Madrid
o 1.5 Milan
o 1.6 Corinthians



Real Madrid:
Having signed for Real Madrid for 39 million Euros, His jersey sales broke all records on the first day; such was the obsession and hype surrounding him. He was sidelined through injury until October 2002 but the fans kept on chanting his name. Ronaldo scored twice in his debut for Real Madrid. He received a standing ovation in the Santiago Bernabeu. That same reception was observed on the night of the final game of the season against Athletic Bilbao, where Ronaldo scored again to seal his first season with 23 league goals and the La Liga Championship title for 2003, which Ronaldo had previously failed to win while with Barcelona. With Real he also won a Intercontinental Cup in 2002 and Spanish Super Cup in 2003.In the second leg of Real Madrid's Champions League quarter-final, Ronaldo scored a hattrick against Manchester United to knock them out of the competition. Real was on track to win the treble until Ronaldo was injured towards the end of the 03/04 season, and they lost the Copa Del Rey final, were knocked out of the Champions league Semi-finals, and suffered a league form breakdown. This season he finished as the league's top scorer and was awarded the Pichichi despite real losing the league title to Valencia. Real Madrid were knocked out of the first round of the last 16 in the Champions League by Arsenal, and went a third straight season without a trophy. During his time at Real Madrid, Ronaldo has scored against some of their biggest opponents including several against rivals Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. With the acquisition of Ruud Van Nistelrooy in 2006, Ronaldo grew more and more out of favor with the manager Fabio Capello due to injuries and weight issues.


Honors

Cruzeiro:

• Campeonato Mineiro: 1994
• Copa do Brasil: 1993

PSV Eindhoven:

• KNVB Cup:14 1990-2004 1996

Barcelona:

• Copa del Rey: 1997
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1997
• Supercopa de España: 1996

Internazionale:
• UEFA Cup: 1998

Real Madrid:

• La Liga: 2003, 2007
• Intercontinental Cup: 2002
• UEFA Super Cup: 2002
• Supercopa de España: 2003
• Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu: 2003, 2005, 2006

Corinthians:

• Campeonato Paulista: 2009
• Copa do Brasil: 2009


National team:


• FIFA World Cup: 1994, 2002; runner-up 1998
• Copa America: 1997, 1999; runner-up 1995
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 1997
• 1996 Summer Olympics: Bronze medal


Individual:


• Supercopa Libertadores Top Scorer: 1993-94
• Campeonato Mineiro Top Scorer: 1993-94
• Campeonato Mineiro Team of The Year: 1994
• Eredivisie Top Scorer: 1994-95
• La Liga Top Scorer: 1996-97,2003-2004
• European Golden Boot: 1996-97
• Don Balón Award La Liga Foreign Player of the Year: 1996-97
• Copa América Final Most Valuable Player: 1997
• Copa América Most Valuable Player: 1997
• Confederations Cup All-Star Team: 1997
• Cup Winners Cup Final Most Valuable Player: 1997
• Cup Winners Cup Top Goal Scorer: 1996-1997
• IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year: 1997
• UEFA Most Valuable Player: 1997-98
• Serie A Footballer of the Year: 1997-98
• Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year: 1997-98
• UEFA Best Forward: 1997-98
• Bravo Award : 1995, 1997, 1998
• FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 1998
• UEFA Cup Final Most Valuable Player: 1998
• Copa América Top Scorer: 1999
• Copa América All-Star Team: 1997, 1999
• FIFA World Player of the Year: 1996, 1997, 2002
• Ballon D'or: 1997, 2002
• World Soccer Magazine World Player of The Year: 1996,1997.2002
• Onze d'Or: 1997, 2002
• FIFA World Cup Silver Ball: 2002
• FIFA 100
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1998, 2002
• FIFA World Cup Final Most Valuable Player: 2002
• FIFA World Cup Top Scorer: 2002
• Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player: 2002
• UEFA Team of The Year: 2002
• Laureus Comeback of the Year: 2002
• Strogaldo De Legendary Award 2002
• BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality: 2002
• La Liga South American Player of the Year: 1996-97, 2002-03
• Golden Foot: 2006
• Brazilian National Hall of Fame inducated: Class of 2006
• Serie A Player of the Decade: 1997-2007
• France Football Magazine: Starting eleven of all-time: 2007
• FIFA World Cup All-Time Scoring Leader
• Campeonato Paulista Best Player: 2009