Name: Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima
Date Of Birth: September 18, 1976
Place Of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position: Attacker
Clubs: Cruzeiro, PSV, Barcelona, Inter, Real Madrid, Milan, Corinthians
International: Brazil (1994-2006)



Stats:

-Cruzeiro 14 Apps, 12 Goals
-PSV 46 Apps, 42 Goals
-Barcelona 37 Apps, 34 Goals
-Inter 68 Apps, 49 Goals
-Real Madrid 127 Apps, 83 Goals
-AC Milan 20 Apps, 9 Goals
-Corinthians 31 Apps, 18 Goals
Total Club Appearances: 515, 352 Goals
Total Career Stats: 620 Apps, 420 Goals

- One of only two players to have won the FIFA World Player 3 times
- 2 times Ballon D'Or winner
- WC All Time Top Scorer with 15 goals

Individual Honours:

* 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 award: 2006
* Brazilian National Hall of Fame: 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 Leading Scorer
* Campeonato Paulista: Best Player, 2009
* Goal.com : Player of a decade: Winner 2000–2010[23]





We bid farewell to a Striking Legend, a player that embodied finesse, pure talent, and most of all fighting spirit. He sustained numerous career threatening injuries and everytime he came back to score goals, to amaze. He shall not be remembered for his weight as it is due to hypothyroidism, an illness which slows metabolism, and that to control it, medications which are considered illegal in football have to be taken. He shall be remembered for his skills and that at his peak, he will put most of the top strikers to shame..

Adios Il Fenomeno!

This post has been edited by Jusstatic: Feb 15 2011, 01:44 PM

one of the greatest that i've seen in my life...

3 time World player of the year - 2 time European player of the year - Player Of The Decade 2000-2010 - Second all time top scorer for Brazil - World cup Winner - Highest goal scorer in the World Cup history! Best player I've ever seen in my life.

Ronaldo is the best player I have ever seen, the best I ever will see, and I feel sorry for every person never have to witnessed this legend play the beautiful game. It hasn't hit me yet. But it will. What a horrible moment in time, Ronaldo retires

ahhh finally a thread for this legend after he announced his retirement

there's only one Ronaldo

+10000

best striker of his time.
Will not able to see his trademark dribling anymore

A legend, its a shame that the elusive Champions League medal is not inside his impressive collection of personal honours and medals though

And what actually happened in the final match against France during the 1998 World Cup?

Ronaldo's darkest day

Ronaldo Luis Nazario De Lima. the greatest striker i've ever seen till date.
The Greatest Ronaldo ever. second is Ronaldo de Assis Morreira. the others ronaldo is third. ;p.
The 2002 WC hairstyle will be forever remembered.


This post has been edited by kucingmainan: Feb 15 2011, 02:20 AM

Still remember how is debut world cup on 1998. It needed 4 Scottish defender to defend against him. One of favorite player

the best striker of the decade

Hatrick in Old Trafford... Best Striker of all time...

too bad he didnt win any champs league with all the big clubs he joined

This post has been edited by ÇresentScythe: Feb 15 2011, 02:42 AM

Best striker in the world.

Sucks to play a defender against him when he is still fine and young and in fact even if he plays now he still will look good.

One more fact, ronaldo is one of the few players to play for 2 pairs of rivalry
Barca vs real madrid, inter vs milan..

And the only player that has scored at least once against the respective rival

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMiusIUUqWs...A6142A005F673D4

;O a movie that made by a fans

very impressive career! playing for big clubs, scoring alot of beautiful goals.. will be remembered forever. thanks for the beautiful moments

His hattrick at Old Trafford and the standing ovation given by everyone in the stadium when he was substituted. Fans knew they saw something special in the stadium that day.

one of the best striker in my time,i used to think ronaldinho try to mimic him when dinho first appeared in WC for brasil,hated ronaldo in WE cuz my fren like using him when he was Real player,we used to call him Sheriff cuz he got lots of stars in special ability in WE lol