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

he was great before left for milan. impressive honors

legends of my time : ronaldo, zidane, messi, ronaldinho...

He played the most for madrid but i alwayd sees him as a intermilan player..

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Added on February 15, 2011, 9:36 amlegends of my time : ronaldo, zidane, messi, ronaldinho...

He played the most for madrid but i alwayd sees him as a intermilan player..




This post has been edited by aressandro10: Feb 15 2011, 09:36 AM

he is same group as pele and maradona now ... both clubs and international glory.

Truly one of the best strikers in the world. A pity that he never gotten back his younger form before he retires.

can i add this video to the thread?

no one can replace him!

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Added on February 15, 2011, 11:42 amThe only legend who are not lift any Champs League. Nvm. he is still legend.......................

This post has been edited by botaknet: Feb 15 2011, 11:42 AM

2.05, Rio ferdinand really got balls to commit fouls right under the referee's nose

Definitely one of my favourite footballer in the past. Tribute to him :

best striker i've seen..easily.
i remember in primary school, his name was all over the tv and radio.
what a pity he didin win the CL

yeh..........I'm @ UPSR that time...haha....who is this guy... Ronaldo? no youtube during that era.........just heard his name @ Berita dunia jam 10 @ Tv1.

One of the most feared strikers the game has ever had the privilege of witnessing. His silky touches and venomous goalscoring abilities are one of a kind. Here's to one of the most complete strikers ever. Cheers Ronaldo.

i grew up watching his generation of players, and i have to say he was the world's greatest in my eyes. had some nasty injuries but got back up.

just wondering, why did he move to inter after having that one great season at barca?

and anyone remember who was the #9 at inter when ronaldo first joinedd. coz i noticed he was wearing the #10 at first.


this man is a true #9. what a phenom.

THERE IS ONLY RONALDO








This post has been edited by gemo: Feb 15 2011, 11:55 AM

yes, when we play football in Pendidikan Jasmani, we all want to be ronaldo

one of the best milan striker, grazie ronaldo, the best striker ever...

His most impressive feat was to come back in Japan-Korea 2002 from another bad knee injury to win the golden boot & lead the mediocre Brazilian team to their 5th world cup.

catch me if you can-Legendary R9

Truly one of the greatest football player of this century. I truly loved him with his speed and agility even though he looked bulky. On his best days, he can take any defenders with ease. There is truly no one like him.

One of the players who do the talking on the pitch. Hate to see you go Ronaldo, but you will forever be an inspiration to all.

So does Ronaldo arrange any testimonial match for his retirement?Really hope can see him play one more time.....

A real madrid original galacticos vs brazil 2002 would be sweet.

Sure.. What is a tribute without his 15 goals in the WCs?

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Added on February 15, 2011, 1:47 pmI will replace the video I posted earlier with yours..

catch me if you can video has more jaw dropping skills and dribbles from R9.. We have seen so many world class strikers, but after watching the video, you will feel that he is more than world class.. He is out of this world

This post has been edited by Jusstatic: Feb 15 2011, 01:47 PM

yeah..current world greatest players still cant match previous world greatest...

even messi and cr IMHO is still not up to the standard of previous generation..

its unfair to compare c.ro and messi to Ronaldo Luiz now though,
give messi and c.ro another 5-6 years, they would equal Luiz Ronaldo stats maybe better

but having said that its all about Ronaldo Luiz this week
lots of defenders would pee in their pants, lari lintang pukang, when he do his step overs
it is painless for defenders when he scores, because it happens so fast asthough nothing ever happened

Because Inter met the buy out clause. Actually Ronaldo wanted to stay, but only if Barca offered him new contract, with wage increment of course. Barca refused, and he was sold off. He is not remembered with fondness at Barca, but he was remembered for this:



Featuring the late Sir Bobby went "OMG! OMG!"

this guy is a legend, before his injury, the ball always stick with his feet while running

missed the time he was in barca, speed, accuracy, skill. Dam he was GOOD

Did you that, Ronaldo did a weirdo hairstyle because influenced to P.Ramlee movie.. He watched that drama in the Hotel during a friendly match vs our National football team.. Read somewhere in a football magazine long time ago..

This post has been edited by aweeff: Feb 15 2011, 05:20 PM

Which movie n character did ronaldo watched?

i beg to differ

He is fat but once he accelerate, his pace and step overs can simply rape any defenders in the world! Really like the way he dribble pass defenders and shot with powers! One of the great striker in this 10 years.

the batu betangkup movie. pekan's hairstyle.

but i dont think so. mayb some harian metro cheap news.

It's not Harian Metro, international football magazine....

im handsome isnt it?

CBF should play him 3 more time so he can get 100 caps

lol i tot he's dead or something..

100 caps or not also nvm ... already the world football legend !!!

still remember that time in secondary school back in 1996-97, that time when tv3 sports section, sure can see his goal in barca shirts ...

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Added on February 17, 2011, 4:13 pmhe where got fat during his peak time ...

each footballer has a weight range set by the club ...

This post has been edited by clsiluf: Feb 17 2011, 04:13 PM

http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/luxembur...asdasftb_30/Tes

Shat himself in diapers. Legend.