[275][276] In the run-up to the 2014 World Cup, Ronaldo starred as a mentor in Nike's Risk Everything animated commercial with a host of current players in the Nike stable. Ronaldo has continued his work as a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador, a position to which he was appointed in 2000. Ronaldo is the hardest attacker I've ever had to face. "[81] On 25 January, Ronaldo flew from Madrid to Milan, with statements on the club's website stating Ronaldo was in Milan for a medical, and that a meeting had been arranged with Real Madrid officials to discuss and finalize his transfer to the Milanese club. Leo Messi was on just 42, 11 more than Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The girl, born in So Paulo, was named Maria Alice, and was born exactly 10 years after her older brother Ronald. How many goals did R9? His stepover was a form of hypnosis, and his signature trick, the elastico, could certainly have come from a computer screen. Scored 87 goals in 74 games during the 1983-84 season. "[215] Ronaldo was also a strong and powerful player who could shield the ball from the opposition, with former Italian defender Alessandro Nesta (who faced Ronaldo in a high-profile one on one duel in the 1998 UEFA Cup final which was billed as "the best attacker against the best defender in Serie A") stating: "It was the worst experience of my career. Or talks about it. [218] On his precocious talent a talent which saw him become the youngest FIFA World Player of the Year at age 20, and youngest Ballon d'Or recipient aged 21 Rob Smyth of The Guardian wrote in 2016, "Ronaldo is easily the best of the past 30 years, possibly ever. An individual who considers himself white may be genomically more African than an individual who considers himself to be brown or black. [163] With 10 goals in 15 games, including a goal against Venezuela in the last game to secure first place, Ronaldo was the South American top scorer in Brazil's qualifying campaign. "[33], "There were two Ronaldos: the one that returned after long-term injury in 2002 was a great goalscorer, but the 1990s version was a great everything. He was inventing things on the spot, so you can't guide him left or right because he's going to get out of these situations, no matter what". It was extraordinary. At that moment I'd have to go and live on the North Pole. [21] With PSV, Ronaldo won the Dutch Cup in 1996 and he was Eredivisie top scorer in 1995. [134], Ronaldo was the last Brazilian player out of the tunnel as the teams entered the field. Ronaldo has scored 800 goals. [25] scar Garca, Ronaldo's teammate that season, stated, "Back then, he was all fibre and muscle. "[149] In a remarkable comeback from injury that had threatened his career, Ronaldo led Brazil to their record fifth World Cup title, receiving the Golden Boot as top scorer with eight goals. "[71] During the 200607 season, though Milan won the 200607 title, Ronaldo was cup-tied with Madrid and ineligible to take part. [8], Ronaldo has been sponsored by sportswear company Nike since the early part of his career. [63][71][209] Sid Lowe of Sports Illustrated wrote, "When he was one on one with the goalkeeper, you knew that he would score. [119] Ronaldo admitted his body had finally succumbed to the crippling litany of injuries that had blighted his career: "It's very hard to leave something that made me so happy. [150] Many publications regarded his personal triumph as "redemption" for what occurred at the previous World Cup. [118] He discovered he had hypothyroidism a condition which slows down metabolism and causes weight gain during tests with Milan in 2007. [86] Ronaldo is also one of the few players to have started for Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, which also boasts a heated rivalry. He was named player of the tournament in 1997, was the top scorer in 1999 and scored in the finals of both, against Bolivia in 1997 and Uruguay in 1999. He was so fast he could score from nothing. "[8] He joined the Social Ramos futsal team at the age of 12 and led the city's youth league in scoring with a record 166 goals in his first season which included scoring 11 of his team's 12 goals in a single game. Yokohama, Japan. "Injuries killed a career that could have been even more incredible, but the talent that that 19-year-old boy had was something incredible. [25], During his spell at PSV, Ronaldo attracted the attention of both Inter Milan and FC Barcelona. [164] Prior to the tournament, questions were asked of his weight and fitness,[165][166] but was declared fit for Brazil's opening match with Croatia. [33], Comparing his natural ability to Roger Federer, Paul MacDonald of Goal wrote, "there's a joy to be had watching something we know to be extremely difficult executed with considerable ease. [66], In a 2005 interview with Folha de S.Paulo, Ronaldo revealed that, somewhat unexpectedly, he identified racially as white,[231] generating a wider conversation about the complex role of race in Brazil. Ronaldo National Team Brazil Ronaldo Stats Detail of World Cups Played Ronaldo started his career at Cruzeiro and moved to PSV in 1994. He scored his first. He was ridiculously good. He did things I'd never seen before. Pele's goal tally has been controversial for . In 1996, Nike signed Ronaldo to a 10-year contract and to a lifetime endorsement deal worth over $180 million. The series takes viewers inside the day-to-day running of Real Valladolid, revealing every challenge and triumph in Valladolid's first full season under their Brazilian president, intercut with parallel narratives detailing the highs and lows of Ronaldo's own playing career. [102][103] On 9 December, however, Ronaldo signed a one-year deal with Flamengo's league rival Corinthians. Sometimes there'd be 20 to 30 people sitting at meal times with him. Pele's position as one of the greatest footballers of all time has never been contested but the same cannot be said for the number of goals he scored in his star-studded career. We thought a modern construction of his 1998 boot would be a great commemoration of that moment. [25] He led the Catalan side to UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph where he capped the season with the winning goal in the cup final, and to Copa del Rey and Supercopa de Espaa wins. 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[248][249] A keen poker player, in April 2013 Ronaldo became a member of PokerStars SportStar, and in 2014 he played a charity poker tournament against tennis star Rafael Nadal. [25] Barcelona thought there was an agreement in place, with Barcelona president Josep Llus Nez saying "He's ours for life", but when the parties reconvened the following day, the agreement collapsed, with Nez admitting: "It's all over, Ronaldo is going". It's an astonishing feat for one of the world's greatest strikers. His mother states, "I always found him on the street playing ball with friends when he should have been in school. [5][6] Ronaldo has a brother, Nlio Jr.[6][7] His parents separated when he was 11, and Ronaldo dropped out of school shortly afterward to pursue a career in football. Neymar has scored total 269 goals in 439 games (for clubs) since his debut with Santos in 2009. Player Profile for Ronaldo in the Soccer World Cups. Often dubbed 'R9', the former Real Madrid man won a slew of trophies in his career including two World Cups with Brazil. [12] During the tour, his performance against Porto impressed enough that they bid $500,000, which was turned down by club president Csar Masci. [242] Also in December, Ronaldo took a paternity test and was confirmed to be the father of a boy named Alexander, born in April 2005. [122] He went to the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States aged 17, but did not play as Brazil went on to win the tournament. "[218] A reliance on his superior innate ability is given as a reason for his application in training often not being as high as his teammates though his knee issues may also have been a factor with his Brazil teammate Emerson stating "Ronaldo felt he didn't need to work as hard as us, that he could do in two days what the rest of us would take ten days to do. In 2018, Ronaldo's R9 Mercurial boots inspired the Nike Mercurial Superfly VI boots commissioned for Kylian Mbapp. [123][150][151][152] Ronaldo spoke about his obsession with lifting the World Cup trophy, having missed out in 1998. "[219] Mikal Silvestre states, "I played against [Lionel] Messi and I played with Cristiano at Manchester United, but he [Ronaldo] is something else in terms of speed. His innate ability went beyond anything that I'd ever seen or played alongside. [100][101], Ronaldo trained with Rio de Janeiro based Brazilian club Flamengo during his recovery from knee surgery, and the club's board of directors said that the doors were open for him to join. He has enormous physical potential. [109][110] Following an injury lay off he returned on 20 September in a match against Gois, and a week later scored for Corinthians in a draw against So Paulo FC. "[104], Ronaldo played his first match for Corinthians on 4 March 2009, a Copa do Brasil match against Itumbiara at Estdio Juscelino Kubitschek, in which he came as a substitute for Jorge Henrique. He scored twice in the final and received the Golden Boot as the tournament's top goalscorer. At the end the game of Football is about. [129][130][131] He also took part in the friendly Tournoi de France in 1997, preceding the 1998 FIFA World Cup, scoring a goal as Brazil became runners-up. ", Brazilian defender Cafu on 17-year-old Ronaldo. Scored 71 goals in 80 games during the 1982-83 season. However, after a series of knee injuries and recuperation, he was inactive for almost three years. In 2020, Ronaldo was named in the Ballon d'Or Dream Team, a greatest all-time XI published by France Football magazine. Pele now lists his total as 1,283 goals, including his goal haul with Santos. Ronaldo played for Brazil in 98 matches, scoring 62 goals and is the third-highest goalscorer for his national team. Here was the world's most famous sportsman, about to take part in the most important match of his career, when he suddenly, inexplicably, fell ill. Was it stress, epilepsy, or had he been drugged? (2005), Goal II: Living the Dream (2007) and Goal III: Taking on the World (2009). [63][71][199][208], "I've never seen a player able to show such precise control at such high speed. Only Pel, Diego Maradona and George Best can really compare. One of his greatest talents was the way he could glide past goalkeepers and that's shown in this ridiculous stat. Scored 51 goals in 79 games during the 1979-80 season. [188][189][190] In December 2012, Ronaldo and Zidane reunited for the Match Against Poverty in Porto Alegre, Portugal, with the field littered with World Cup winners from France and Brazil, which also saw 1982 World Cup star Zico (Ronaldo's childhood idol) turn out for Ronaldo's team. The Portuguese soccer star has now scored 750 goals in his career, which is the most by any player in history. Unfortunately, he suffered a catalogue of serious knee injuries in what many would consider a footballers prime years. "[77] Teammates for six months, Van Nistelrooy said, "Ronaldo was the best natural talent I ever played with. [134] The starting line up without Ronaldo was released to a stunned world media. "Football's Great Heroes and Entertainers". They were the first to drop from the penalty box to pick up the ball in midfield, switch to the flanks, attract and disorientate the central defenders with their runs, their accelerations, their dribbling. [194] Joined by Didier Drogba in attack, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in the next year's match on 21 April 2015 in St Etienne, France, with proceeds going towards the African countries most affected by the Ebola epidemic. p. 138. "When he was at Barcelona with Bobby Robson, I realised that he was the best player I'd ever seen take to the field. [141] Steinberg states that Ronaldo "sleepwalked" through the final, which also saw him injured in a collision with French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez. Ronaldo was a beast. [54] After two operations and rehabilitation, Ronaldo came back for the 2002 World Cup, helping Brazil win their fifth World Cup title. [115][116][117] In an emotional press conference on 14 February, he cited pain and hypothyroidism as the reasons for his premature retirement. [132] On the combination of Ronaldo and Romrio, Will Sharp writes: "to the elation of all those fortunate enough to have watched them, they found themselves together, fated with the opportunity to forge one of the most outrageous offensive pairings the game has ever seen. [100] Rio-based sports newspaper Lance! However, he had a rough start at his new club as he scored just nine in 33 appearances in his debut season. He was a perfect physical specimen. [41] Ronaldo was given his most recognizable nickname, Il Fenomeno, by the Italian press while playing there. Perhaps the most complete striker in the recent past, Ronaldo has also won the World Cup twice with Brazil. "Ronaldo had a problem called trochlear dysplasia. [60] Ronaldo was part of the Galcticos era of global stars signed by the club every summer, which included Zinedine Zidane, Lus Figo, Roberto Carlos and David Beckham. "[178] Ronaldo and Klinsmann's shared record of at least three goals in three separate World Cup finals was broken by German striker Miroslav Klose, who has a record of at least four goals in each of three tournaments, having netted five at both the 2002 and 2006 finals, and four at the 2010 tournament. ", Quinton Fortune remembers playing against Ronaldo in the 199697 season. [49] A medical examination confirmed that the striker had ruptured a tendon in his knee and would require surgery. [232][233][234] Ronaldo's father, Nelio Nazario, stated, "He knows full well that he's black. [12] Ronaldo's agents in Brazil, Reinaldo Pitta and Alexandre Martins, signed him as a 13-year-old. [66] Manchester United defender Wes Brown commented, "He was just unstoppable. "The maternal ancestry of the Brazilian white was one-third African, one third Amerindian, and one third European. [177], Having been listed in Guinness World Records, Ronaldo stated, "I am proud of my career and of the records I set. Every time you see a striker who is expected to hold the ball up, beat players, win headers, shoot from range, drop deep, do everything a striker can possibly do it might be worth remembering him. il piacere del calcio", "Ronaldo at Valladolid: Inside the Brazil legend's reinvention", "Ronaldo Lus Nazrio de Lima: A Tribute to O Fenmeno", "Ronaldo la resurrezione diventa un film", "Mercato Juventus, Ronaldo: "Il mio erede e' Leandro Damiao", "Milan, Ambrosini risolve i problemi continua l' inseguimento Champions", "Ibrahimovic: Ronaldo il Fenomeno, non ci sar mai un giocatore migliore di lui", "Mohamed Salah Names 2002 World Cup Winner as Favourite Brazilian Footballer of All Time", "World Cup 2014: England's Wayne Rooney looks to the 'original' Ronaldo for inspiration", "Ronaldo deserves more credit as one of the game's greatest players", "Happy 40th birthday, El Fenomeno! [68][69] During that second season at the club, Ronaldo scored one of the fastest goals in the club's history when he netted after 15 seconds in a league match against Atltico Madrid at the Bernabu on 3 December 2003. [264] Ronaldo also appears as the cover athlete on the Icon edition of the game. There will never, in my view, be a better player than him. "[34] Paying the buy out clause fee in his contract, Inter Milan signed him in the summer of 1997 for a then world record fee of $27million,[35] making him the second player, after Diego Maradona, to break the world transfer record twice. He had such an ease with the ball. [247] Ronaldo co-owns the sports marketing company 9INE, with his friend, mixed martial artist Anderson Silva, one of his clients. He was a wonderful person. How many goals did Pele score in his career? "[217] Sid Lowe compared Ronaldo's ability to take on a number of opponents on a single run to what rugby player Jonah Lomu was doing in the same era. [56][57] After five years he had played 99 games and scored 59 goals for Nerazzurri. Had he managed to stay free of injury, he had every chance of becoming the best footballer ever. Position: Forward Games played: 177 Goals scored: 104 Brazilian international: 105 caps A goal-scoring phenomenon He was endowed with physical attributes and skill only available to those. [88] It was also the first time Milan's much hyped attacking trio of Kak, Alexandre Pato and Ronaldo, known as Ka-Pa-Ro, played together. "[44] After the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he was named player of the tournament, Ronaldo was widely regarded as the best striker in the world. The ceremony reportedly cost 700,000 (896,000). In 2015, Pele posted a tweet claiming that he had scored 1,283 goals during his illustrious career. "[141] However, shortly before kick off, after pleading that he felt fine and requested to play, Ronaldo was reinstated by Brazil coach Mrio Zagallo. Later in 2002, he won the FIFA World Player of the Year award for the third time, and transferred from Inter to Real Madrid. "[143] Despite his sub-par performance in the final due to his seizure hours earlier, Ronaldo was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament for his performances leading up to the final, and finished the tournament as the joint-third highest scorer. [183], Ronaldo played for 15 minutes in a match that ended with a Brazilian victory with a goal from Fred. [138][139][140] Hours before the final against France, Ronaldo suffered a convulsive fit. What allowed him so many chances at an open net was his close control when one on one with the keeper. Former Germany striker Miroslav Klose tops the charts with 16 goals in. In the league, he scored 84 goals. The Black and Yellows hijacked the deal and Lewandowski spent four seasons with Dortmund, scoring a whopping 103 goals across all competitions. Jan 14, 2022 The Argentine soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona played over six hundred matches during his professional career, scoring 338 goals in total. The boy was born after a brief relationship between Ronaldo and Michele Umezu, a Brazilian waitress who Ronaldo first met in Tokyo in 2002. [112][113] Commenting on his weight issues following this announcement, Brian Homewood of The Guardian states, "Sadly, Ronaldo's celebrity is now more of a draw than his skills on the pitch Coldplay, Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres and actor Hugh Jackman have all visited So Paulo to get a picture with the rolypoly star. [8] Ronaldo's agents accepted an offer of 50,000 from the club, and he scored four goals on his youth team debut. [255] The Maccabiah is described as "the Jewish Olympics"; Ronald is not Jewish, but some participating countries have more relaxed rules about eligibility and Ronald is a member of a Jewish football club. "[66] By 2003 he was fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and Italian, and had a good understanding of English. [236] One of the three attempted to blackmail Ronaldo, while the other two admitted to lying about having sex with him. [243][244] After the confirmation of his fourth child, Ronaldo stated on 6 December 2010 that he had had a vasectomy, feeling that having four children was enough. How many goals has Neymar scored in his career? [104] Ronaldo responded that playing for Corinthians was the only option open to him. [41] Ronaldo's performances at the club especially the first two seasons before injury saw him named among the four inaugural inductees into the Inter Milan Hall of Fame in 2018. [50][51] Ronaldo's physiotherapist Nilton Petrone stated, "his knee-cap actually exploded", and called it "the worst football injury" he's ever seen. We're now used to seeing Messi dribble past six players, but not then. 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