Biography Of Ronaldo Nazario - Brazilian Footballer

[Music] Reynaldo Nazario he was a Brazilian professional footballer he was born on September 18th 1976 in Rio de Janeiro Brazil his father's name was me Leo Nazario de lima senior and mother's name was Sonia dos Santos parada his parents separated when he was eleven and Ronaldo dropped out of school shortly afterward to pursue a soccer career like most of his childhood friends Ronaldo began his soccer career playing barefoot in the streets in his neighborhood ronaldo joined the social ramos indoor soccer team at the age of 12 before moving on to south cristóvão where he was discovered by his future agents ronaldo Pitta and aleksandr martins the two arranged for the sale of their new clients contract to Cruzeiro a professional club in the city of Belo Horizonte Ronaldo helped Cruzeiro to its first Brazil Cup championship in 1993 the talented seventeen-year-old was named to the Brazilian national team for the 1994 World Cup in the United States though he watched from the bench he joined PSV and Evon in the Netherlands in 1994 he played two years for this club later he joined FC Barcelona in 1996 to 1997 season for world record fee of nineteen point five million dollars at the end of 1996 aged 20 Ronaldo became the youngest player to win fit the World Player of the Year during the 1996 to 1997 season Ronaldo scored 47 goals in 49 games in all competitions he also won La Liga top scorer award in 1997 with 34 goals in 37 games and the European Golden Shoe Inter Milan signed him in the summer of 1997 for a venn world record fee of 27 million dollars he won fit the World Player of the Year for the second time in 1997 and collected the Ballon d'Or the same year by the end of the 1998 to 1999 season he was appointed Inter Milan captain in the 1998 World Cup although Brazil lost the final vibran Aldo was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament he married Moline da minx in April 1999 the marriage lasted four years Ronaldo's recurring injury problems forced him to miss the entire 2000 to 2001 season after two operations and months of rehabilitation Rinaldo came back for the 2002 World Cup helping Brazil win their fifth World Cup title he netted eight goals and won the Golden Boot Award he won the FIFA World Player of the Year award for the third time and transferred from Inter to Real Madrid he lead his new club to La Liga and Spanish Super Cup championships in 2003 in 2005 Ronaldo became engaged to Brazilian model Daniela Ciccarelli the relationship lasted only three months after their luxurious wedding Rinaldo appeared in 2006 World Cup for Brazil he scored 10 goals in 15 games along with an unusual hat-trick he transferred to AC Milan in 2007 but in 2008 he sustained another serious knee injury and his contract was not renewed after the season the Brazilian legend returned to his home country in 2009 to play for Corinthians he announced his retirement in February 2011 [Music] Ronaldo's engaged to Maria Beatriz Anthony in 2008 in 2004 he was named to the FIFA 100 a list of the greatest living players compiled by the legendary Pele in 2010 he was deemed gold comms player of the decade he also joined the organising committees for the Brazil base 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics it does not matter who scores we will celebrate all the same said Ronaldo Nazario