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Name :-- Ronaldo Luiz Nazario De Lima
Nickname :-- Ronaldo, Phenomenon, Ronaldinho ("Little Ronaldo" in Portuguese), Dadado but never, call him this: he will pretend he didn’t hear. His older brother invented it, Nelio junior, retaking his first attempts at pronouncing his name.
Age :-- 31 years
Height :-- 1,83 M
Weight :-- 83 Kg
Date of birth :-- September 22, 1976
Place of birth :-- Bento Ribeiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, one of the most poor neighbourhoods of Rio.

Ronaldo a goal a game

After averaging a goal a game in the Dutch league Barcelona won a fierce battle with
Inter over Ronaldo's signature. An amazing start to his Spanish career saw him collect
the first of his FIFA and World Soccer player awards. He finished La Liga top scorer,
scored the winning goal for Barcelona in the Cup Winners Cup final and also scored
in the Copa America final for Brazil.

Ronaldo world cup top scorer

Dortmund, June 27 (DPA) Brazil striker Ronaldo became the highest goal scorer in the World Cup history with 15 goals to his credit when he scored in the second-round match against Ghana Tuesday.

Ronaldo sidestepped Ghana goalkeeper Richard Kingston to put Brazil ahead in the fifth minute, breaking the record he had shared with Gerd Mueller of Germany. The 29-year-old Brazilian, who played in the 1998 finals and was the top goal scorer in 2002, has now scored three goals in this summer's finals.

Ronaldo awards

• FIFA World Player of the Year: 1996, 1997, 2002
• European Footballer of the Year: 1997, 2002
• UEFA Most Valuable Player: 1998

• FIFA World Cup
  • 2002 Golden Boot - 8 goals
  • 2002 - Winner
  • 1994 - Winner
• Copa América: 1997, 1999

• UEFA Cup: 1998
• Cup Winners' Cup: 1997
• Dutch Cup: 1996
• La Liga - Primera División champions: 2003
• Intercontinental Cup: 2002
• European Super Cup: 2002
• Spanish Super Cup: 2003