Luís Nazário de Lima Ronaldo

Full name : Luís Nazário de Lima Ronaldo
Birth date : September 22, 1976
Birth Place : Bento Ribeiro,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height : 183cm
Nickname : Ronaldo, O Fenômeno
Nationality : Brazil
Position : Forward


Currently Plays For

Real Madrid

Clubs in Past

1993-1994 Cruzerio Esporte Clube
(In 1993, even at the age of just16, Ronaldo scored 59 goals in 57 matches for Brazil's under-17 team)

1994-1996 PSV Eindhoven
(Became the Dutch league top scorer)

1996-1997 FC Barcelona
(In the 1996-1997 season, scored 34 goals in 37 appearances (47 in 49 including the Copa Del Rey and the European Cup Winners Cup)

1997-2002 Inter Milan

International Achievements
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


Ronaldo won the FIFA World Player of the Year title in 1996 and 1997, but performed disappointingly in the 1998 World Cup. He scored only four goals.
He, however made a come back becoming the top scorer in the FIFA World Cup 2002 and winning the Golden Boot. He also equaled Pelé's Brazilian record of 12 World Cup goals thus helping Brazil lift their fifth world cup title.
On the 2 nd of June 2004, in a qualifier for the 2006 World Cup, Ronaldo scored a hat trick against archrivals Argentina, all of his 3 goals coming from the penalty shots.