Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima “the phenomenon”

Andrés Felipe Chavarro Gutiérrez

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He was born on September 22, 1976 in Rio de Janeiro. Sonia, his mother, had most of the responsibility of bringing up the family. When he was 13, his father abandoned his family.

He began in the Social Club and Sao CristovaoRamos.

In 1993 he signed for Cruzeiro. In just two seasons he became one of the best players of his country.

In March 1993 he produced his first division debut. He played for Paraguay Sub 17 World.

Came from Cruzeiro to PSV and then to Barcelona.

He joined the Italian team Inter Milan, where he met with Argentine Diego Pablo Simeone, Uruguayan Alvaro Recoba and Chilean Ivan Zamorano, with he won the UEFA Cup (1998).

He was part of the Brazil team that won the World Cup finals in the United States (1994), although he went to get experience and did not get to debut in the tournament

In the World Cup in Korea and Japan (2002) scored eight goals, including two in the final against Germany who managed to obtain the status of Brazil world champions.

In September 2002 I arrived at Real Madrid. He won the Spanish nationality on November 10, 2005. In the 2006/2007 season, leaving the Real Madrid.

In the 2007-2008 season came to Milan and had to undergo drug treatment due to a hormonal problem of a failure in the thyroid gland that can cause considerable weight gain.

This team became the first player in history to play classic Real Madrid-Barcelona and Inter Milan with four-shirts.

He was twice world champion playing for the national team

won the Golden Ball in 1997 and 2002 and has three FIFA player awards for the best in the world, made in 1996, 1997 and 2002.

since 2006 the top scorer in the history of the World Cup, scoring 15 goals and the second scorer of the Brazilian team after Pele.

Finally on December 9, 2008 was transferred to Corinthians of Brazil reunited with the goal on March 8, 2009, after spending more than a year away from the pitch.

He announced his retirement for the end of year 2011

He married MileneDomingues, mother of his son Ronald, in December 1999.