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Ronaldo de Assís Moreira
Porto Alegre, Brazil
1.81 m (6 foot 0 inches)
80kg
Attacking midfielder, Second Striker
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Janaína Mendes
Milan, Italy
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Probably one of the most resounding names in today’s soccer, Ronaldo put his mark on the last decade, becoming not only a prolific striker for his various club teams and national side, but also a famous “product face”. This biography will take you through El Fenomeno’s life and career, from his poor childhood to his super stardom.
Ronaldo Biography – Youth Career
Born in a poor neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, he started playing soccer on the streets, with the rest of his neighborhood friends. At age 14, he decided it’s time for a little organization in his life as a soccer player, so he went on to train with the Social Ramos Youth Club for one year. His next youth team, Sao Cristovao is where Ronaldo made a name for himself, being spotted by Brazilian World Cup winner Jairzinho as a future talent.
Full name Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima
Date of birth September 22, 1976
Place of birth Bento Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 6.0FT – 1.83M
Playing position Striker
Jairzinho, who played for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, recommended the young Ronaldo to the club and they signed him when he was 18 years old. His first and only season as a professional soccer player in Brazil was extremely successful, as he scored 12 goals in 13 games, quickly attracting the eyes of Europe.
Ronaldo Biography –
PSV Eindhoven
The first club to spot Ronaldo and make Cruzeiro an offer was Dutch PSV Eindhoven. Admittedly, not one of the mammoths of Europe in terms of soccer, but nevertheless a powerful club where a young player like Ronaldo could hone his skills and get some experience in Europe.
His 2 seasons at PSV were extremely successful, scoring 42 goals in 46 matches at just 21 years of age. His performances could not remain unnoticed and FC Barcelona moved in with a heavy offer to take the Brazilian on.
Ronaldo Biography – FC Barcelona and Internazionale Milano
His only season with Barcelona would be one of the best of his career, scoring 47 goals in 49 matches in all competitions for Barca and helping the Catalan club win the UEFA Cup Winners Cup (He actually scored the winning goal in the final) and the Spanish Cup. This great season confirmed him as an outstanding player and a goal scoring machine and Internazionale Milano moved in to take the Brazilian to Italy.
Season Club Games Goals
1993-1994 Cruzeiro EC 13 12
1994-1996 PSV Eindhoven 46 42
1996-1997 FC Barcelona 37 34
1997-2002 Internazionale 69 49
2002-2007 Real Madrid 127 83
2007-Present A.C. Milan 14 7
Last Update – July 6, 2007
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During the 5 seasons in Milan’s shirt, he managed to score 50 times, but his efficiency was a lot lower than for PSV or FC Barcelona, due to several problems. First of all, the tough defensive air of the Italian Serie A reduced his ability to use his lethal dribbles as often as he could at FC Barcelona or PSV.
His personal issues with his girlfriends and wife, as well as a string of injuries also kept him from being as prolific as before. Nevertheless, he was loved at Inter and he helped the Italian club win the UEFA Cup in 1998, which is actually his only trophy with the club. In 1997 however, he became the European Footballer of the Year, European Golden Boot and after the UEFA Cup success, he was named UEFA’s MVP that season.
Still, in 2002 after no league titles with Inter, it was time to move on and Real Madrid took him on to form the so called “Galacticos” team of super stars.
Years National Team Games Goals
1994–present Brazil 97 62
Ronaldo Biography – Real Madrid
For Ronaldo, Real Madrid was angel and devil alike. Used to the Spanish league and escaping the Italian one’s defensive toughness, he regained his scoring pace and in his 5 seasons with Real, he scored no less than 127 goals in 83 league games.
He helped Real Madrid win the league twice, in 2002-2003 and 2006-2007, as well as the European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup in 2002. Although he played well for Madrid, his past with FC Barcelona, his numerous injuries and news of him partying before and after matches, created a gap between the Brazilian striker and his fans.
He also gained a few pounds, which decreased his stamina, speed and agility attracting the anger of Real’s supporters, after a poor 2005-2006 season. Not finding his pace at Real Madrid anymore, he decided to move back to Milan, but this time for Inter’s arch-rivals, AC Milano.
Ronaldo in his new team – AC Milan © Photo by batrace-flickr.com
Ronaldo Biography – AC Milano
Ronaldo plays for Milano since the winter of 2007 and although he only had half a season to settle back in Serie A, he did it with ease. He started scoring again and helping AC Milan win important points and he even managed to score against his former team, Inter, in the Milanese super-derby.
Although he could not participate in Milan’s Champions League Win in 2007, he showed signs of improving his game and he also lost most of the extra pounds that made Real Madrid fans criticize him.
In the international field Ronaldo always was a vital member of the Brazilian team. He made history on June 27th 2006 during the World Cup games as he broke the all-time World Cup scoring record of 14 that was held by Gerd Muller (Germany) after scoring his 15th goal against Ghana.
History and Biography of Ricardo Kaka
Kaka Biography – Introduction
I’m writing this Kaka biography a few weeks after the 2006/2007 Champions League final, a final ending with a happy result, 2-1 for the Brazilian’s team, AC Milan against England’s Liverpool.
I must say, as impressive as Filippo Inzaghi (who scored both AC Milan’s goals) was, my eyes were focused on the Brazilian Kaka throughout the entire match. His passes, his dribblings, his speed and his vision on the pitch were honey to my eyes.
I decided to write this Kaka biography not because the Brazilian needs it, but because I want you to find out who the real Ricardo Kaka is, how he rose up the ladders of his career before being a super star and what exactly does that “hands-up-to-the-sky” kaka celebration mean.
Kaka Biography – Early Career
After spending his early days at different youth clubs around his home town of Brasilia and Sao Paulo, Kaka was eventually offered a professional contract at a very tender age: seventeen.
Since Kaka played great soccer for Sao Paulo’s youth teams, the reserve team and the Brazilian U-17 national squad, he immediately attracted the eyes of several European clubs, the one coming forward first being Turkish side Gaziantepspor.
Sao Paulo agreed to sell Kaka, for a sum of $1.5m, a sum that, if you think of the player’s market value now, would seem like peanuts. Still, the sum was quite big for the Turkish side, especially for a 17-year old footballer, Kaka’s young age giving them no guarantees that he will turn out to play great soccer regularly on professional level.
Kaka Biography – Swimming Pool Incident Sao Paulo FC
In his first season as a professional player for Sao Paulo, Kaka didn’t play for the Brazilian team, but he used this time to accommodate himself with his new colleagues and the hardships of professional soccer in Brazil.
He was probably going to get his debut that season still, but an unfortunate swimming pool incident almost ended his career as a footballer, Kaka fracturing his spine in September 2000. Not only did he risk his future, but this fracture almost cost him his life and he was in real danger of being paralyzed for the rest of his life.
Miraculously, Kaka made a full recovery and came back to training after his full strength came back to him. From that day forward, Kaka found faith in God and some of his profits as a professional footballer always go to the Church, as a small gesture of thanking God for saving his life and his career. The famous Kaka celebration, after he scores a goal, is related to that incident, as each time, he thanks God for allowing him to play soccer and be there on the pitch.
Kaka Biography – Attracting the European Giants
After fully recovering from his horrible fracture, Kaka was finally given a chance to play for Sao Paulo, in January 2001 and he didn’t disappoint, scoring no less than 12 goals in 27 appearances that season. This guaranteed him a solid first team place for the 2001-2002 season, in which he scored another 10 goals in 22 matches and whenever a young Brazilian soccer player performs that well, he’s bound to get a few calls from some major European clubs.
One of these clubs would be AC Milan, one of Italy’s most important teams and Kaka signed without blinking, eager to start a European career.
You probably know the story from here. Kaka is currently in his fourth season with Milan, whom he won the Serie A championship with once, the Italian Super Cup once, and the UEFA Champions League a few weeks ago (he also played another Champions League final in the 2004-2005 season, but lost it to Liverpool in what is considered one of the most beautiful finals of the tournament). He became an indispensable player for AC Milan but also for Brazil.
As a Brazil soccer player, Kaka scored 31 goals in 52 matches so far and gave out numerous perfect assists in his role as an attacking midfielder. Having the young midfielder in the squad, Brazil football became even more technical and quick (if that was even possible) and they’re considered amongst the main favorites for the following international tournaments.
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Ronaldinho was born into a family of football addicts, living in a wooden house in the heart of a favela. His father, Joao da Silva Moreira who played for an amateur club made ends meet by by working as a car park attendant at Gremio Football Club. His brother Roberto was a great hope for the club but then his career was unfortunately ended by a terrible knee injury.
At the age of 8, tregedy struck as Ronaldinho’s father drowned in a swiming pool at a villa provided by Gremio for Roberto. Following in the footsteps of his brother Ronnie then joined the Gremio’s footballing school and wowed everyone there. He made it into the first team in 1997 and was being heralded as one of the best young hopes in Brazilan football. Meanwhile, he was already making the breakthrough with the national squad, and his six goals were fundamental in Brazil’s Copa America triumph in 1999.
In 2001, Ronaldinho moved on to PSG where he became a fan’s favourite with his tremendous flair and excting style of football – also contributing tremendous amounts of goals. However his employer’s still weren’t happy with his atitude and looked ot get rid of him. Of course, he continued to shine in the international arena. His finest hour came at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and Korea, where he was a key member of the side that won Brazil’s record fifth world title – scoring in the quarter final and playing an integral role in midfield in the final.
Ronaldinho then moved to Barcelona – arguably the biggest club in the world – for what now seems a bargain at £21,000,000. When he arrived, he said that his desire was to bring as much success to the club as so many Brazilians had done before him, such as Evaristo, Ronaldo, Romario and Rivaldo. Having won the World Footballer of the Year title it seems he has now fulfilled that desire.
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$29.2 million
Annual salary plus bonus: $11.4 million
Other income: $17.8 million
Team: Brazil
The Brazilian forward for Spain's Barcelona club recently dethroned David Beckham as the sport's reigning money king. Brazilians call soccer "the beautiful game," and watching Ronaldinho's stylish footwork is indeed a beautiful thing. The 26-year-old Nike pitchman took in nearly $30 million last year, which may explain why he wears a near-perpetual smile.
Corporate comparison: The world's highest-paid soccer player makes about as much as the chieftains of Wall Street. John J. Mack, chief executive of Morgan Stanley, pulled in $27 million last year, and Bear Stearns CEO James E. Cayne earned $25 million.
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Staying or going: Speculation continues to mount over Ronaldinho's future
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childhood ronaldinhoLaporta said: ?We have had many offers for Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi but clubs need to know that my mobile is switched off for any phone call which is made to express interest in buying these players from us.
?I am hostile to any move for any of our top stars and the only way in which any club could obtain Ronaldinho or any other of our stars would be to pay the full amount of his buy-out clause.
"During the summer we rejected an extremely strong move from AC Milan to buy Ronaldinho. [The club's president] Silvio Berlusconi wanted Ronaldinho but we rejected that move and what I told Berlusconi about what would happen if I sold him has become legendary.?
Laporta privately admitted to his Italian counterpart that he would be 'chased out of the country by the fans' if he ever sold the 27-year-old.
He added: ?We have taken a decision that we want to count on our top stars [Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Thierry Henry and Messi] for this season because we depend on them and we owe a debt to what they have done for this club.
?The fact is that Eto'o is the player for whom we have received the most offers, but the situation remains the same for all of them ? we will not sell.?
The Catalan lawyer, who came to power in 2003, was not playing with words when he said that.
Barcelona may well want to hold on to the Brazilian but they would powerless to prevent him leaving should Chelsea's Russian billionaire decide to spend more than double the world transfer record.
The reason is that the process involves a buying club depositing the full amount of the buy-out clause with the Spanish Football League, who would then tear up Ronaldinho's contract and if the player opted to accept a move to the buying club Laporta could do no more than attempt to persuade the Brazilian to stay with an offer of higher wages.
Laporta is likely to give the same explanation to club members if he is quizzed about the subject at tomorrow's annual general meeting at the Nou Camp.
Linking up? Lampard and Ronaldinho
It would be suicidal for Laporta to attempt to hide any knowledge he has of Abramovich's pursuit of Ronaldinho and then to conduct business before the close of the transfer window at midnight on Friday.
Laporta's stance was backed today by the club's sporting director Txiki Begiristain, who remains convinced that Ronaldinho will not leave for Chelsea.
?Ronaldinho is our player and will remain at the club,? he said. ?In this aspect the decision of Barcelona is clear.
It is normal that any of the big clubs in the world desire Ronaldinho.?
Whether Abramovich and Kenyon are about to undermine their consistent message of the last two years ? that they wish Chelsea to conduct their business in a commercially sustainable manner ? by spending £85m on a single player, still appears to be the matter of some conjecture.
Only this month, Chelsea refused to pay the additional £3.5m that would have brought Daniel Alves from Sevilla because they were unwilling to match the £24m asking price.
The attacking fullback was so convinced that he was coming to Stamford Bridge that he spoke publically about his desire to move to the Premier League and has now gone on strike and is refusing to play in Sevilla's Champions League third qualifying round tie against AEK Athens tonight.
If Chelsea really are considering a world record offer, they will be hoping to build on any feelings of disaffection that Ronaldinho now has with Barca.
Laporta explained 18 months ago that the club were preparing a record offer for Ronaldinho to extend his stay at Barcelona until 2014 in a deal which would be worth around £90m to the player.
Since then, there have been no firm talks with Ronaldinho or his brother, Roberto de Assis Moreira, who represents him and was in London during the weekend. The stand-off would appear to indicate that there is a strong lobby within the Catalan club advising Laporta that Ronaldinho is a declining asset.
In a further development yesterday, the Brazilian was given Spanish citizenship, thus making him a more attractive target for clubs in Europe.
His EU citizenship means he no longer occupies one of the three non-EU slots in the Barcelona squad, increasing his market value to clubs like Milan and Juventus.
Equally, the fact that Laporta has close links to Kenyon and agent Pini Zahavi ? who has conducted many Chelsea transfers ? cannot be irrelevant to this situation. Conspiracy theorists
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Roman Abramovich is prepared to make Ronaldinho the Premier League's first £200,000-a-week player in a bid to lure him from Barcelona to Chelsea.
As Sportsmail revealed on Monday, Chelsea's Russian owner has already held two meetings with the Brazilian's brother, Roberto de Assis Moreira, after he approached the club.
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Ronaldinho suffers during Sunday's goalless draw at Santander and (right) arrives at court on Monday to be granted dual nationality
ronaldinho wallpaperPrepare for sightings of Roberto de Assis, the brother and agent of Ronaldinho, all over Europe in the coming weeks.
Ronaldinho's disappointing season may have reached a premature end following the muscle injury he suffered in training with FC Barcelona last week, but his brother has been busy, preparing the way for the almost inevitable transfer from Barcelona.
Last week, de Assis was spotted in Italy, meeting with AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani. Though they were more likely to be discussing the future of another of de Assis' clients, Ricardo Oliveira, who is currently on loan from Milan at Real Zaragoza. Still, that didn't stop Gazzetta dello Sport publishing photos of de Assis' meeting with Galliani and speculating that Ronnie could be on his way to the San Siro.
A few days later, de Assis was a guest of Manchester City at its Premiership game against Chelsea, leading to the inevitable speculation that Ronaldinho would be heading to the City of Manchester stadium next season.
Both stories were followed a few days later by de Assis' declaration that "Ronnie is happy at Barça. He has a contract until 2010 and I am not looking for anything."
That may be true, but what is also unavoidable is that Barcelona has, for some time, been laying the ground for Ronaldinho's possible departure.
Barça coach Frank Rijkaard continues to insist in public that Ronaldinho is still an important part of his plans. But in private, the club has done to little to discourage a whispering campaign in the Catalan press about the Brazilian's colorful private life.
The emergence of Leo Messi as a bona fide star in the past 18 months has weakened Ronaldinho's position, with key figures within the Barça boardroom arguing that the club should cut its losses with Ronaldinho and throw its weight behind new hero Messi.
The remarkable thing is that Ronaldinho is still only 28 years old. He may have had a poor season by his own high standards, but he is arguably about to enter the peak years of his career.
The link with Manchester City appears to be a tenuous one, especially as City manager Sven-Göran Eriksson was as surprised as anybody to read about City's possible bid for Ronaldinho. But City will not be the last club to be linked with the megastar before the summer transfer window cranks open for business.
Chelsea will, inevitably, be linked with Ronaldinho because of owner Roman Abramovich's declared admiration for him. But Chelsea's transfer priorities are likely to lie elsewhere if, as expected, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba move on.
Although Nicolas Anelka hasn't played that many games since joining from Bolton in January, it may well be that Chelsea bought him precisely because it expects Drogba to depart in the summer.
In a bid to join new clubs, Drogba and Lampard could be among the first high-profile players to invoke what has become known as the Webster ruling. A few months ago, Scottish defender Andy Webster won the legal right for players age 28 and older to move on after two years of their contract (three years if younger than 28).
So the likes of Lampard and Drogba could move for a fraction of the fees that their clubs would have expected on the open market. Certainly, we're unlikely to see major bidding wars that result in telephone-number fees being paid.
Lyon has already extended and improved the contract of wunderkind Karim Benzema, one of the potential stars of the European Championship, in a move which will keep him in the French league for at least another season. Meanwhile, Stuttgart has, somewhat optimistically, said it will consider offers in excess of $60 million for Mario Gomez, another potential star of Euro 2008.
Lampard and Drogba, not to mention the likes of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar of Ajax and Sevilla's Luís Fabiano, will feature prominently in transfer speculation over the coming months. But it's going to be hard to outdo Ronaldinho for column inches. His brother will see to that.
profile of ronaldinhoManchester City feel that everything could be sorted with Ronaldinho next week.
A source close to the negotiations is very positive about the outcome of the transfer. The details of the contract negotiations are advanced, and the fact that Milan seem to consider themselves out of the equation plays in to the hands of City.
Mark Hughes knows it is a risk to take the player and the club will use a huge percentage of its wage money (more than 20 per cent) on the Brazilian, but everybody at City is convinced it is a risk worth taking.
That is what they say at Manchester City. However, they shouldn’t forget about another possibility: that the internal politics at FC Barcelona may yet play a part in this transfer saga.
On the 6th of July, FC Barcelona season ticket holders will hold a vote: a referendum about club president Joan Laporta and his mandate. If the outcome of the vote is that the president doesn’t have the confidence of the season ticket holders, then there will be elections. If that is the case, former vice-president Sandro Rosell will be a presidential candidate. It was Rosell, as vice-president of the club, who brought Ronaldinho to Barcelona back in 2003, and they have both discussed the future.
If Rosell were to become president, the suspicion is that he would want Ronaldinho to stay, and a relevant member of his family has told me that all Ronnie needs is love. If he feels wanted at Barcelona, then Ronaldinho would consider staying, despite the fact Guardiola has already indicated he wants him out of the side.
A bit far fetched, but as you know, everything is possible in football!
trcks of ronaldinhoIt is official. The end of an era of sorts for FC Barcelona. Reads the beginning of the statement by the club:
AC Milan and Barcelona have reached an agreement in principle over the transfer of Ronaldinho to the Italian club. The Brazilian will take a medical examination on Wednesday in Milan. And let the record show that somebody is pretty excited about it.
What made the deal actually and for-real possible was Ronaldinho’s renouncing his 15% cut of the deal, which is for 21 million Euros, plus another 4 million should Milan qualify for Champions League, something that is pretty much in the “Duh!” category, even if he does a repeat of this season past, which I don’t expect.
As Txiki said, “The player will always decide where he wants to play. We can have 40 different offers but in the end, what counts is the player’s own desire.”
We were grownups about this one, as befits our gratitude to Ronaldinho. We could have dug our heels in and forced Milan to match or come closer to the 32 million offered by Citeh. We’ve all seen it recently with Hernanes, Arshavin and Adebayor. Glad we chose to man up and do the right thing.
Fiscally, the deal makes perfect sense for AC Milan, and for us. They will get his transfer fee back in shirt sales in about 10 seconds. Right now, number 10 is being worn by Clarence Seedorf. Hmmm. Wonder how those negotiations are going? Seedorf, back when this started, was on the record as saying that R10 wouldn’t be at AC Milan, since he was S10. Stay tuned for that one.
Now, this gives AC Milan an attacking force of Kaka, whose life should become easier if Ronaldinho wants to play. Inzaghi will get new life, and Pato is going to go hog wild. If he actually shows up ready and interested, AC Milan will be the favorites for the title, particularly now that they have dumped Ronaldo and his dead weight.
So what the heck happened?
This saga began, really, with introduction of a sterner, more controlled locker room. No partying, no gallivanting, etc. The players weren’t into it, Rijkaard didn’t seem to be into it, saying in effect, with a wink and a nod, that boys will be boys.
Then came the “black sheep” allegations from Edmilson, saying “Within our group of players and coaches, we have formed a family. And many times in a family there are black sheep.”
It was clear to all that Ronaldinho was the sheep in question, and it seemed that from there, things went swiftly downhill. He was injured. No, he wasn’t, he was just benched. He’ll play. No, he won’t. He wants to play, but Rijkaard won’t let me. And on and on. Rijkaard’s loose locker room seemed to bite him in the butt at the wrong time, and Ronaldinho just wasn’t the same.
So an era has ended.
FIFA Player of the Year most recently in 2004 AND 2005, accolades and joy galore.
There is so much to remember him by. Most recently, the brilliant bicycle kick goal against Atletico Madrid that made the top of ESPN’s “Plays of the Week,” the rarest of the rare occurrences for football. And it took a play by the rarest of rare players to make that cut.
The free kick that went under the Werder Bremen wall.
The shimmy goal against Chelsea.
How he turned the Evil Empire on its ear and recieved a standing ovation at the Bernabeu in a 3-0 thrashing that we delivered to them at their home.
He has been great for us. Two league titles, two Copa titles, one Champions League title, and play after play after play that featured brilliance and the sheer joy of playing the game. The smile was omnipresent, a childlike glee at things that he seemed to be just discovering that he could do.
If that Ronaldinho were still here, I would be lamenting this transfer. But as it is, I am happy to have it happen, for us and for him. He wasn’t happy with us, as we weren’t happy with him. The price that we got for him, while far below the 32 million offered by Manchester City, was in accordance with the player’s wishes. It was an act of class and style, as befits the service that he brought to us.
Simply put, as an icon, he is irreplacable. At his best, he was far and away the best player on the planet, able to beat three defenders or somehow tie the ball to his foot, ready to hit an in-stride teammate with a perfect pass.
But that Ronaldinho is, for us, long gone.
So farewell, you Wascally Bwazilian. I wish you well until AC Milan faces us in Champions League, then know that Yaya is going to put the boot in, and leave it in until Puyol comes to finish you off. And I am going to laugh.
