RONALDO
His name is Ronaldo, one of the top players in the world. He started his career in 1993 with Cruzeiro in Brazil which is where he is originally from. Ronaldo scored 14 goals in his first year; after that his teammate in national team, Romaro, advised him to play in one of Europe’s teams.
PSV Eindhoven selected Ronaldo to be the striker of the team and he was only 17.By scoring 30 goals in the league he attracted the Barcelona team. The next season he joined them and scored 34 goals in 37 games. Ronaldo became the youngest player to win FIFA world player of the year in 1996. Because of a problem in his contract he joined Inter Milan from 1996 to 2002. During his time with Inter he won FIFA world player again in 1997. The following year, after the FIFA World Cup, he finished second for FIFA player of the year, and third for European Footballer of the Year. In 1999 Ronaldo had two surgeries. He didn’t play for 2 years. When the World Cup started in 2002 Ronaldo came back and won world cup and top player of the world. Between 2002 and 2006 Ronaldo played for Real Madrid and they won in 2002 the Intercontinental cup and the Spanish Super cup in 2003. Ronldo agreed to play with A.C.Milan for one year.
Ronaldo spent his last few years with Flamiago from 2009 to 2011. He finished the Brazilan Serie A 2009 with 12 goals in 20 games. In 2011 Ronaldo retired and said “I wanted to continue but I have to acknowledge that I lost to my body”.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo
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