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Name: Ronaldo de Assis Moreira  Date Birth: 21 de marzo de 1980  Birthplace: Porto Alegre, Brasil  Nationality: Brasileña  Communitarian passport: No  Stature: 181cm  Present club: FC Barcelona Forward

Ronaldinho from the 12 years to its arrival to professional soccer has been practically obtaining all the titles to which it could inhale a Brazilian player. It initiated the season in the match of the Sub'13 de Alegrete in January of 1992. Ronaldinho always was bound from the inferior equipment to the Grêmio, equipment in which his brother Robert prevailed. Unfortunately it suffered one serious injury of knee that marks its race and it forces to him to hang the boots. Ronaldinho later takes the relief from its brother a time, and only with 16 years it made debut in the first equipment of the Grêmio.

In 1997, during the World-wide Glass of Youthful Soccer one proclaimed greater anotador and better player of the match, although the Brazilian combined one could not take control of the title. In that same year the Grêmio rejected a supply of the PSV Eindhoven by Ronaldinho of 45 million francs, around 7 million euros.

But it was in the Glass America 1999 when the selector "canarinho" Vanderlei Luxembourg surprised everybody when he decided to call to Ronaldinho and to expel to Edílson. The official debut was in the party of Brazil - Venezuela, the 30 of June by that Brazil gained 7-0, Ronaldinho left in the second time and marked to a great goal doing to him a "hat" a defense, haggling to another one and sent a crossed firing that beat to the goal.

Even so, that America Glass was of dupla "Ri-Ro" (Rivaldo and Ronaldo) and in which Brazil proclaimed champion. For Ronaldinho that year supposed its discovery for the great European clubs. After proclaiming maximum goleador of Preolímpico Sub-23 Brazil 2000 (9 goals) and of the Glass Confederations (6 goals), to the club of Glad Grêmio de Porto supplies by the "Gaúcho" rained to him.

That summer, an envoy of the Leeds United F.C. offed-hook itself offering 78 million euros. The Barça also had thought about its draftee at the beginning of that year, although then president Josep Lluís Núñez and trainer Louis van Gaal misestimated to contract to him.

Ronaldinho, along with their brother Robert like their representative, after negotiating with the PSV Eindhoven and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), was able to reach an agreement by 5 years with the French that became official the 17 of February of 2001. But the Grêmio had not given the approval and had to take the case to the FIFA. In the end it established that the Grêmio had to perceive 5 million euros, this Ronaldinho was yet without being able to play soccer 129 days.

Finally, the 4 of August made debut in minute 62 of the Auxerre - PSG with the final result of tie to one, although "Ronny" did not get to mark. But the starting of the young Brazilian player was spectacular, dazzled in the French championship until the point of which the own trainer Luis Fernandez said that the player "had come to demonstrate that he has everything what he is expected of him".

Nevertheless in its two years in the PSG Ronaldinho it could not obtain what it longed for more: titles. Although almost it obtains it in the end of the French Glass of the season 02-03, that lost the 31 of May by 2-1, against the Auxerre, exactly the club in front of which it before made debut in Ligue 1 two years.

Although Ronaldinho underwent disappointment with the PSG, recovered successes with Brazil of the hand of Luiz Felipe Scolari. In 2002 it would arrive at the top in the World-wide Glass of Soccer of 2002 with the Brazilian Selection contributing to gain the "Pentacampeonato" of his selection.

But from return to Europe the relations between French trainer and Ronaldinho were not good. So badly it was that in the summer of the 2003 PSG it decided to put in the market to Ronaldinho. They did not lack supplies, three of the most important equipment - Manchester United FC, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid they bid up by him.

The Madrilenian equipment was discarded because they tried to give yielded it and that it was a year more in the PSG, Ronaldinho refused when not wanting to follow in France. On the other hand the English equipment making a great supply seemed that the cat took to the water but, in the end, when reducing the initial supply by the player the president of the PSG felt like victim reason why it cut the negotiations with the Manchester United.

Therefore the Barça obtained its objective, bought to the Brazilian star by 25 million euros (28.22 million dollars) and thus new Barcelonist president Joan Laporta presented/displayed to the engaged mediatic star.

Ronaldinho in 2004Ronaldinho made debut in the First 2003 in the party 0 1 FC - Athletic Spanish division the 30 of August Barcelona. That season was left second in the league, title that would obtain the following season. With the FC Barcelona champion of Supercopa of Spain in 2005 also proclaimed itself. The following season revalidaría the liguero championship with the azulgrana equipment, being a key piece in the conquest of the title, specially with its performance in the stage Santiago Bernabéu, marking two goals in the victory of its equipment by 0-3 in front of Real Madrid and receiving the applause of the rival liking, emulating Diego Arming Maradona.

It was awarded in 2005 like Ball of gold to the best player of Europe by the prestigious magazine France Football. The 20 of December of 2005, were chosen like the best player of the year by the FIFA, having received the prize for the second time, of consecutive way.

The 17 of May of the 2006 champion proclaimed itself, with his club the FC Barcelona, of League of Champions of the UEFA (2005-2006) like one of the main creators in the attainment of the maximum European title.

In addition it has been incluído to him twice in the "Ideal Equipment of the FIFA", the second time next to its companion of the FC Barcelona, Samuel Etóo.

The 25 of November of the 2006 Ronaldinho as opposed to arrived at the number from 51 goals playing for the FC Barcelona, writing down 2 so many for the victory of the Barça by 4 to 0 the Villareal. His second, and last goal of the party to the 88 minutes of game it was praised by his companions and rivals, and in addition it was for Ronaldinho "the goal that dreamed from pequeño"[1 ].