Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (IPA: [xo'nawdʊ lu'iz na'zaɾjʊ dʒɪ 'limɐ]; born September 18, 1976), referred to simply as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays for Campeonato Brasileiro club Corinthians. His nickname is O Fenômeno ("The Phenomenon").
Having begun his professional career at Brazilian side Cruzeiro, Ronaldo signed with PSV in 1994, and after that he had tenures with FC Barcelona, Internazionale, Real Madrid, and Milan.
A former member of the Brazil national football team, Ronaldo has played 97 international matches, and was part of the Brazilian squads that won the 1994 and 2002 World Cups. He is the highest goalscorer in the history of the World Cup with 15 goals, having surpassed Gerd Müller's previous record of 14 at the 2006 tournament.
Ronaldo is a two-time Ballon d'Or winner (1997 and 2002), and is one of only two men to have won the FIFA Player of the Year award three times, along with Zinédine Zidane. In 2007 he was named in the best starting eleven of all-time by France Football.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER TOTALS:
- Clubs : 452 matches / 320 goals
- National Team : 97 matches / 62 goals
- U - 23 National Team : 8 matches / 6 goals
TOTAL : 557 MATCHES / 388 GOALS
Honours
Cruzeiro
- Brazilian Cup: 1993
- Campeonato Mineiro: 1994
PSV
- Dutch Cup: 1996
Barcelona
- Spanish Super Cup: 1996
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1997
- Spanish Cup: 1997
Internazionale
- UEFA Cup: 1998
Real Madrid
- La Liga: 2003, 2007
- Intercontinental Cup: 2002
- Spanish Super Cup: 2003
National team
- FIFA World Cup: 1994, 2002
- Copa America: 1997, 1999
- FIFA Confederations Cup: 1997
- 1996 Summer Olympics: Bronze medal
Individual
- Supercopa Libertadores Top Scorer: 1993-94
- Campeonato Mineiro Top Scorer: 1993-94
- Campeonato Mineiro Team of The Year: 1994
- Eredivisie Top Scorer: 1994-95
- La Liga Top Scorer: 1996-97
- European Golden Boot: 1996-97
- La Liga Foreign Player of the Year: 1996-97
- Copa América Final Most Valuable Player: 1997
- Copa América Most Valuable Player: 1997
- Confederations Cup All-Star Team: 1997
- Cup Winners Cup Final Most Valuable Player: 1997
- IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year: 1997
- UEFA Most Valuable Player: 1997-98
- Serie A Player of the Year: 1997-98
- Serie A Foreign Player of the Year: 1997-98
- UEFA Best Forward: 1997-98
- Bravo Award : 1997, 1998
- FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 1998
- UEFA Cup Final Most Valuable Player: 1998
- Copa América Top Scorer: 1999
- Copa América All-Star Team: 1997, 1999
- FIFA World Player of the Year: 1996, 1997, 2002
- Ballon D'or: 1997, 2002
- Onze d'Or: 1997, 2002
- FIFA World Cup Silver Ball: 2002
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1998, 2002
- FIFA World Cup Final Most Valuable Player: 2002
- FIFA World Cup Top Scorer: 2002
- Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player: 2002
- UEFA Team of The Year: 2002
- BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality: 2002
- La Liga South American Player of the Year: 1996-97, 2002-03
- La Liga Top Scorer: 2003-04
- Golden Foot: 2006
- FIFA World Cup all-time scoring leader
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