He won three titles that year (League, Cup and Confederations Cup), did a Hat-Trick in the Champions League (something we were not used to) and got a standing ovation from the entire Santiago Bernabéu. Ronaldinho is the last player to win a Ballon d’Or as a Barcelona player until the arrival of the best footballer in the world today and of all time, Lionel Messi.
Dinho began to stand out with the Brazilian team, he was champion and top scorer of the U-17 Youth World Cup in Egypt in 1997. He was named the best player of the tournament. Roni began to be a reality and only two years later made his debut with the Absolute Canarinha. In 2001 PSG closed his signing but the lack of understanding with his coach Luis Fernández made him head to Barcelona to become the best footballer in the world. We saw a similar case with Neymar, but with the clubs in reverse. He left Barcelona to become the best in the world and it is clear that he has not succeeded … Before heading to Barcelona came one of the biggest events that every footballer wants to play. The World Cup in Japan and Korea 2002. Where Dinho together with Ronaldo Nazario were the greatest references of the “Verdeamarelha”. They took the title of World Champions, so the only thing left for him was to make the big leap to a big team in Europe.
The year 2005 took football to another dimension. Ronaldinho to date was a player with a profile that had never been seen before. A player who had fun playing, a player who always had a smile. Verticality, dribbling, speed, power, goal … He had it all, the only thing that condemned Roni was that he thought that his physical condition was never going to influence him. The year in which he won the Ballon d’Or he gave a whole recital in a stadium like the Santiago Bernabéu, rarely have the entire Bernabéu been seen standing up applauding a rival player. Dinho got it.
A League, a Cup and a Confederations Cup with Brazil made him win the highest award a footballer can get. His history at Barcelona made all subsequent generations grow up with Ronaldinho as a benchmark. What he did on the field had never been seen before. Here we see some of his best plays.
After reaching the top of football, the only thing Ronaldinho had to do was go down. A descent that would have been more progressive if he had taken care of his physique much more. The arrival of Guardiola made Dinho leave. In his presentation, the Catalan coach announced that he did not have several players and Ronaldinho was among them. His future was heading to Milan, the transfer closed at 25 million euros.
After three years in Milan, he headed to Brazil to finish his career there, passing through various clubs such as Flamengo, Atlético Mineiro, Querétaro and Fluminense. On October 17, 2019, he said goodbye in a friendly match at the Nemesio Camacho El Campín Stadium between Independiente Santa Fe and Atlético Nacional. He played 75 minutes with the Santa Fe jersey and number 10.
His life was always messy, in March 2020 he was arrested in Paraguay after he allegedly used a false passport to enter the country. After months in jail and a plea deal, he and his brother were released from jail with two fines of 90,000 and 110,000 euros.
One of the best phrases he left was: “I am a nice ugly man who in time will end up being handsome”
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