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This article is about the Brazilian footballer. For the Portuguese footballer, see Cristiano Ronaldo. For other footballers named Ronaldo, see Ronaldo \u00a7 Association footballers.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Naz\u00e1rio and the second or paternal family name is de Lima.

Ronaldo

Ronaldo in 2019

Personal information

Full name

\nRonaldo Lu\u00eds Naz\u00e1rio de Lima^[1]

Date of birth

\n18 September 1976 (age 48)^[2]

Place of birth

\nItagua\u00ed,^[3] Brazil

Height

\n1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)^[4]

Position(s)

\nStriker

Youth career

1990\u20131993

\nS\u00e3o Crist\u00f3v\u00e3o^[5]

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

1993\u20131994

\nCruzeiro

\n34

\n(34)

1994\u20131996

\nPSV

\n46

\n(42)

1996\u20131997

\nBarcelona

\n37

\n(34)

1997\u20132002

\nInter Milan

\n68

\n(49)

2002\u20132007

\nReal Madrid

\n127

\n(83)

2007\u20132008

\nAC Milan

\n20

\n(9)

2009\u20132011

\nCorinthians

\n52

\n(29)

Total

\n384

\n(280)

International career

1993

\nBrazil U17

\n7

\n(5)

1996

\nBrazil U23

\n8

\n(6)

1994\u20132011

\nBrazil

\n98

\n(62)

Medal record

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Men's football\n
\n
Representing $\"\"$ Brazil\n
FIFA World Cup\n
Winner	1994 United States	\n
Winner	2002 Korea/Japan	\n
Runner-up	1998 France	\n
FIFA Confederations Cup\n
Winner	1997 Saudi Arabia	\n
Copa Am\u00e9rica\n
Winner	1997 Bolivia	\n
Winner	1999 Paraguay	\n
Runner-up	1995 Uruguay	\n
Olympic Games\n
$\"Bronze$	1996 Atlanta	Team\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ronaldo Lu\u00eds Naz\u00e1rio de Lima (Brazilian Portuguese: [\u0281o\u02c8nawdu \u02c8lwiz n\u0250\u02c8za\u027eju d\u0292i \u02c8lim\u0250]; born 18 September 1976),^[2] mononymously known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the owner and president of La Liga club Real Valladolid. Nicknamed O Fen\u00f4meno ('The Phenomenon') and R9, he is considered one of the greatest players of all time. As a multi-functional striker who brought a new dimension to the position, Ronaldo has been an influence for a generation of strikers that have followed. His individual accolades include being named FIFA World Player of the Year three times and winning two Ballon d'Or awards.\n

Ronaldo started his career at Cruzeiro and moved to PSV in 1994. He joined Barcelona in 1996 for a then world record transfer fee and at 20 years old, he was named the 1996 FIFA World Player of the Year, making him the youngest recipient of the award. In 1997, Inter Milan broke the world record fee to sign Ronaldo, making him the first player since Diego Maradona to break the world transfer record twice. At 21, he received the 1997 Ballon d'Or and remains the youngest recipient of the award. By the age of 23, Ronaldo had scored over 200 goals for club and country. However, after a series of knee injuries and recuperation, he was inactive for almost three years. Ronaldo joined Real Madrid in 2002 and won the 2002\u201303 La Liga title. He had spells at AC Milan and Corinthians before retiring in 2011, having suffered further injuries.\n

Ronaldo played for Brazil in 98 matches, scoring 62 goals and is the third-highest goalscorer for his national team. At age 17, he was the youngest member of the Brazilian squad that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup. At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldo received the Golden Ball as the player of the tournament after he helped Brazil reach the final, where he suffered a convulsive fit hours before kick-off. He won the 2002 FIFA World Cup, starring in a front three with Ronaldinho and Rivaldo. Ronaldo scored twice in the final and received the Golden Boot as the tournament's top goalscorer. This achievement, viewed as \"redemption\" for what occurred at the previous World Cup, saw Ronaldo named the 2002 FIFA World Player of the Year, receive the 2002 Ballon d'Or, and for his return from injury, won the Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year. At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldo scored his 15th World Cup goal, a tournament record at the time. He also won the 1997 Copa Am\u00e9rica, where he became the player of the tournament and the 1999 Copa Am\u00e9rica, where he was the top goalscorer.\n

Ronaldo was one of the most marketable sportsmen in the world during his playing career. He was named in the FIFA 100 list of the greatest living players compiled in 2004 by Pel\u00e9 and was inducted into the Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame, Italian Football Hall of Fame, Inter Milan Hall of Fame and Real Madrid Hall of Fame. In 2020, Ronaldo was named in the Ballon d'Or Dream Team, a greatest all-time XI published by France Football magazine. Ronaldo has continued his work as a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador, a position to which he was appointed in 2000. Ronaldo became the majority owner of Real Valladolid in September 2018, after buying 51% of the club's shares. In December 2021, he bought a controlling stake in his boyhood club Cruzeiro, investing $70 million in the club. He sold his stake in Cruzeiro in April 2024.\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	State league^[a]\n	National cup^[b]\n	Continental\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Cruzeiro\n	1993\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	14	12	2	0	\u2014	4	8	1	0	21	20\n
1994\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	\u2014	18	22	\u2014	8	2	\u2014	26	24\n
Total\n	14	12	20	22	\u2014	12	10	1	0	47	44\n
PSV\n	1994\u201395\n	Eredivisie\n	33	30	\u2014	1	2	2^[c]	3	\u2014	36	35\n
1995\u201396\n	Eredivisie\n	13	12	\u2014	3	1	5^[c]	6	\u2014	21	19\n
Total\n	46	42	\u2014	4	3	7	9	\u2014	57	54\n
Barcelona\n	1996\u201397\n	La Liga\n	37	34	\u2014	4	6	7^[d]	5	1^[e]	2	49	47\n
Inter Milan\n	1997\u201398\n	Serie A\n	32	25	\u2014	4	3	11^[c]	6	\u2014	47	34\n
1998\u201399\n	Serie A\n	19	14	\u2014	2	0	6^[f]	1	1^[g]	0	28	15\n
1999\u20132000\n	Serie A\n	7	3	\u2014	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	8	3\n
2000\u201301\n	Serie A\n	0	0	\u2014	0	0	0	0	\u2014	0	0\n
2001\u201302\n	Serie A\n	10	7	\u2014	1	0	5^[c]	0	\u2014	16	7\n
Total\n	68	49	\u2014	8	3	22	7	1	0	99	59\n
Real Madrid\n	2002\u201303\n	La Liga\n	31	23	\u2014	1	0	11^[f]	6	1^[h]	1	44	30\n
2003\u201304\n	La Liga\n	32	24	\u2014	5	2	9^[f]	4	2^[i]	1	48	31\n
2004\u201305\n	La Liga\n	34	21	\u2014	1	0	10^[f]	3	\u2014	45	24\n
2005\u201306\n	La Liga\n	23	14	\u2014	2	1	2^[f]	0	\u2014	27	15\n
2006\u201307\n	La Liga\n	7	1	\u2014	2	1	4^[f]	2	\u2014	13	4\n
Total\n	127	83	\u2014	11	4	36	15	3	2	177	104\n
AC Milan\n	2006\u201307\n	Serie A\n	14	7	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	14	7\n
2007\u201308\n	Serie A\n	6	2	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	6	2\n
Total\n	20	9	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	20	9\n
Corinthians\n	2009\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	20	12	10	8	8	3	\u2014	\u2014	38	23\n
2010\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	11	6	9	3	\u2014	7^[j]	3	\u2014	27	12\n
2011\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	\u2014	2	0	\u2014	2^[j]	0	\u2014	4	0\n
Total\n	31	18	21	11	8	3	9	3	\u2014	69	35\n
Career total\n	343	247	41	33	35	19	93	49	6	4	518	352\n

No.\n	Cap\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n	Ref.\n
1\n	2	4 May 1994	Est\u00e1dio da Ressacada, Florian\u00f3polis, Brazil	$\"\"$ Iceland	1\u20130	3\u20130	Friendly	^[294]\n
2\n	8	11 June 1995	Wembley Stadium, London, England	$\"\"$ England	2\u20131	3\u20131\n	Friendly	^[295]\n
3\n	10	11 October 1995	Est\u00e1dio de Pitua\u00e7u, Salvador, Brazil	$\"\"$ Uruguay	1\u20130	2\u20130\n	Friendly	^[296]\n
4\n	2\u20130\n
5\n	11	28 August 1996	Central Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia	$\"\"$ Russia	2\u20132\u2021	2\u20132\n	Friendly	^[297]\n
6\n	13	16 October 1996	Albert\u00e3o, Teresina, Brazil	$\"\"$ Lithuania	1\u20130	3\u20131\n	Friendly	^[298]\n
7\n	2\u20131\n
8\n	3\u20131\n
9\n	14	18 December 1996	Vivald\u00e3o, Manaus, Brazil	$\"\"$ Bosnia and Herzegovina	1\u20130	1\u20130\n	Friendly	^[299]\n
10\n	15	26 February 1997	Est\u00e1dio Serra Dourada, Goi\u00e2nia, Brazil	$\"\"$ Poland	3\u20130	4\u20132\n	Friendly	^[300]\n
11\n	4\u20130\n
12\n	16	2 April 1997	Est\u00e1dio Nacional Man\u00e9 Garrincha, Bras\u00edlia, Brazil	$\"\"$ Chile	1\u20130	4\u20130\n	Friendly	^[301]\n
13\n	3\u20130\n
14\n	20	8 June 1997	Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France	$\"\"$ Italy	2\u20133	3\u20133\n	Friendly	^[302]\n
15\n	22	13 June 1997	Estadio Ram\u00f3n Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia	$\"\"$ Costa Rica	3\u20130	5\u20130	1997 Copa Am\u00e9rica	^[303]\n
16\n	4\u20130\n
17\n	25	22 June 1997\n	Estadio Ram\u00f3n Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia	$\"\"$ Paraguay	1\u20130	2\u20130\n	1997 Copa Am\u00e9rica	^[304]\n
18\n	2\u20130\n
19\n	27	29 June 1997	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia	$\"\"$ Bolivia	2\u20131	3\u20131	1997 Copa Am\u00e9rica	^[305]\n
20\n	28	10 August 1997	Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	$\"\"$ South Korea	1\u20131\u2021	2\u20131	Friendly	^[306]\n
21\n	33	19 December 1997	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	$\"\"$ Czech Republic	2\u20130	2\u20130	1997 FIFA Confederations Cup	^[307]\n
22\n	34	21 December 1997\n	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	$\"\"$ Australia	1\u20130	6\u20130	1997 FIFA Confederations Cup	^[308]\n
23\n	2\u20130\n
24\n	5\u20130\n
25\n	35	25 March 1998	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany	$\"\"$ Germany	2\u20131	2\u20131	Friendly	^[309]\n
26\n	39	16 June 1998	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France	$\"\"$ Morocco	1\u20130	3\u20130	1998 FIFA World Cup	^[310]\n
27\n	41	27 June 1998	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	$\"\"$ Chile	3\u20130\u2021	4\u20131\n	1998 FIFA World Cup	^[311]\n
28\n	4\u20131\n
29\n	43	7 July 1998	Stade V\u00e9lodrome, Marseille, France	$\"\"$ Netherlands	1\u20130	1\u20131 (4\u20132 p)\n	1998 FIFA World Cup	^[312]\n
30\n	45	26 June 1999	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil	$\"\"$ Latvia	3\u20130	3\u20130	Friendly	^[313]\n
31\n	46	30 June 1999	Estadio Antonio Aranda, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay	$\"\"$ Venezuela	1\u20130	7\u20130	1999 Copa Am\u00e9rica	^[314]\n
32\n	4\u20130\n
33\n	48	6 July 1999\n	Estadio Antonio Aranda, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay	$\"\"$ Chile	1\u20130\u2021	1\u20130\n	1999 Copa Am\u00e9rica	^[315]\n
34\n	49	11 July 1999\n	Estadio Antonio Aranda, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay	$\"\"$ Argentina	2\u20131	2\u20131\n	1999 Copa Am\u00e9rica	^[316]\n
35\n	51	18 July 1999	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunci\u00f3n, Paraguay	$\"\"$ Uruguay	3\u20130	3\u20130	1999 Copa Am\u00e9rica	^[317]\n
36\n	53	7 September 1999	Est\u00e1dio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil	$\"\"$ Argentina	4\u20131	4\u20132	Friendly	^[318]\n
37\n	57	25 May 2002	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	$\"\"$ Malaysia	1\u20130	4\u20130\n	Friendly	^[319]\n
38\n	58	3 June 2002	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan, South Korea	$\"\"$ Turkey	1\u20131	2\u20131	2002 FIFA World Cup	^[320]\n
39\n	59	8 June 2002	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo, South Korea	$\"\"$ China	4\u20130	4\u20130\n	2002 FIFA World Cup	^[321]\n
40\n	60	13 June 2002	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea	$\"\"$ Costa Rica	1\u20130	5\u20132\n	2002 FIFA World Cup	^[322]\n
41\n	2\u20130\n
42\n	61	17 June 2002	Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan	$\"\"$ Belgium	2\u20130	2\u20130\n	2002 FIFA World Cup	^[323]\n
43\n	63	26 June 2002	Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan	$\"\"$ Turkey	1\u20130	1\u20130\n	2002 FIFA World Cup	^[324]\n
44\n	64	30 June 2002	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan	$\"\"$ Germany	1\u20130	2\u20130	2002 FIFA World Cup	^[325]\n
45\n	2\u20130\n
46\n	66	20 November 2002	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	$\"\"$ South Korea	1\u20131	3\u20132	Friendly	^[326]\n
47\n	2\u20132\n
48\n	70	7 September 2003	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Mel\u00e9ndez, Barranquilla, Colombia	$\"\"$ Colombia	1\u20130	2\u20131	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[327]\n
49\n	74	18 November 2003	Pinheir\u00e3o, Curitiba, Brazil	$\"\"$ Uruguay	2\u20131	3\u20133\n	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[328]\n
50\n	3\u20133\n
51\n	78	2 June 2004	Mineir\u00e3o, Belo Horizonte, Brazil	$\"\"$ Argentina	1\u20130\u2021	3\u20131\n	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[329]\n
52\n	2\u20130\u2021\n	\n
53\n	3\u20131\u2021\n	\n
54\n	81	5 September 2004	Est\u00e1dio do Morumbi, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil	$\"\"$ Bolivia	1\u20130	3\u20131\n	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[330]\n
55\n	83	9 October 2004	Estadio Jos\u00e9 Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	$\"\"$ Venezuela	3\u20130	5\u20132\n	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[331]\n
56\n	4\u20130\n	\n
57\n	90	12 October 2005	Est\u00e1dio Ol\u00edmpico do Par\u00e1, Par\u00e1, Brazil\n	$\"\"$ Venezuela	2\u20130	3\u20130\n	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[332]\n
58\n	91	1 March 2006	RZD Arena, Moscow, Russia	$\"\"$ Russia	1\u20130	1\u20131	Friendly	^[333]\n
59\n	92	4 June 2006	Stade de Gen\u00e8ve, Geneva, Switzerland	$\"\"$ New Zealand	1\u20130	4\u20130\n	Friendly	^[334]\n
60\n	95	22 June 2006	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany	$\"\"$ Japan	1\u20131	4\u20131	2006 FIFA World Cup	^[335]\n
61\n	4\u20131\n
62\n	96	27 June 2006\n	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany	$\"\"$ Ghana	1\u20130	3\u20130\n	2006 FIFA World Cup	^[336]\n

Early life

Club career

Cruzeiro

PSV

Barcelona

Inter Milan

1997\u20131999: World record transfer and Ballon d'Or win

1999\u20132002: Recurring injury problems

Real Madrid

2002\u20132005: Ballon d'Or win and La Liga championship

2005\u20132007: Final two seasons

AC Milan

Corinthians

2009\u20132010: Paulist\u00e3o and Copa do Brasil

2011: Retirement

International career

Atlanta '96 and Copa Am\u00e9rica

1998 FIFA World Cup

2002 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup

Farewell match and sporadic appearances

Style of play and legacy

Club ownership

Real Valladolid

Cruzeiro

Outside football

Personal life

Religion

Media

Nike sponsorship

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

See also

References

External links

Ronaldo

Talks

11 October, 1996