"[211] Wanting to emulate Ronaldo growing up, Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah opined, "The ability, the speed, the intelligence, he had everything". ", Former France defender Marcel Desailly on Ronaldo's combination of speed and close ball control. In fact, the total count with Santos FC could be 1091 goals and 1282 goals for his . [21] He scored 30 league goals in his first season in the Netherlands, which included seven braces and a hat-trick against Utrecht. [12] During the tour, his performance against Porto impressed enough that they bid $500,000, which was turned down by club president Csar Masci. [188][189][190] In December 2012, Ronaldo and Zidane reunited for the Match Against Poverty in Porto Alegre, Portugal, with the field littered with World Cup winners from France and Brazil, which also saw 1982 World Cup star Zico (Ronaldo's childhood idol) turn out for Ronaldo's team. ", Quinton Fortune remembers playing against Ronaldo in the 199697 season. He scored 136 goals in 236 apps he made with Santos from 2009-2013. The Black and Yellows hijacked the deal and Lewandowski spent four seasons with Dortmund, scoring a whopping 103 goals across all competitions. 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"[146], "I've said before that my big victory was to play football again, to run again and to score goals again. [237] Ronaldo's engagement to Maria Beatriz Antony was immediately halted,[238] but resumed shortly after. In 2015, Pele posted a tweet claiming that he had scored 1,283 goals during his illustrious career. [25], During his spell at PSV, Ronaldo attracted the attention of both Inter Milan and FC Barcelona. Ronaldo scored four goals and made three assists en route to the final, scoring once and assisting Bebeto's goal in a 3-0 win against Morocco in the team's second group stage match, netting twice in a 4-1 win against Chile in the round of 16, set-up two goals in Brazil's 3-2 victory over Denmark in the quarter-finals, and scored once in . [247] Ronaldo co-owns the sports marketing company 9INE, with his friend, mixed martial artist Anderson Silva, one of his clients. According to many official reports, Pele scored 643 goals with Santos FC and FIFA has a total count of 767 during his career (club and international level). "[178] Ronaldo and Klinsmann's shared record of at least three goals in three separate World Cup finals was broken by German striker Miroslav Klose, who has a record of at least four goals in each of three tournaments, having netted five at both the 2002 and 2006 finals, and four at the 2010 tournament. 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", Ronaldo on his comeback from injury and the 2002 World Cup success. ", Ronaldo entered the 1998 FIFA World Cup billed as the world's greatest player by reporters in the sport. [49] A medical examination confirmed that the striker had ruptured a tendon in his knee and would require surgery. The forward was nicknamed 'Fenomeno' in his playing days and it isn't hard to see why. Scored 87 goals in 74 games during the 1983-84 season. His mother states, "I always found him on the street playing ball with friends when he should have been in school. film trilogy, Goal! [90] In 2019, FourFourTwo magazine named him the best player never to win the competition;[91] in 2020, Sky Sports ranked him the secondbest player (after Diego Maradona) never to win the Champions League or European Cup. Their partnership was brief but it was inexplicably brilliant. [12] Upon returning from the tour, he scored 20 goals, with eight coming in the Supercopa Libertadores, including a hat-trick against Chilean side Colo-Colo in the first leg, and two in the second leg, before scoring a further three against Uruguayan team Nacional, resulting in him being the tournament's top goalscorer. [63], "He got the standing ovation he deserved from the crowd. "[233] According to a study led by geneticist Srgio Pena of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, most Brazilians often have a misconception about their roots. [112][113] Commenting on his weight issues following this announcement, Brian Homewood of The Guardian states, "Sadly, Ronaldo's celebrity is now more of a draw than his skills on the pitch Coldplay, Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres and actor Hugh Jackman have all visited So Paulo to get a picture with the rolypoly star. He, together with Romrio and George Weah, reinvented the centre-forward position. FIFA put his overall total at . So he just had this amazing aura, where everyone wanted to join him. "[219] Mikal Silvestre states, "I played against [Lionel] Messi and I played with Cristiano at Manchester United, but he [Ronaldo] is something else in terms of speed. You just understand when you see quality. [259], Ronaldo has appeared in various commercials, from Snickers chocolate bar to Pirelli tyres. Later in 2002, he won the FIFA World Player of the Year award for the third time, and transferred from Inter to Real Madrid. The ceremony reportedly cost 700,000 (896,000). [88] It was also the first time Milan's much hyped attacking trio of Kak, Alexandre Pato and Ronaldo, known as Ka-Pa-Ro, played together. Jimmy Greaves (2008). [107] He scored twice in a 31 win against local rivals Santos in the first leg of the state championship final, with Santos idol Pel looking on from the stands. He finished the Brazilian Serie A 2009 with 12 goals in 20 matches. [134] Jacob Steinberg of The Guardian writes, "In 1998, no one was as ferociously talented as Ronaldo, whose supernatural mixture of power, pace and skill had made him the player every child in the playground wanted to be; at the age of 21, the hopes and dreams of a nation rested on his shoulders. But I was training with Flamengo for four months and didn't receive any offer. [81] Capello, who dropped him due to weight issues, commented, "I wish him the best of luck in doing what he used to do which is being a great player. [41] During his time with Inter, he scored several goals against city rivals A.C. Milan in the Derby della Madonnina. Scored 92 goals in 80 games during the 1981-82 season. Buffon vale Maradona", "As natural as Federer, Ronaldo in his prime was a true football phenomenon", "Mourinho: Neither Messi nor Cristiano beat Ronaldo Nazario", "Ballon d'Or Dream Team: Xavi alongside Messi and Cristiano", "Ranked! "[98] Ronaldo was released by Milan at the end of the season, as his contract expired and was not renewed. "[23] In one on one situations, Ronaldo often used elaborate feints to trick and beat defenders and goalkeepers; he popularised the use of many football tricks such as the elastico and the step over. Pele scored 12 goals in 14 World Cup matches, which leaves him joint sixth in the overall World Cup goalscoring charts. [8][16] Jairzinho saw Ronaldo's potential and helped get him a move to Cruzeiro. [158] Grard Saillant, the French surgeon who operated on Ronaldo's knee, was in the crowd as his guest, and stated after the game; "This gives hope to everyone who is injured, even those who aren't sportsmen, to see that by fighting you can make it. I love [Lionel] Messi, I played many times with Cristiano [Ronaldo] and I adore him, Neymar is outstanding, Ronaldinho was exceptionalbut if you put all of them together, you might get what Ronaldo was that season. [14], "The first time I saw him play was at Cruzeiro. During the playing of the Brazil national anthem the camera focused on him throughout, with Ronaldo showing little emotion. [106] Scoring eight goals in nine matches, his form led to calls for his return to the Brazil national team nearly 70% of respondents in a poll for the O Globo newspaper voted that he should be reinstated, with the country's president Lula also calling for his immediate return. 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[23][45] By the end of the 199899 season, he was appointed Inter Milan captain. [111], In February 2010, Ronaldo signed a contract extension with Corinthians that would keep him with the club until the end of 2011, and said he would then retire. "[216] Asked who was the toughest opponent of his career, Fabio Cannavaro responded, "I have no doubt, Ronaldo, the phenomenon. He invites everybody. Pele's goal tally has been controversial for . [147], Prior to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldo had barely played since rupturing the cruciate ligament in his right knee in April 2000, and he missed Brazil's entire qualification campaign where, in his absence, the team had been poor. [52], Ronaldo was forced to miss the entire 200001 season and much of the two seasons either side of it. 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. [41] Ronaldo's performances at the club especially the first two seasons before injury saw him named among the four inaugural inductees into the Inter Milan Hall of Fame in 2018. He proved that he was a cut above the rest that season. For my generation he was what Maradona or Pel were for the previous ones. [263] In 2017 Ronaldo was added as an icon to the Ultimate Team in EA Sports' FIFA video game FIFA 18, receiving a 95 rating along with Brazilian compatriot Pel, Argentine playmaker Diego Maradona, former Russian goalkeeper Lev Yashin and former French star Thierry Henry. Did Ronaldo r9 win Champions League? "[162], On 2 June 2004, Ronaldo scored an unusual hat-trick of penalties for Brazil against arch-rivals Argentina in a 2006 World Cup qualifying match, which put them top of the group. In his first season, the Egyptian showed his goalscoring touch and went on to become Premier League top scorer. "[215] Ronaldo was also a strong and powerful player who could shield the ball from the opposition, with former Italian defender Alessandro Nesta (who faced Ronaldo in a high-profile one on one duel in the 1998 UEFA Cup final which was billed as "the best attacker against the best defender in Serie A") stating: "It was the worst experience of my career. The Brazilian scored 414 goals in 616 appearances for club and country throughout his career. The Portuguese striker scored a penalty kick in the 70th minute to give Manchester United a 3-2 victory. ", Joaquin Hidalgo, director of Nike's Brazilian marketing unit, 1998. "[30] With his combination of speed, skill and finishing Ronaldinho called Ronaldo "the most complete striker there has ever been", a view echoed by Zlatan Ibrahimovi, who stated, "as a football player, he was complete. 819 Goals 234 Assists 1145 Apps 113 mins per goal 88 mins per goal contribution Detailed Stats messivsronaldo.app All Time Career All Time Stats Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Goal Contributions Goals Messi 794 Ronaldo 819 Assists Messi 350 Ronaldo 234 Appearances Messi 1,004 Ronaldo 1,145 Minutes Played Messi 82,415 Ronaldo 92,851 Goals Per Game [193] Ronaldo played in the UNDP's 11th Match Against Poverty on 4 March 2014 against a Zidane XI in Bern, Switzerland, with proceeds raised helping the recovery efforts in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Had he managed to stay free of injury, he had every chance of becoming the best footballer ever. "[143] Despite his sub-par performance in the final due to his seizure hours earlier, Ronaldo was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament for his performances leading up to the final, and finished the tournament as the joint-third highest scorer. [142] Ronaldo later reflected: "We lost the World Cup but I won another cup my life."[135]. Sid Lowe of Sports Illustrated states, "That season Ronaldo was unstoppable. A young Ronaldo [before a series of injuries] would have been even more dangerous, but it shows how good a player he was. How many goals did Ronaldo scored for Portugal? [62] That same reception was observed at the final game of the season against Athletic Bilbao, where Ronaldo scored to finish his first season with 23 league goals and seal La Liga title for 2003. [183], Ronaldo played for 15 minutes in a match that ended with a Brazilian victory with a goal from Fred. 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Ronaldo was unpredictable in his movement and it made it hard to judge which way he was going. "He could go in a restaurant, and I could go in with him, and you're not just there with close friends. . [94][95] The closest that he came to Champions League success was in 2003 when he helped Real Madrid to the semi-finals, in which they lost to Juventus. [228], In December 1999, Ronaldo married Brazilian footballer Milene Domingues, at the time pregnant with the couple's first son, Ronald, who was born in Milan, on 6 April 2000. [138][139][140] Hours before the final against France, Ronaldo suffered a convulsive fit. From that point on he showed he was truly a phenomenon. "[218] A reliance on his superior innate ability is given as a reason for his application in training often not being as high as his teammates though his knee issues may also have been a factor with his Brazil teammate Emerson stating "Ronaldo felt he didn't need to work as hard as us, that he could do in two days what the rest of us would take ten days to do. [164] Prior to the tournament, questions were asked of his weight and fitness,[165][166] but was declared fit for Brazil's opening match with Croatia. "[22], Nick Miller, match reporter for The Guardian, writes, "What's striking about Ronaldo in that first year at PSV is how complete he looks, even as a skinny teenager. It's an astonishing feat for one of the world's greatest strikers. [23], His coach at Barcelona, Bobby Robson, commented: "Ronaldo could start from the halfway line and the whole stadium would ignite. [100] Rio-based sports newspaper Lance! Ronaldo and prolific Fiorentina striker Gabriel Batistuta were the two best strikers in Serie A, with their duels the most anticipated in Italy. His Brazil teammate Romrio having played for PSV from 1988 to 1993 advised Ronaldo to move to the club. He was a perfect physical specimen. The 10 best players of World Cup 2002. At that moment I'd have to go and live on the North Pole. The head wants to go on but the body can't take any more. [124] He was then known as Ronaldinho ("little Ronaldo" in Portuguese), because Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus, his older teammate, was also called Ronaldo and later nicknamed Ronaldo ("big Ronaldo") to further distinguish them. We want to build the best team possible to compete while also giving information about our management with transparency. [256] Simon Crerar of The Times listed Ronaldo's performance as one of the thirty-three funniest cameos in the history of the show. 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[255] The Maccabiah is described as "the Jewish Olympics"; Ronald is not Jewish, but some participating countries have more relaxed rules about eligibility and Ronald is a member of a Jewish football club. how many goals did r9 score in his career He believes he scored 1000 goals in his career - though not a lot of people outside of his home country agree. il piacere del calcio", "Ronaldo at Valladolid: Inside the Brazil legend's reinvention", "Ronaldo Lus Nazrio de Lima: A Tribute to O Fenmeno", "Ronaldo la resurrezione diventa un film", "Mercato Juventus, Ronaldo: "Il mio erede e' Leandro Damiao", "Milan, Ambrosini risolve i problemi continua l' inseguimento Champions", "Ibrahimovic: Ronaldo il Fenomeno, non ci sar mai un giocatore migliore di lui", "Mohamed Salah Names 2002 World Cup Winner as Favourite Brazilian Footballer of All Time", "World Cup 2014: England's Wayne Rooney looks to the 'original' Ronaldo for inspiration", "Ronaldo deserves more credit as one of the game's greatest players", "Happy 40th birthday, El Fenomeno! [245], In a 2011 interview with the BBC, former Real Madrid teammate Steve McManaman spoke about Ronaldo's personality. The legendary football player, Ronaldinho, was born on March 21, 1980, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. [134] The starting line up without Ronaldo was released to a stunned world media. An individual who considers himself white may be genomically more African than an individual who considers himself to be brown or black. "[30] Jos Mourinho, who worked as an interpreter at Barcelona, referred to Ronaldo as "the greatest player I have ever seen in my life", adding, "I have no doubts. In terms of total goals, Ronaldo has surpassed the records of other legendary players, including Josef Bican and Pele. Ronaldo was introduced after 30 minutes, partnering 19-year-old Neymar in attack, and had three shots on target which were saved by the Romanian goalkeeper. At age 17, he was the youngest member of the Brazilian squad that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup. 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