Ronaldinho Biography
Author: Falco P.

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira is a famous Brazilian football player
who is better known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho. His name Ronaldinho
was used to distinguish him from a fellow Brazilian football
celebrity whose name is also Ronaldo. Gaúcho was used when the
existing Ronaldo was also known as Ronaldinho.

He was born on March 21, 1980 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He is
the youngest among the three siblings. Miguelina, his mother,
was a sales woman who soon decided to take up nursing. João,
his father was a worker in the shipyard and a football player
for Cruzeiro. He died due to a heart attack when Ronaldinho was
at the age of 8. Ronaldinho's brother Roberto was also a
professional football player for Grêmio. But his career ended
too soon due to his injuries. And now he manages Ronaldinho.
His sister, Deisi, is his press manager.

During Ronaldinho's childhood days, his interest in football
was already evident. He started playing futsal and beach
football which later lead into his passion for a more
established football game. His character as a football player
developed in his early years.

His career as a skilled football player started when he joined
the youth team in Porto Alegre club Grêmio. His extraordinary
ball control and capability to score was rapidly displayed
which lead him to fame. Many clubs from all over the world
attempted to get him to be part of their teams. Eventually
Ronaldinho signed a 5-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain
which he joined at the start of the new season.

During his years with PSG, there were still much larger offers
from different clubs, but he opted to stay with the team. But
after some time he decided to leave the team after their many
unsuccessful attempts to qualify for any European competitions.
This caused a bidding war among the many clubs. Finally, the
bidding ended up with FC Barcelona as the winning club for
Ronaldinho's services. They acquired him for £18 million. He
was a very high paid player in Barcelona. He has had his
terrible times in his career but his many achievements was far
more overflowing than that. He had also joined the Brazilan
National team.

Ronaldinho is one of the most successful football players in
the world. He had so many achievements in his arena which
includes the FIFA World Player of the Year wherein he was
awarded in 2 consecutive years (2004-2005), the European
Footballer of the Year award and the FIFPro World Player of the
Year award which was also awarded to him in 2 successive years
(2005-2006).


About The Author: Falco Pangkey is the owner of Falco Pangkey
is the owner of www.ronaldinho10.tv. Soccer is his passion and
he is a big fan of Ronaldinho. To view more goals of
Ronaldinho, visit
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all his goals, interviews and compilations.