Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, March 21, 1980), better

known as Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gacho, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for
Atltico Mineiro in Brazil.
He debuted as a professional footballer at the club Grmio of Porto Alegre, but developed much of
his football career in Europe, where he played for Paris Saint-Germain, FC Barcelona and B.C.
Milan. He became known mainly in the Spanish club team where he remained for five seasons and
received global recognition from the press, players and several sporting bodies. Noted for its high
technical and quality control when the ball as well as by the accuracy in his passes and dribbles. It
is known in soccer for his plays, among which stands out the "self-pass", 7 the "Vaseline" 7 the
"espaldinha ', 8 the" bicycle "8 or" cow tail "8
FIFA him out as the best player in the world, after receiving the award for the FIFA World Player in
2004 and 2005. The France Football magazine awarded the Golden Ball in 2005, award credited
him as the best in Europe, while the British magazine World Soccer awarded the prize World
Soccer player of the world in 2004 and 2005. The same magazine declared World Footballer of the
first decade of the century XXI.9
On February 6, 2013 completed 100 games with Brazil football team, which won 10 with the top
three teams level competitions: the World Cup 2002, Copa America 1999 and the FIFA
Confederations Cup 2005 . Ronaldinho is one of the few players in the world, as a player who has
won the Champions League, world Cup, Copa America, Copa Libertadores and FIFA U17 World
Cup.
world Star
Quickly, the player was acquired idol status among the fans to pass, ranking alongside other
Brazilian players who went through the FC Barcelona as Rivaldo, Romario or Ronaldo.17 received
the 2005 Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player trophy, beating in both Chelsea FC midfielder Frank
Lampard, and crowned as the best player in the world of entonces.18 In the 2004-2005 season, FC
Barcelona were proclaimed champions of the hand of Ronaldinho, who scored nine goals and was
instrumental at the end of the campaign. In European competition, Barcelona is eliminated from
the Champions League at the hands of Chelsea FC. Perched on top of world football, Ronaldinho
extended his contract with Barcelona until 2010, within the strategy of President Joan Laporta to
ensure continuity of the team's key players, among which of course was the Brazilian, as well as
Victor Valdes, Carles Puyol, Xavi, Deco and Samuel Eto'o 19 Already in the 2005-2006 season,
Barcelona started the season winning the Supercopa of Spain, ended the year by winning the
Spanish League and the Champions League, and the player lived great moments and in the league
game that faced Real Madrid CF at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, scoring 2 goals and the Madrid fans
stood to applaud, which before had only managed Diego Armando Maradona.20 Ronaldinho
scored 17 goals in the league. The 2005-2006 season was not only the second consecutive league
with FC Barcelona Ronaldinho, but also that of their first-and only-League UEFA Champions League
in his career as a footballer. The player was declared "best player" of the competition in which he
scored 7 goals and 4 assists.