Ronaldo
Ronaldo
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker. Popularly dubbed "the phenomenon", he is widely considered to be one of the greatest football players of all time. A three-time FIFA World Player of the Year and two-time Ballon d'Or recipient, Ronaldo was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the greatest living players compiled in 2004, and was inducted into the Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth18 September 1976
CityRio De Janeiro, Brazil
I Don't Care About FIFA. This is bullshit.
Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.
I'm here to score a lot of goals. It's my specialty, that's what I've been brought here to do, and I want to score plenty ; like I did with Barcelona. And here, there's every reason to think I can do it.
My life has always been a series of challenges and I'm psychologically-prepared but this is the biggest challenge of my life.
I am very ambitious. I want to enjoy this and then really go for it.
I like playing in Italy. It was a challenge I wanted since very early in my career.
I'm sure sex wouldn't be so rewarding as this World Cup. It's not that sex isn't good but the World Cup is every four years and sex is not.
I don't want my fans to have the same disappointment as me when I was refused by some players to sign my notebook when I was young.
I have ambitions I want to fulfil, to enjoy more success with Brazil.
We lost the World Cup but I won another cup: my life.
Usually, it's the quality of the players which decides the match, not having the coach telling you whether it's the right moment to take on the defender or not.
The political moment is not good and football always brings happiness to the Brazilian people, especially if we succeed in qualifying for the cup,
One rule that will work if it is used everywhere, is that when you have a free-kick, the referee puts the mark on the floor to make sure the defenders keep their distance.
(The expansion) is going to help. But it won't solve the situation.