Saturday, September 17, 2011

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira

Ronaldinho was born in the city of Porto Alegre and the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul and his mother, Dona Miguelina Eloi Assis dos Santos (daughter of Enviro Assis) is a former salesperson who studied to become a nurse and his father Joao de Assis Moreira, was a shipyard worker and footballer for local club Esporte Clube Cruzeiro (not to be confused with Cruzeiro) and he suffered a fatal heart attack in the family swimming pool when Ronaldinho was eight.

Today, Roberto acts as Ronaldinho's manager, while his sister Deisi works as his press coordinator and he became a father for the st time on 25 February 2005 after Brazilian dancer Janaína Mendes gave birth to their son and was named Joao after Ronaldinho's late father.

Club career and Early career for a Ronaldinho's career began with the Gremio youth squad. He made his senior side debut during the 1998 Copa Libertadores and he has considered playing on loan with Scottish Premier League side St. Mirren we never happened due to his involvement in a fake passport scandal in Brazil and ronaldinho signed a 5 year contract and the french side Paris Saint-Germain in a EUR5 million transfer.

FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta had promised to bring David Beckham to the club and the following his transfer to Real Madrid, Barcelona entered the running for Ronaldinho and outbid Manchester United for his signature in a reported EUR30 million.

Milan play for July 2008, Ronaldinho turned down a £25.5 million offer from Manchester City to join Italian Serie A giants Milan on a 3 year contract thought to be worth around £5.1 million EUR6.5 million a year for a fee in the region of £14.5 million (EUR18.5 million) and the number 10 already occupied by teammate Clarence Seedorf and he selected 80 as his jersey number.

International career for a Ronaldinho is one of few Brazilian players to have played at every international age level and he was part of the first Brazilian team to win the FIFA U-17 World Championship in 1997 in which his 1st goal was a penalty against Austria in the first group match for a brazil won 7–0 and ronaldinho finished with two goals for ronaldinho participated in his 1st World Cup in 2002 as part of a formidable offensive unit with Ronaldo and Rivaldo are also on the 1999 Copa América winning squad and ronaldinho scored three goals in the tournament and is tied with Cuauhtémoc Blanco as the tournament's all-time scorer with 9 goals.

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