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Ronaldinho
Personal information
Full name	Ronaldo de Assis Moreira
Date of birth	21 March 1980 (1980-03-21)
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder / Forward
Youth clubs
1987–1998	Grêmio
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
1998–2001 2001–2003 2003–2008 2008–2010 2010-2012 2012-2014 2014–2015 2015 Total	Grêmio Paris Saint-Germain Barcelona Milan Flamengo Atlético Mineiro Querétaro Fluminense	052 0(21) 055 0(17) 145 0(70) 076 0(20) 033 0(15) 048 0(17) 025 00(8) 007 00(0) 441 (167)
National team
1999–2013	Brazil	097 0(33)

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980), commonly known as Ronaldinho (ʁonawˈdʒĩɲu) or Ronaldinho Gaúcho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and ambassador for Spanish club FC Barcelona after signing for them in September 2016. His main playing position is as an attacking midfielder or forward. He won the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2004 and 2005. Renowned for his technique, tricks, dribbling, overhead kicks, no-look passes and free kicks, Ronaldinho is regarded to be one of the best players of his generation.

"Ronaldinho", the diminutive and term of endearment for "Ronaldo", is accompanied in Brazilian usage by the nickname "Gaúcho" (since he hails from southern Brazil), in order to distinguish him from fellow footballer and countryman Ronaldo, who was known as "Ronaldinho" in Brazil beforehand. Ronaldo went by his first name upon his move to Europe, thereby allowing Ronaldinho to drop the "Gaúcho" and go by the name Ronaldinho abroad.

Ronaldinho has played 97 matches and scored 33 goals for the Brazil national team. He was an integral part of the 2002 FIFA World Cup-winning team in Korea and Japan, starring alongside Ronaldo and Rivaldo in an attacking trio, and was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team.

At club level, Ronaldinho played first for the Brazilian club Grêmio before spending the bulk of his career with European clubs Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona and Milan. He then returned to Brazil to play for Flamengo and Atlético Mineiro before moving to Mexico to play for Querétaro. With Barcelona, he won La Liga twice, the UEFA Champions League in 2006 and accumulated numerous individual awards, including the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2004 and 2005 and the Ballon d'Or in 2005. Ronaldinho was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the world's greatest living players compiled by Pelé, and to the FIFPro World XI from 2005–2007.

Honours

Club Grêmio South Cup (1): 1999 Campeonato Gaúcho (1): 1999 Paris Saint-Germain UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2001 Barcelona La Liga (2): 2004–05, 2005–06 Supercopa de España (2): 2005, 2006 UEFA Champions League (1): 2005–06 FIFA Club World Cup Runner-up (1): 2006 Milan Serie A (1): 2010–11 Flamengo Campeonato Carioca (1): 2011 Atlético Mineiro Campeonato Mineiro (1): 2013 Copa Libertadores (1): 2013 Recopa Sudamericana (1): 2014 International Brazil Copa América (1): 1999 FIFA World Cup (1): 2002 FIFA Confederations Cup (1): 2005 Superclásico de las Américas (1): 2011 Brazil U23 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament (1): 1999 Olympic Bronze Medal (1): 2008 Brazil U17 South American Under-17 Football Championship (1): 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship (1): 1997

Individual FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball (1): 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Shoe (1): 1999 Rio Grande do Sul State Championship Top Scorer (1): 1999 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament Top Scorer (1): 2000 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team (1): 2002 FIFA 100 La Liga Ibero-American Player of the Year (1): 2004 FIFA Confederations Cup Bronze Ball (1): 2005 World Soccer Magazine World Player of The Year (2): 2004, 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year (2): 2004, 2005 Ballon d'Or (1): 2005 Onze d'Or (1): 2005 La Liga Assist Leader (1): 2005–06 UEFA Club Forward of the Year (1): 2004–05 UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (1): 2005–06 UEFA Team of the Year (3): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 ESM Team of the Year (3): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 Don Balón Award (2): 2003–04, 2005–06 FIFPro World Player of the Year (1): 2005 FIFPro World XI (3): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07 FIFA World Player of the Year – Bronze award (1): 2006 Serie A Assist Leader (1): 2009–10 Golden Foot (1): 2009 Bola de Ouro (1): 2012 South American Footballer of the Year (1): 2013 Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year (substitute; published 2015)

Other

In 2012, two Brazilian entomologists named a new species of bee, from Brazil, Eulaema quadragintanovem, stating that "the specific epithet honors the Brazilian soccer player Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, famous worldwide as 'Ronaldinho' and in Brazil as ‘Ronaldinho Gaúcho’. 'Quadraginta novem' means forty-nine, the number of Ronaldinho's T-shirt at Clube Atlético Mineiro (CAM), his former team in Brazil. Ronaldinho chose the number 49 as an homage to his mother, born in 1949."

External links

• Ronaldinho FIFA competition record
• Tactical Profile – Football-Lineups.com
• European Champions Cup/UEFA Champions League Winning Squads
• Ronaldinho Gaúcho Official Website (Spanish) (Portuguese) (English) (Italian)
• Ronaldinho profile at FC Barcelona website
• Ronaldinho profile at AC Milan website
• Ronaldinho profile at Soccerbase
• Ronaldinho profile at BBC Sport website
• Ronaldinho career stats at Futpédia

Brazil – 1999 Copa América

Template:Brazil squad (1999 FIFA Confederations Cup)

Brazil – 2002 FIFA World Cup – Winners

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Brazil – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

Brazil – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Quarter-finals

1. Dida 2. Cafu (c) 3. Lúcio 4. Juan 5. Emerson 6. Roberto Carlos 7. Adriano 8. Kaká 9. Ronaldo 10. Ronaldinho 11. Zé Roberto 12. Rogério Ceni 13. Cicinho 14. Luisão 15. Cris 16. Gilberto 17. Gilberto Silva 18. Mineiro 19. Juninho 20. Ricardinho 21. Fred 22. Júlio César 23. Robinho Manager:   Carlos Alberto Parreira