Ronaldinho is a Striker from Flamengo

Nama Lengkap : Ronaldo de Assis Moreira
Tempat Lahir : Porto Alegre, Brazil  
Tanggal Lahir : 21 Maret 1980
Kebangsaan : Brazil  
Posisi : Penyerang  
Bermain di Klub : Flamengo

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, better known as Ronaldinho was born on March 21, 1980 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Brazilian player occupies the position of attacking midfielder. Ronaldinho is Portuguese for Little Ronaldo. He is known in Brazil known as Gaucho, to distinguish it from Ronaldo, who has been called by Ronaldinho in Brazil. Ronaldo Ronaldo finally over using the name in Europe, which makes unnecessary wear Ronaldinho Gaucho Ronaldinho and remain alone. Ronaldinho started playing football ability seen since childhood, and he was given the nickname Ronaldinho because he was often the youngest and smallest player in the match between the youth team. His ability to attract media first, when he scored all 23 goals in a 23-0 victory against local teams. He is considered as a candidate after the shining star in the Champions U-17 World Championship 1997 in Egypt, where he scored 2 goals. Ronaldinho's career began with a young team Gremio in the direction of coach Liam Higgins. His debut in the senior team occurred in 1998 in the Copa Libertadores. In 2001, Arsenal almost recruited him, but the move failed because the license did not work out because he was not a European Union player and the number of international matches is not enough. He plans to join the Scottish club, St. Mirren, on loan. But failed because he was involved in fake passport case in Brazil. Finally in 2001 he also joined Paris Saint-Germain.

During the 2001-2002 season, PSG manager Luis Fernandez criticized Ronaldinho preferring to spend time in nightclubs than football. In 2003, he decided to leave because PSG failed to enter the competition the European level. Initially Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, promising to buy David Beckham. But because he had bought Real Madrid, Barcelona finally switched to Ronaldinho. Debut occurs during a friendly match against Milan and scored 1 goal. Ronaldinho earned his first league in the 2004-05 season and became the best player of FIFA on December 20, 2004. Ronaldinho played his 200th game with Barcelona against Osasuna on February 3, 2008. However, for him through the 2007-08 season with an injury many times. On May 19, 2008, Laporta said Ronaldinho needed a new challenge.

Ronaldinho finally declined the offer of 25.5 million pounds from Manchester City to join Milan, who bought it for 21 million Euros. Because of the number 10 shirt has been worn Clarence Seedorf, he finally chose the number 80 as a symbol of his birth year. Ronaldinho scored his first goal with Milan derby against Inter on September 28, 2008. On June 26, 1999, three days before the start of the Copa America in 1999 he debuted his first with the Brazilian national team against Latvia.