Brazil
Ronaldo
said
I don't know my weight. By knowing, I get a little traumatized. I purposely try to avoid getting on a scale.
— On the controversy over his weight, as quoted in "Ronaldo Traumatized With His Weight" (April 2010), Inside World Soccer
Ronaldo
Brazilian association football player (born 1976)
- Fame80.6
- Momentum29.0
- Global rank#224
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- Fame80.6
- Momentum29.0
- Global rank#224
- Brazil rank#14
- Footballers rank#33
- Wikipedia1.1M
Born 1976 · age 50Brazil
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Summary
Updated 2026-06-21
O Fenômeno — the striker who redefined what the position could be before his knees betrayed him. At 21, the youngest Ballon d'Or winner ever. At 23, over 200 goals. Then nearly three years gone, and a convulsive fit hours before the 1998 World Cup final that became football's most haunting what-if.
Biography
About
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima was born 18 September 1976 in Brazil and tore through Cruzeiro, PSV, then Barcelona, where at 20 he became the youngest FIFA World Player of the Year in 1996. Inter Milan broke the world transfer record to sign him in 1997 — making him the first since Maradona to break it twice — and at 21 he claimed the Ballon d'Or, still the youngest ever. A series of knee injuries cost him nearly three years. He returned to win the 2002 World Cup, scoring twice in the final and taking the Golden Boot — redemption for the convulsive fit that felled him hours before the 1998 final…
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Teams
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- S.C. Corinthians Paulista2009–2011
- AC Milan2007–2008
- Real Madrid Club de Fútbol2002–2007
- Inter Milan1997–2002
- Fc Barcelona1996–1997
- Brazil national under-23 football team1996–1996
- PSV Eindhoven1994–1996
- Brazil men's national football team1994–2011
- Cruzeiro E.C.1993–1994
- Brazil national under-17 football team1993–1993
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Season stats
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| 2009–2011 | 69 | 35 |
| 2007–2008 | 20 | 9 |
| 2002–2007 | 177 | 104 |
| 1997–2002 | 68 | 49 |
| 1996–1997 | 37 | 34 |
| 1996–1996 | 8 | 6 |
| 1996–1996 | 6 | 5 |
| 1994–1996 | 46 | 42 |
| 1994–2011 | 98 | 62 |
| 1993–1994 | 14 | 12 |
| 1993–1993 | 7 | 5 |
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Awards
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- Ballon d'Or Dream Team
- Italian Football Hall of Fame
- Golden Foot
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Fame
Rising80.6
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Momentum29.0
Historical54.0
Now attention26.3
Source confidence80.0
Completeness90.0
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