The tournament took place in South Korea and Japan. The team won the world cup, beating Germany in the final. Ronaldinho played for the 2002 Brazilian World Cup team. A week after the conclusion of the Copa América he was called up to play in the Confederations Cup where he scored in every game including a hat-trick in an 8-2 win over Saudia-Arabia. Ronaldinho scored one goal in the tournament. Three days later, the Copa América tournament commenced and Brazil won. He then scored his first goal for the men's national team in a 3-1 victory over Latvia. He scored three goals before Brazil was eliminated by Urugay in the Quarter finals. He participated in the FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria. In 1999 Ronadinho was busy in international competition. He scored his first goal with the club against AC Milan's rivals Inter Milan, the game winning goal in a 1-0 victory. With Clarence Seedorf already wearing number ten, Ronaldinho chose to wear number eighty because of his birth year, 1980. In 2008 Ronaldinho signed a three year contract with AC Milan for £21 million after turning down Manchester City's offer of £25.5 million. During his career with Barcelona, he won two foot-baller of the year awards, and was able to score on a bicycle kick, something he had dreamed of doing since he was a boy. The next season would but his last with this club.
He scored his fiftieth career goal against Villarreal. In the 2006-2007 season they went trophyless, however Ronaldinho hit a major milestone. With Ronaldinho on their team, they went on to win it again the next year. In the 2004-2005 season FC Barcelona won the La Liga title. He made his first appearance in a friendly match against AC Milan, where they were victorious 2-0. However Ronaldinho was not Barcelona's first choice, they originally tried to sign David Beckham, but with him being transferred to Real Madrid, they decided to go into the market for Ronaldinho, and outbid Manchester United. He wore the number ten for the next five years with Barcelona.
In 2003 Ronaldinho signed with FC Barcelona, the club with which his fame grew. Later, in the 2002-2003 season, when the club failed to qualify for any European competition, Ronaldinho made it clear he wanted nothing more to do with the club. The manager proclaimed Ronaldinho was more focused on Parisain nightlife than football. In the 2001-2002 season he signed with the French club Paris Saint-Germain, on a five year deal which ended short because of a few reasons. He Grêmio crestĪppeared in thirty-five games scoring fourteen goals between 19.
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Ronaldinho started his professional club career with Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, a professional club based out of his home town. At seventeen, he played for the under seventeen world cup team in Egypt scoring two goals on penalty kicks in the championship game. He was first identified as a rising star at the young age of thirteen where his team won over another local team 23-0 scoring all 23 goals. However, it was not until later he developed an interst in regular football. He first was interested in futsal (indoor soccer) and beach volleyball. Ronaldinho was born in Porto Alegre on March 21st 1980. Once he had played in Europe for a while he became well known and decided to drop Gaúcho. Ronaldo, another famous Brazilian soccer player, was known as that in Brazil, so Ronaldinho added Gaúcho as a nickname to make sure no one mistook him for Ronaldo. In Portuguese, Ronaldinho means "Little Ronaldo". He often goes by Ronaldinho Gaúcho to differentiate himself from Ronaldo.
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He is an attacking midfielder, which is in between the central midfielder and the forwards in a tradtional 4-4-2 (four defeneders, four midfielders and two forwards) setup.His lesser known, but full name, is Ronaldo de Assis Moreira. He currently plays for AC Milan in Serie A. Ronaldinho is the famous Brazilan soccer player known for his enthatic dekes and his high-light reel goals.