Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, more commonly known as Ronaldo, is a
Brazilian professional footballer currently playing for Campeonato
Brasileiro club Corinthians. In 1993, Ronaldo began his professional
football career playing for Cruzeiro which was already going on to
become a successful club. In his first and only year with Cruzeiro,
he amassed 12 goals in 14 appearances and lead them to their first
Copa do Brasil championship. After Cruzeiro, he signed with Dutch
football team PSV in 1994. In 1996, his final year with PSV, Ronaldo
helped them win the Dutch Cup. Ronaldo has also played for Barcelona,
Internazionale, Real Madrid and Milan.
Ronaldo played for Barça in the 1996-97 season, scoring 47 goals
in 49 games (including appearances in the Spanish Cup & Spanish
Supercup and European Cup Winners Cup) on the way to leading the
Catalan side to UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph and to Spanish Cup and
Spanish Supercup. He also won La Liga top scorer award in 1997 with
34 goals in 37 games. Until the 08/09 season, Ronaldo remained the
last player to score more than 30 goals in La Liga.
In the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ronaldo played with the name
Ronaldinho on his shirt, since centre back Ronaldo Guiaro, two years
his senior, was one of his teammates. Brazil went on to win the
bronze medal in Atlanta. Voted the FIFA World Player of the Year in
1996 and 1997, he scored four goals and made three assists during
the 1998 FIFA World Cup. During the 2002 FIFA World Cup Ronaldo
again led the national team to their record fifth championship and
won the Golden Shoe as top scorer with eight goals and was runner-up
to the Golden Ball as most valuable player in the tournament. He
also scored against every opponent in the tournament except in the
quarter-finals against England. In the final match against Germany,
Ronaldo scored his 11th and 12th goals and tied Pelé's Brazilian
record of 12 career World Cup goals.

Full name: Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima
Date of birth: September 18, 1976 (age 32)
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height: 1.83m
Playing position: Striker
Current club: Corinthians
Number: 9