All Football Players: Ronaldinho Brazil Best Footballer 2012

Thursday 10 May 2012

Ronaldinho Brazil Best Footballer 2012

Name: Ronaldinho
Full Name: Ronaldo de Assis Moreira
Date of birth: 21 March 1980 (age 32)
Place of birth: Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height: 1.81 m: (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight: 76 kg
Nationality: Brazil
Playing position: Attacking midfielder/Forward
Age: 32
Current club: Flamengo
Number: 10
Foot: right

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born March 21, 1980 in Porto Alegre, Brazil) is a footballer more commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho due to his citizenship in the Rio Grande do Sul region of Brazil. His name Ronaldinho, Portuguese for "little Ronaldo", was originally devised as a means of distinguishing between himself, and fellow Brazilian footballer Ronaldo. Among his many achievements and accolades, Ronaldinho has been awarded the FIFA World Player of the Year award twice as well as both the European Footballer of the Year award and the FIFPro World Player of the Year award once. He is widely regarded as the best player in the world currently, although he himself considers such talk ridiculous, having told FourFourTwo magazine, "I don't even feel I'm the best at Barça."

In his childhood, Ronaldinho's skill in football began to blossom due to his particular interest in futsal and beach football, which later developed into a fondness for more standardised football. His first brush with the media came after a 23 goal flurry against a local team, at just 13 years of age. His reputation as a footballer was upheld during most of his childhood, particularly due to the fact he was a prolific goal-scorer in the Egypt under-17 world championship, and to his stylish play.