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Posted on Feb 29, 2008 - 1:08am by John P. in Sports, Videos
Ronaldo de AssÃs Moreira, commonly known as Ronaldinho (born March 21, 1980 in Porto Alegre), is a football (soccer for us Americans) player originally from Brazil who is now a naturalized Spanish citizen. He plays for FC Barcelona.
As far as I’m concerned Ronaldinho is probably the best footballer alive today, but even if he isn’t he is certainly the most entertaining to watch. He does things with a Soccer ball that seem literally impossible. The only other player that ever amazed me like that before was Pele.
Oh, and one other thing I really like about this guy… despite the fact that he’s the greatest player around he’s humble.
“God gives gifts to everyone, … Some can write, some can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most of it.â€
He has surpassed David Beckham as the most marketable player in the world, generating $57.8m (£30.8m) annually. Let’s put it this way, you’re way, way more than just a super star when people film you getting a new pair of shoes, and then that video is viewed 21 MILLION times! Oh, and by the way, how much do you think Nike is paying him?
This next little compilation video has been viewed over 11 Million times!
Finally, here is a compilation video that’s been viewed over 5 million times. I really like this one, but be aware that the music contains some bad language.
Oh, and don’t forget this video of Ronaldinho literally putting on a clinic.
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It’s nice to see soccer players getting superstar status in th U.S. and being recognized, about time.
Especially when they’re already stars in most of the other countries. Surprising that’s always been one area we fall behind on lol.
Come on the US has been the top soccer nation for about 16 years. Of course I am talking about the woman’s game. As far as the men’s game go, soccer is number one where it has no competition, it will remain on the second tier for men here in the US. Some of the sports I participated in my youth were second tier and will forever remain there, soccer will stay there too. Other sports will and are challenging soccer’s monopoly around the world now.
But onto Ronaldinho, he has all the moves of the Harlem Globetrotters poured into his feet. He is amazing thanks to futsol.
The typical American attention span is about 4 downs, the reason soccer has not gotten farther in the U.S., but there is hope!!
Even though I’m not a huge soccer (not football to me since I’m in the US and football is a whole other game mostly unrelated to the foot meeting the ball) fan, I still think that soccer highlights are amazing! I just can’t usually take how it’s 1 or 2 amazing highlights for 90 minutes of less entertaining game.
Just a minor nit to pick on nicknames, but he’s actually known in Brasil as “Ronaldinho Gaucho” because there is another, in some ways maybe even more famous “Ronaldinho” who recently left the limelight. He is also Brasilian and played for Real Madrid. Both of these guys played on Brasil’s national team for several years, and since the one you are highlighting came along later, he got the “Gaucho” tacked on, which in Brasil, refers to people from the southern Brasilian states. In portuguese, it is pronounced ga-EW-shoo, accent on the 2nd syllable. Having lived in Brasil from 1998-2006 I saw a lot of these guys on TV.
It is always great to watch that guy touching the ball. The ball basically follows him and anticipates his needs. sometimes just unreal
cheers and have a great weekend
Rhoody
I have always liked South American players.I Always rate them above the European players.Because they are very original in their technique towards football.Same is the with Ronaldinho who infact is a great player.