[150] Many publications regarded his personal triumph as "redemption" for what occurred at the previous World Cup. "[23] He frequently beat several players when dribbling at speed, and excelled in one on one situations, due to his ball control, acceleration, agility, balance and nimble footwork in his prime. Watching him was like watching a character in a video game. John Wiley & Sons. "[211] Wanting to emulate Ronaldo growing up, Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah opined, "The ability, the speed, the intelligence, he had everything". [134] The starting line up without Ronaldo was released to a stunned world media. "[30] Jos Mourinho, who worked as an interpreter at Barcelona, referred to Ronaldo as "the greatest player I have ever seen in my life", adding, "I have no doubts. Officially, Pele scored 757 goals in 831 games during a glittering career from 1957 to 1977, although club Santos claim his tally was closer to 1,000. Antony Young (2007). [134] The BBC's John Motson stated, "The scenes in the commentary box have been absolute mayhem and chaos. [262] It was controversial with the Catholic Church. [157] Ronaldo was the first player to seek out German players to offer his condolences,[151] before he was congratulated by Pel when receiving his World Cup winners medal. He did things I'd never seen before. 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[221], At his physical peak in the 1990s, Ronaldo became severely affected by the knee injuries he suffered from late 1999 onward and the subsequent weight gain during his inactivity, which limited his speed, fitness, and mobility. How many goals did Pele score in his career? [97] The club confirmed after the match that Ronaldo had ruptured the kneecap ligament in his left knee. He invites everybody. In the 1990s, in his physical pomp, in his free-flowing prime, there was nothing remotely like him. Had he managed to stay free of injury, he had every chance of becoming the best footballer ever. Scored 51 goals in 79 games during the 1979-80 season. He also provided 43 assists. [21] After scoring a hat-trick in PSV's game against Bayer Leverkusen in the 199495 UEFA Cup, Leverkusen striker and Germany World Cup winner Rudi Vller stated in a post match press conference, "Never in my life have I seen an 18-year-old play in this way. 9 his own. He revealed, "when I arrived in training with this haircut everybody stopped talking about the injury". [104] The announcement received much publicity in the Brazilian press about his choice of Corinthians over Flamengo, since Ronaldo publicly declared himself a Flamengo fan. ", "Seleo Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1998-1999", "Olympic bronze medal means everything to me, says Ronaldo", "FIFA Confederations Cup Saudi Arabia 1997", "World Cup: 25 stunning moments No15: Ronaldo falters as France win", "Ranked! [264] Ronaldo also appears as the cover athlete on the Icon edition of the game. Only Pel, Diego Maradona and George Best can really compare. During the playing of the Brazil national anthem the camera focused on him throughout, with Ronaldo showing little emotion. If he scores 16 more, he would become the first player to score 100+ goals in the Premier League and LaLiga. Nothing disturbed him, nothing overawed him, nothing threw him off his game. [176] Ronaldo was awarded the Bronze Shoe as the third-highest goal-scorer of the World Cup. He was unmarkable. The Black and Yellows hijacked the deal and Lewandowski spent four seasons with Dortmund, scoring a whopping 103 goals across all competitions. Sid Lowe of Sports Illustrated states, "That season Ronaldo was unstoppable. Check out some more footage of him rounding helpless goalkeepers below. Ronaldo moved from left to right very fastso it was obvious, by the way that he played, that injuries were always a possibility". He scored twice in the final and received the Golden Boot as the tournament's top goalscorer. Despite his injury woes, many people speak so highly of Ronaldo including Jose Mourinho, who believes he is the best player he's ever seen. [71][203] According to his physiotherapist Nilton Petrone, Ronaldo was vulnerable to injury due to a medical condition combined with his explosive running. [123][150][151][152] Ronaldo spoke about his obsession with lifting the World Cup trophy, having missed out in 1998. Halfway through his first season he won FIFA World Player of the Year for the second time, and collected the Ballon d'Or. ", After two seasons with Inter, A. C. Milan defender Paolo Maldini viewed Ronaldo and Diego Maradona as the two best players he ever faced, stating, "Ronaldo during his first two years at Inter was a phenomenon. ", Former France striker Thierry Henry. [134] Jacob Steinberg of The Guardian writes, "In 1998, no one was as ferociously talented as Ronaldo, whose supernatural mixture of power, pace and skill had made him the player every child in the playground wanted to be; at the age of 21, the hopes and dreams of a nation rested on his shoulders. [52], Ronaldo was forced to miss the entire 200001 season and much of the two seasons either side of it. The boy was born after a brief relationship between Ronaldo and Michele Umezu, a Brazilian waitress who Ronaldo first met in Tokyo in 2002. [96], On 13 February 2008, Ronaldo suffered a severe season-ending knee injury while jumping for a cross in Milan 11 draw with Livorno, and was stretchered off and taken to a hospital. "[215] Ronaldo was also a strong and powerful player who could shield the ball from the opposition, with former Italian defender Alessandro Nesta (who faced Ronaldo in a high-profile one on one duel in the 1998 UEFA Cup final which was billed as "the best attacker against the best defender in Serie A") stating: "It was the worst experience of my career. 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", Ronaldo entered the 1998 FIFA World Cup billed as the world's greatest player by reporters in the sport. "[33], "There were two Ronaldos: the one that returned after long-term injury in 2002 was a great goalscorer, but the 1990s version was a great everything. "Ronaldo had a problem called trochlear dysplasia. [19], Ronaldo joined PSV after the 1994 World Cup. Nicknamed O Fenmeno ('The Phenomenon') and R9, he is widely considered one of the greatest players of all time. [54] After two operations and rehabilitation, Ronaldo came back for the 2002 World Cup, helping Brazil win their fifth World Cup title. It was as if he had come from the moon. But he also turned the game so that it will always look just a little bit like him. [71] Speaking in 2017 on Ronaldo's weight issues and lack of fitness at Madrid, in addition to his ability, Capello summed up the conflicting emotions he has with the Brazilian, "the most difficult player to handle was the best I coached: Ronaldo, il Fenomeno. At 21, he received the 1997 Ballon d'Or and remains the youngest recipient of the award. [260][261] Ronaldo's usual goal celebration of both arms outstretched especially from his early career was the basis for Pirelli's 1998 commercial where he replaced the figure of Christ from the Christ the Redeemer statue that towers over his home city of Rio de Janeiro while in an Inter Milan strip. Scored 87 goals in 74 games during the 1983-84 season. [218] On his precocious talent a talent which saw him become the youngest FIFA World Player of the Year at age 20, and youngest Ballon d'Or recipient aged 21 Rob Smyth of The Guardian wrote in 2016, "Ronaldo is easily the best of the past 30 years, possibly ever. A young Ronaldo [before a series of injuries] would have been even more dangerous, but it shows how good a player he was. [263] In 2017 Ronaldo was added as an icon to the Ultimate Team in EA Sports' FIFA video game FIFA 18, receiving a 95 rating along with Brazilian compatriot Pel, Argentine playmaker Diego Maradona, former Russian goalkeeper Lev Yashin and former French star Thierry Henry. He starred in the 1996 Nike commercial titled "Good vs Evil" in a gladiatorial game set in a Roman amphitheatre. The head wants to go on but the body can't take any more. Running through defence to go one on one with Lazio goalkeeper Luca Marchegiani, Ronaldo feinted to go right then left, without touching the ball, leaving Marchegiani on his backside, before going right and slotting the ball into the net. [63][71][199][208], "I've never seen a player able to show such precise control at such high speed. In addition, Karim Benzema had netted 57 times at that age while Robert Lewandowski had scored 44. He shifted boundaries, challenged convention, just as much as Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have altered our perceptions of what a winger might be. But I was training with Flamengo for four months and didn't receive any offer. [50][75], While past his 1990s prime, Ronaldo still drew praise from his Madrid colleagues, with Zidane stating, "Without hesitation, Ronaldo is the best player I ever played with or against. [220] In 2020, Ronaldo was named in the Ballon d'Or Dream Team, a greatest all-time XI published by France Football magazine. "I understand perfectly, I'm openly a Flamengo fan. [87] Ronaldo's only goals in the 200708 season, besides his goal against Lecce in pre-season, came in a 52 victory against Napoli at the San Siro, where he scored an emotional double. [27] A hat-trick against Valencia, the third goal of which saw him dissect two Valencia defenders before striking the ball into the net, saw Barcelona fans waving white handkerchiefs as an expression of admiration for an exceptional performance. [274] In the run-up to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, he starred in Nike's "Secret Tournament" commercial (branded "Scopion KO") directed by Terry Gilliam, appearing alongside football players such as Thierry Henry, Fabio Cannavaro, Francesco Totti, Ronaldinho and Hidetoshi Nakata, with former player Eric Cantona as the tournament "referee". [198], Ronaldo is regarded as one of the greatest and most complete forwards of all time. "[146], "I've said before that my big victory was to play football again, to run again and to score goals again. 30th June 2002. [43] Ronaldo scored a trademark goal against Lazio in the 1998 UEFA Cup Final. Ronaldo is the hardest attacker I've ever had to face. [33], Comparing his natural ability to Roger Federer, Paul MacDonald of Goal wrote, "there's a joy to be had watching something we know to be extremely difficult executed with considerable ease. [251][252] In 2015, Ronaldo opened eight new branches of his youth football school the Ronaldo Academy in China, the U.S. and Brazil, with 100 expected to be opened worldwide by 2020. Jan 14, 2022 The Argentine soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona played over six hundred matches during his professional career, scoring 338 goals in total. It was extraordinary. ", Manchester United assistant coach Mike Phelan on the ovation given to Ronaldo after his hat-trick for Real Madrid at Old Trafford. Everybody would second that, no matter what club he played for. 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How many goals did Ronaldo scored for Portugal? [90] In 2019, FourFourTwo magazine named him the best player never to win the competition;[91] in 2020, Sky Sports ranked him the secondbest player (after Diego Maradona) never to win the Champions League or European Cup. [265][266], In May 2021, DAZN released the first of a six-part series titled Ronaldo: El Presidente. [37][38] His competitive debut came on the opening day of the 199798 season against Brescia. One of his greatest talents was the way he could glide past goalkeepers and that's shown in. 12 of those goals came during his 14 World Cup appearances,. Information about Ronaldo and his performace in the FIFA Soccer World Cup. [173], With two goals against Japan in the third match, Ronaldo became the 20th player to score in three World Cups and also equalled the all-time World Cup finals scoring record of fourteen, held by Gerd Mller (Ronaldo scored at France 98, Korea/Japan 2002 and Germany 2006). [8][23] His Inter teammate Djorkaeff stated, "when we were training, we would practically stop to watch him. [50][51] Ronaldo's physiotherapist Nilton Petrone stated, "his knee-cap actually exploded", and called it "the worst football injury" he's ever seen. In the league, he scored 84 goals. In terms of total goals, Ronaldo has surpassed the records of other legendary players, including Josef Bican and Pele. There will never, in my view, be a better player than him. [185] After the first half ended, Ronaldo made a farewell speech to the crowd. Maradona was controversially voted best player of all time in an internet . He also represented some of the world's biggest clubs, including Inter Milan and Barcelona. [12] Upon returning from the tour, he scored 20 goals, with eight coming in the Supercopa Libertadores, including a hat-trick against Chilean side Colo-Colo in the first leg, and two in the second leg, before scoring a further three against Uruguayan team Nacional, resulting in him being the tournament's top goalscorer. [67] He finished the season as La Liga's top scorer with 25 goals and received the Pichichi Trophy for a second time, despite Madrid losing the league title to Valencia. He was turned down by Flamengo, the team he supported as a boy, after missing practice due to an inability to afford the fare for the hour-long bus ride. But in spite of scoring 49 goals in European competitions, Ronaldo never got to win the Champions League. Ronaldo leads the scoring table with 815 career goals, a figure that will continue to rise as it seems. [8][16] Jairzinho saw Ronaldo's potential and helped get him a move to Cruzeiro. [186][187], On 13 December 2011 Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane played a charity match with their friends against former and current players of the German team Hamburg in the ninth edition of the Match Against Poverty series, which Ronaldo and Zidane established in 2003. After 2 operations and 20 months of rehabilitation, Ronaldo managed a comeback during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. [145] Reporting for CNN, Don Riddell wrote, "It's one of the great mysteries of our time: not the Loch Ness Monster, Stonehenge or the Lost City of Atlantis; it's the case of the missing striker not so much a whodunit, more a kind of a what the heck happened? "[78][79], On 18 January 2007, it was reported that Ronaldo agreed terms with AC Milan for a transfer of 8.05million. 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I don't think there was anybody in the stadium who didn't stand up, and I count myself in that as the opposition coach. Here was the world's most famous sportsman, about to take part in the most important match of his career, when he suddenly, inexplicably, fell ill. Was it stress, epilepsy, or had he been drugged? [121] His first senior goal for Brazil came on 4 May 1994 in a 30 friendly win against Iceland. He was still a kid. [88] It was also the first time Milan's much hyped attacking trio of Kak, Alexandre Pato and Ronaldo, known as Ka-Pa-Ro, played together. Profile with general and detailed stats and data that include National Team, total games, goals and cards and full list of matches played. "[269] "[71] During the 200607 season, though Milan won the 200607 title, Ronaldo was cup-tied with Madrid and ineligible to take part. [60] Ronaldo was part of the Galcticos era of global stars signed by the club every summer, which included Zinedine Zidane, Lus Figo, Roberto Carlos and David Beckham. [8] Ronaldo's agents accepted an offer of 50,000 from the club, and he scored four goals on his youth team debut. [27], During the 199697 season, Ronaldo scored 47 goals in 49 games in all competitions, with his goal celebration invariably the same with his arms outstretched like the statue of Christ the Redeemer that watches over his native Rio de Janeiro. [49] During his first comeback on 12 April 2000, he played only six minutes during the first leg of the Coppa Italia final against Lazio before suffering a complete rupture of the knee-cap tendons. [182] Brazilian Football Confederation official Ricardo Teixeira stated that it was fitting that his final game should take place in Brazil while representing his nation. Although both are entering the final stretch of their careers, they continue to deliver. "[233] According to a study led by geneticist Srgio Pena of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, most Brazilians often have a misconception about their roots. [23][25] He signed a five-year contract with the Italians,[36] and was unveiled to 4000 Inter fans at their training ground. 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Hatchtt. His Brazil teammate Romrio having played for PSV from 1988 to 1993 advised Ronaldo to move to the club. He was selected for the tournament despite being just 17, but did not play in any games. Jimmy Greaves (2008). Ronaldo is the best my eyes have seen",[31] and in 2014 regarded him as the best player post-Diego Maradona. "Rigorous Magic: Communication Ideas and their Application". Stats by club "[81] On 25 January, Ronaldo flew from Madrid to Milan, with statements on the club's website stating Ronaldo was in Milan for a medical, and that a meeting had been arranged with Real Madrid officials to discuss and finalize his transfer to the Milanese club. 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