Two-time world champion, world record holder for the number of goals scored in the final stages of the World Championships, the 2002 FIFA World Cup top scorer and best player of 1998 World Cup three times, the best FIFA player of the year, two-time winner of the "Golden Ball", winner of the "Golden boot", named one of the 100 greatest football players of the world in the 13-th place in the magazine World Soccer "(1999), FIFA 100, voted the best player of the Decade of the Series and the release of the Italian Association of footballers (1998 — 2007)the best player of the Decade on the basis of a vote on a portal of the goal.com (2000-2009).
Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima was born in Bento Ribeiro, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, September 18, 1976, but was officially registered by their parents until 22 September. His mother named him in honor of the midwife, who was Ronaldo Valente her childbirth.
Ronaldo started playing football with 6 years in 8 years he had received as a gift from his father, a leather ball in the 12 years he became a permanent children's Sports Club as a Futsal player "Valkejre". In the following years, Ronaldo was playing Futsal combine to a great football team "Can-Kristovan". After becoming the top scorer in two tournaments, he finally focused on football, but after some time in the press, the first mention of "the new Pele".
The Dutch PSV, Ronaldo moved in July 1994, over 5 million. the pound sterling. Soon entered into a sponsorship contract with Nike. Despite the lack of knowledge of the Dutch language, an unpleasant climate and atmosphere unusual foods, Ronaldo already in his first season, at the age of 17 years, became the top scorer in the Dutch League, and his team was third.
In early 1995, the President of «Inter Milan» Massimo Moratti has concluded a contract for PSV inter a priority right to purchase Brazilian. In the spring of the same year, Ronaldo, while on vacation in Milan, with Moratti.
In the second season of the case Ronaldo went worse his team again became the third in the Championship, he had pain in the knee. Exercises were halted for a few days, but this did not help the player's physical form was far from ideal, it became known that required an operation on his knee. In February 1996, the operation took place, at 4 months was Ronaldo, which meant the end of the season. Brazilian striker Romario, Ronaldo physiotherapist Nilton Petrone told that treated him. Ronaldo left Eindhoven and went to the clinic at the 90-day intensive physiotherapy. All this time he has been in the gym and swam in the pool.
The result is the forward managed to recover to the final Cup of Holland, but coach Dick Advocaat gave him only a few minutes to play in the match, firing on a replacement. Then Ronaldo decided to leave PSV and move on to another Club.
