RONALDO

Name : Nazario da Lima (Luiz, called Ronaldo)

birthday : 22 septembre 1976

in : Rio de Janeiro (Brasil)

height : 1m79

weight : 75 kg

position : forward

Hobbies : soccer, beach-volley, his friends, go in discotheque, fight against children's work and aids.

15 years old, Ronaldo begins his professionnal carreer in soccer in Brasil, in first division with Belo Horizonte, and scores 54 goals for 54 matchs.

Considered as the best brasilian player since Pelé, he signs a contract in 1994 with PSV Eindhoven, becomes best scorer of dutch championship for his first season, and wins Dutch Cup in 1996. Moved to FC Barcelone, he scores 47 goals for 49 matchs, wins Cup winners cup, just before going to Inter in 1997, where he accumulates titles : winner UEFA Cup in 1998, golden ball in 1997, best world player in 1996 and 1997.

Ronaldo isn't the post powerfull, nor the quicker, but when he's got a ball, it's impossible to catch him.

In 1994, he becomes World Champion, at 18, but didn't play any match in final round. In 1998, he plays in France, and everybody remember his faintness just before the final against France. It wasn't a great day for him, what surely helped french team.

Since that moment, he didn't play very often. Operated for a first time to his knee in a parisian hospital, by Pr Saillant, he plays again some months later, unfortunately too early and collapse again during a match. He has to be operated for a second time. He doesn't want to take risks, makes physiotherapy very seriously, loses weight and plays again at the beginning of 2001 for a friendly match, and scores five goals. The great Ronaldo is coming back, we can hope that all his healthy troubles are now only a bad memory.