Today the game of football or soccer is expected to lose one of the greatest talents in the history of the sport as Brazilian forward Ronaldo plans to announce his retirement.
The 34-year-old has been playing for Brazilian club Corinthians since 2009. It was recently eliminated from the Copa Libertadores in the early stages, which angered many of the club’s fans.
While some players are still going strong, Ronaldo’s trouble to stay fit has finally caught up with him to the point that he longer feels like he can continue to play as has.
Ronaldo has been an interesting character, but also a player that was simply incredible was he was healthy and in top form.
The accolades he earned are incredible. He participated in four World Cups, winning twice. He was a 17-year-old in 1994 for the World Cup in the United States, but did not see any field action. He is the all-time leader in career goals scored at the World Cup with 15. He scored both goals in Brazil’s 2-0 victory over Germany in the 2002 finals.
He played 97 times for the Brazilian National Team, scoring 62 goals.
He is one of just two players to have been a three-time winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year award.
Ronaldo played for the two biggest clubs in Spain in Barcelona and Real Madrid and two of Italy’s elite three in Inter Milan and AC Milan.
He is one of just two players to have scored for both sides in the Milan derby with the other being Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
This list goes on and on.
People will have different ways of judging him.
But if you put everything aside and look at pure talent, there is not more than a handful of players in the history of the game that have had more talent.
Whether people are willing to admit it or not, Ronaldo will certainly be missed.
The 34-year-old has been playing for Brazilian club Corinthians since 2009. It was recently eliminated from the Copa Libertadores in the early stages, which angered many of the club’s fans.
While some players are still going strong, Ronaldo’s trouble to stay fit has finally caught up with him to the point that he longer feels like he can continue to play as has.
Ronaldo has been an interesting character, but also a player that was simply incredible was he was healthy and in top form.
The accolades he earned are incredible. He participated in four World Cups, winning twice. He was a 17-year-old in 1994 for the World Cup in the United States, but did not see any field action. He is the all-time leader in career goals scored at the World Cup with 15. He scored both goals in Brazil’s 2-0 victory over Germany in the 2002 finals.
He played 97 times for the Brazilian National Team, scoring 62 goals.
He is one of just two players to have been a three-time winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year award.
Ronaldo played for the two biggest clubs in Spain in Barcelona and Real Madrid and two of Italy’s elite three in Inter Milan and AC Milan.
This list goes on and on.
People will have different ways of judging him.
But if you put everything aside and look at pure talent, there is not more than a handful of players in the history of the game that have had more talent.
Whether people are willing to admit it or not, Ronaldo will certainly be missed.
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