Edem Mensah
Ronaldinho Gaúcho Career Achievements
Gaúcho is the greatest of all time and he is a pure talent full of fun and the fan’s favorite for his display of pure talent and skills on the field of play like career mate Xavi.
His retirement from professional football was tough for his fans because he took with him a lot of excitement from the game.
Ronaldinho Gaúcho was born on March 21, 1980, and he is a retired Brazilian footballer who is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
He is nicknamed “O Bruxo” or “The Wizard” due to his impressive skills on the pitch.
Do you know?
Ronaldinho is the only player who has ever won a World Cup, a Copa América, a Confederations Cup, a Champions League, a Copa Libertadores, and a Ballon d’Or.
Ronaldinho’s Specialty:
He is known for his technical skills, creativity, dribbling ability, and accuracy from free kicks, as well as his use of tricks, feints, no-look passes, and overhead kicks.
Do you also know?
Two Brazilian entomologists discovered a new species of bee in 2012 and named it Eulaema quadragintanovem. They chose to honor the famous Brazilian soccer player, Ronaldinho, by giving the bee the Latin name for forty-nine, which was his jersey number at Atlético Mineiro. Ronaldinho had selected the number as a tribute to his mother, who was born in 1949.
Do you know this was said about Ronaldinho after his retirement?
The renowned Brazilian footballer Tostão once said, “Ronaldinho possesses the dribbling skills of Rivelino, the vision of Gérson, the spirit and happiness of Garrincha, the pace, skill, and power of Jairzinho and Ronaldo, the technical ability of Zico, and the creativity of Romário.” Most importantly, he had a unique ability to make people smile. These words were echoed by Sid Lowe after Ronaldinho’s retirement in January 2018.
Ronaldinho Gaucho Individual Achievements:
Ronaldinho was the top scorer of the Campeonato Gaucho in 1999 and won the FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball and Golden Shoe in the same year.
In 1999, he was also selected for the South American Team of the Year.
Ronaldinho was the top scorer of the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in 2000 and won the Bola de Prata in 2000, 2011, and 2012.
He was also selected for the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team in 2002 and won the Ligue 1 Goal of The Year in 2003.
Ronaldinho was included in the FIFA 100 list in 2004 and won the Don Balón Award in 2003–04 and 2005–06.
He was also the winner of the Trofeo EFE in 2003–04.
Ronaldinho was named the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2004 and 2005, and he was selected for the UEFA Team of the Year in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
He was also selected as the World Soccer Magazine World Player of The Year in 2004 and 2005.
Ronaldinho was the UEFA Club Forward of the Year in 2004–05 and won the FIFA Confederations Cup Bronze Ball in 2005.
He won the Ballon d’Or and Onze d’Or in 2005 and was named the FIFPro World Player of the Year in 2005 and 2006.
He was also included in the FIFPro World XI in 2005, 2006, and 2007 and named the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year in 2005–06.
Ronaldinho was the top assist provider in La Liga and the UEFA Champions League in 2005–06.
In 2006, he won the FIFA Club World Cup Bronze Ball and the FIFA World Player of the Year Bronze Award.
Ronaldinho won the Golden Foot in 2009 and was included in the Sports Illustrated Team of the Decade in the same year.
He was named the World Player of the Decade 2000s in 2009 and was the top assist provider in Serie A in 2009–10.
Ronaldinho was included in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year in 2011 and 2012 and was named the Best Fan’s Player in the same year.
He was the top assist provider in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2012 and won the Bola de Ouro in the same year.
Ronaldinho was the top assist provider in Copa Libertadores in 2012 and 2013 and won the FIFA Club World Cup top scorer in 2013.
He was named the South American Footballer of the Year in 2013 and was included in the UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year as a substitute in 2015.
Ronaldinho was also included in the Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame and AC Milan Hall of Fame.
He was selected for the Ballon d’Or Dream Team (Silver) in 2020 and won the Globe Soccer Awards Player Career Award in 2021.
Ronaldinho Gaucho Club Career Achievements
Ronaldinho at Grêmio:
Ronaldinho won both the Copa Sul and Campeonato Gaúcho in 1999 while playing for Grêmio
Ronaldinho at Paris Saint-Germain:
Ronaldinho only won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2001 with Paris Saint-Germain.
Ronaldinho at Barcelona:
Ronaldinho won two La Liga titles while at Barcelona in the seasons 2004-05 and 2005-06.
He also won two Supercopa De España in the year 2005 and 2006.
In addition, Ronaldinho also won the UEFA Champions League title in 2005-06.
Ronaldinho at AC Milan:
Ronaldinho only won one trophy with the Italian giant AC Milan in the years 2010-11 which was the Serial A title.
Ronaldinho at Flamengo:
At Flamengo, Ronaldinho won the Campeonato Carioca in 2011.
Ronaldinho at Atlético Mineiro:
In 2013 Ronaldinho won both the Campeonato Mineiro and Copa Libertadores with Atlético Mineiro. He also won the Recopa Sudamericana in 2014.
Ronaldinho Gaucho International Achievements:
Brazil U17
Ronaldinho was part of the team that won the South America U-17 Championship in 1997 and continued to win the FIFA U-17 World Championship that year.
Brazil U23
He also helped the team win the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in 2000 and the Olympic Bronze Medal in 2008.
Brazilian National Team
Playing for the national team was a pride for every Brazilian and Ronaldinho was no exception.
Ronaldinho won the Copa América in 1999 and the FIFA World Cup in 2002.
In 2005 he helped the team to win the FIFA Confederation Cup making it the last trophy he won with the Brazilian national team before retirement.
