ronaldo luiz nazario de lima was born on 22 september 1976 in a poor suburb of rio de janeiro. like most of his childhood friends, ronaldo began his soccer career playing barefoot in the streets of his neighborhood. at the age of 14, he joined soccer club and only two years later became the star of cruzeiro belo horizonte scoring a total of 58 goals in 60 matches and earning himself a reputation for his explosive pace and outstanding finishing skills. his goal-scoring record and unusual agility led him to be included in the brazilian world cup winning team the following year. after the world cup, many top european football clubs were trying to sign him. many people, including brazilian football legend pelé, referred to him as the most promis footballer of his generation.
since his transfer to dutch team psv eindhoven, ronaldo s biography is one of success after success. two copa américa s, a uefa cup, a dutch cup, a spanish league cup, and two awards as best player in the world, all in the space of two years, are some of ronaldo s impressive achievements. on arrival to inter-milan in 1997, ronaldo became the idol of the local fans who refer to him as "il venomous."
since the 98 world cup he has suffered two serious knee injuries that have severely limited his appearances. just when people began to wonder whether ronaldo would be able to continue with his football career, he proved to the world that he still could play. in the world cup held in korea and japan, the magical striker won the golden shoe award and tied pele s brazilian record for career world cup goals with 12. he helped brazil capture its fifth world cup championship on june 30 with a 2-0 win over germany. it was the third time that ronaldo has ever played in the world cup.
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路易斯-羅納爾多是在1976年9月22日出生在一個貧窮的郊區里約熱內盧。像他的大多數童年朋友，羅納爾多在街道上赤腳踢球，開始了他的足球生涯。14歲時，他加入了聖克里斯托旺足球俱樂部，僅僅兩年後成爲克魯塞羅斯貝洛的明星。在60場比賽總進球58個，他的速度和出色的技巧爲他自己贏得了聲譽。他的進球紀錄和不尋常的能力讓他入選巴西國家隊參加世界盃。世界盃結束之後的'一年，許多歐洲頂級足球俱樂部試圖簽下他。許多人，包括巴西足球傳奇人物貝利，稱他是同代人中最有希望的球員。
自從轉會到荷蘭的埃因霍溫隊，羅納爾多是一次次的勝利。兩次是在哥斯達黎加，一次歐洲足協聯盟杯冠軍，一次荷蘭杯冠軍，西班牙聯賽盃，兩次獲得世界最佳球員獎，在短短兩年內，都是羅納爾多實現了成功。在1997年國際米蘭，羅納爾多被當地球迷稱爲“奇才”。
98年世界盃之後，他經歷了兩次嚴重的膝傷已經嚴重限制了他的比賽。當人們開始懷疑羅納爾多將能夠繼續他的足球生涯中，他向全世界證明他仍然可以發揮。在韓國和日本舉行的世界盃上，這位神奇的前鋒獲得金靴獎，並列貝利創造的12世界盃進球紀錄職業生涯。在六月三十日第五屆世界盃中，他幫助巴西隊以2:0戰勝德國成爲冠軍。這是羅納爾多第三次參加世界盃。
