Ronaldinho

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For other persons named Ronaldinho, see Ronaldinho (disambiguation).
This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is de Assis and the second is Moreira.
Ronaldinho

Personal information
Full name
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira
Date of birth
March 21, 1980 (1980-03-21) (age 28)
Place of birth
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height
1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position
Attacking midfielder[2]
Youth career
1997–1998
Grêmio
Senior career1
Years
Club
App (Gls)*
1998–20012001–20032003–20082008–
GrêmioParis Saint-GermainFC BarcelonaMilan
035 (14)053 (17)145 (70)018 0(7)
National team2
1999–
Brazil
084 (32)
1 Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the domestic league only andcorrect as of 21:08, 5 February 2009 (UTC).2 National team caps and goals correctas of September 14, 2008.* Appearances (Goals)
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born March 21, 1980 in Porto Alegre), commonly known as Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gaúcho,[3] is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Italian Serie A side Milan and the Brazil national team.
Ronaldinho, Portuguese for "Little Ronaldo", is known in Brazil by the nickname "Gaúcho", in order to distinguish him from Ronaldo, who was already called "Ronaldinho" in Brazil. Ronaldo simply went by his first name upon his move to Europe, thereby allowing Ronaldinho to drop the "Gaúcho" and remain simply as Ronaldinho. During his early years at Barca he was very much a star player, but his party lifestyle became too much for the management to accept so decided to let him leave to Milan in summer 2008.
He has played for Paris Saint-Germain, and Barcelona, with whom he won his first Champions League in 2006. He became a Spanish citizen in January 2007.[4]