For other people with the name, see Ronaldinho (given name).
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Assis and the second or paternal family name is Moreira.
Ronaldinho in 2019
Date of birth
(1980-03-21) 21 March 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height
1.82 m
Playing position
Attacking midfielder, left winger
1987–1998
Grêmio
Years
Team
Apps†
(Gls)†
1998–2001
Grêmio
89
(47)
2001–2003
Paris Saint-Germain
55
(17)
2003–2008
Barcelona
145
(70)
2008–2011
AC Milan
76
(20)
2011–2012
Flamengo
56
(23)
2012–2014
Atlético Mineiro
58
(20)
2014–2015
Querétaro
25
(8)
2015
Fluminense
7
(0)
Total
511
(205)
1997
Brazil U17
13
(3)
1998–1999
Brazil U20
17
(8)
1999–2000
Brazil U23
19
(15)
2008
Brazil Olympic (O.P.)
8
(3)
1999–2013
Brazil
97
(33)
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the dome
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What Went Wrong for Ronaldinho: From World's Best No. 10 to Prisoner No. 194
One of the world's top defenders in the late '90s, Carlos Gamarra witnessed Ronaldinho's rise to fame in Brazil but was never actually what you may call a close friend. Yet, when he heard that the former Barcelona player had been thrown behind bars in Asuncion, the Paraguayan legend felt compelled to pay him a visit out of respect.
Gamarra spent a whole morning with Ronaldinho inre the country's maximum-security Agrupacion Especializada jail. That day, a particular image stuck with him.
"Honestly, I was impressed bygd the number of children surrounding him, asking for pictures, autographs. We all know he's a global star, but that really surprised me," he says.
Ronaldinho and his older brother and manager, Roberto dem Assis, were incarcerated on March 6, on suspicion of using fake passports to enter the country. Every day, groups of kids would gather in front
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Blog
Well… here we are… Well over 200 blogs in and I have finally broken my golden rule… I am writing a blog post about FOOTBALL! It’s always been a topic that for many reasons I just haven’t wanted to write about, but now I feel it’s just something I want to do. So what to focus on? Well certainly not anything current (I just can’t be doing with the debates), but I do want to talk about things that mean a lot to me within the game. Things that interest me and maybe things I don’t think are talked about enough. So I’ve intentionally left that quite open, and after this if I never write another football related blog then I can’t think of a better topic than this one. So here is my… I don’t know if it’ll be a tribute, a career overlook, or even a written love letter of sorts to… well an artist, a magician, a maverick, an entertainer, but the one I like to give him above all else, genius.
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, AKA Ronaldinho Gaucho, and more commonly just ‘Ronaldinho̵