Ronaldinho

**Ronaldo de Assis Moreira** (born 21 March 1980)**,** more commonly known as **Ronaldinho**, or **Ronaldinho Gaúcho**, is a retired Brazilian footballer. Considered the best player in world football for several years, Ronaldinho is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, and by some, as the greatest ever. He was known for his dribbling, passing, flair, skills, and ability to create and score goals, all prominent characteristics of his early-age background playing futsal. He is the only player ever to have won a World Cup, a Copa América, a Confederations Cup, a Champions League, a Copa Libertadores and a Ballon d'Or.
At club level, he is best known for playing for F.C. Barcelona (2003-2008).

During his career, he was one of the most valuable footballers in the world. In 2009, he was voted "World Player of the Decade 2000s", ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. His admirers and supporters call him "***O Bruxo***" ("The Wizard").

## Club career statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Regional League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Grêmio|1998|rowspan="4"|Brasileirão|14|1|7|2|2|0|15|3|—|38|6|
|1999|17|4|17|15|3|0|4|2|6|1|47|22||||
|2000|21|14|13|11|3|3|—|—|37|28||||||
|2001|—|—|—|—|3|2|3|2||||||||
|rowspan="3"|Paris Saint-Germain|2001–02|rowspan="2"|Division 1|28|9|—|6|2|6|2|—|40|13||
|2002–03|27|8|—|6|3|4|1|—|37|12||||||
|rowspan="6"|Barcelona|2003–04|rowspan="5"|La Liga|32|15|—|6|3|7|4|—|45|22||
|2004–05|35|9|—|—|7|4|—|42|13|||||||
|2005–06|29|17|—|2|1|12|7|2|1|45|26|||||
|2006–07|32|21|—|4|0|8|2|5|1|49|24|||||
|2007–08|17|8|—|1|0|8|1|—|26|9||||||
|rowspan="4"|Milan|2008–09|rowspan="3"|Serie A|29|8|—|1|0|6|2|—|36|10||
|2009–10|36|12|—|—|7|3|—|43|15|||||||
|2010–11|11|0|—|—|5|1|—|16|1|||||||
|rowspan="3"|Flamengo|2011|rowspan="2"|Brasileirão|31|14|13|4|5|1|3|2|—|52|21|
|2012|2|1|10|4|—|8|2|—|20|7||||||
|rowspan="4"|Atlético Mineiro|2012|rowspan="3"|Brasileirão|32|9|—|—|—|—|32|9||||
|2013|14|7|6|4|2|0|14|4|2|2|38|17||||
|2014|2|0|4|0|—|7|1|2|0|15|1|||||
|Querétaro|2014–15|Liga MX|25|8|—|4|0|—|—|29|8|||||
|Fluminense|2015|Brasileirão|7|0|—|2|0|—|—|9|0|||||

## International career statistics

**Source:**

|-
|1999||13||7
|-
|2000||5||1
|-
|2001||4||1
|-
|2002||10||4
|-
|2003||8||2
|-
|2004||10||6
|-
|2005||12||6
|-
|2006||9||0
|-
|2007||11||5
|-
|2008||2||0
|-
|2009||3||0
|-
|2010||1||0
|-
|2011||5||1
|-
|2012||1||0
|-
|2013||3||0
|-
!Total||97||33
|}

### International goals

- _Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first._

|scope="col"||scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|2|30 June 1999|Estadio Antonio Aranda, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay||5–0|align="center"|1999 Copa América|rowspan="7"||||||||||
|align="center"|6|24 July 1999|rowspan="6"|Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico||2–0|align="center"|rowspan="6"|1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|||||||||
|align="center"|7|28 July 1999||1–0|align="center"|||||||||||||
|align="center"|8|30 July 1999||2–0|align="center"|||||||||||||
|rowspan="3" align="center"|9|rowspan="3"|1 August 1999|rowspan="3"||2–0|rowspan="3" align="center"|||||||||||
|align="center"|6–2|||||||||||||||||
|align="center"|8–2|||||||||||||||||
|align="center"|14|23 February 2000|Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand||3–0|align="center"|rowspan="3"|Friendly|rowspan="2"|||||||||
|align="center"|19|3 March 2001|Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, United States||1–0|align="center"||||||||||||
|align="center"|24|17 April 2002|Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal||1–1|align="center"|rowspan="6"|||||||||||
|align="center"|27|8 June 2002|Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo, South Korea||3–0|align="center"|rowspan="2"|2002 FIFA World Cup||||||||||
|align="center"|29|21 June 2002|Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan||2–1|align="center"||||||||||||
|align="center"|32|20 November 2002|Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea||3–2|align="center"|rowspan="2"|Friendly||||||||||
|align="center"|34|29 March 2003|Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal||1–1|align="center"||||||||||||
|align="center"|40|10 September 2003|Vivaldão, Manaus, Brazil||1-0|align="center"|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|align="center"|43|28 April 2004|Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest, Hungary||4–1|align="center"|rowspan="4"|Friendly|rowspan="12"|||||||||
|rowspan="3" align="center"|45|rowspan="3"|18 August 2004|rowspan="3"|Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti|rowspan="3"||2–0|rowspan="3" align="center"|||||||||
|align="center"|4–0|||||||||||||||||
|align="center"|5–0|||||||||||||||||
|align="center"|46|5 September 2004|Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil||2–0|align="center"|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|align="center"|47|8 September 2004|Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany||1–1|align="center"|rowspan="2"|Friendly||||||||||
|align="center"|51|9 February 2005|Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong||4–0|align="center"||||||||||||
|rowspan="2" align="center"|54|rowspan="2"|5 June 2005|rowspan="2"|Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil|rowspan="2"||1–0|rowspan="2" align="center"|rowspan="2"|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||
|align="center"|2–0|||||||||||||||||
|align="center"|58|22 June 2005|RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany||2–1|align="center"|rowspan="2"|2005 FIFA Confederations Cup||||||||||
|align="center"|59|25 June 2005|Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany||2–1|align="center"||||||||||||
|align="center"|60|29 June 2005|Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany||3–0|align="center"|2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Final|||||||||||
|rowspan="2" align="center"|72|rowspan="2"|24 March 2007|rowspan="2"|Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden|rowspan="2"||1–0|rowspan="2" align="center"|rowspan="4"|Friendly|rowspan="5"||||||
|align="center"|3–0|||||||||||||||||
|align="center"|76|22 August 2007|Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France||2–0|align="center"||||||||||||
|align="center"|77|9 September 2007|Soldier Field, Chicago, United States||3–2|align="center"||||||||||||
|align="center"|80|17 October 2007|Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil||2–0|align="center"|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|align="center"|93|11 October 2011|Estadio Corona, Torreón, Mexico||1–1|align="center"|Friendly|||||||||||

## Other websites

- Tactical Profile – Football-Lineups.com
- European Champions Cup/UEFA Champions League Winning Squads
- Ronaldinho profile at the official FC Barcelona website

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ronaldinho
- **image**: Ronaldinho Kazan.jpg
- **caption**: Ronaldinho in 2017
- **fullname**: Ronaldo de Assis Moreira
- **birth place**: Porto Alegre, Brazil
- **position**: Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, Attacking midfielder, Forward (association football)#Winger, winger
- **youthyears1**: 1987–1998
- **youthclubs1**: Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Grêmio
- **years1**: 1998–2001
- **clubs1**: Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Grêmio
- **caps1**: 92
- **goals1**: 89
- **years2**: 2001–2003
- **clubs2**: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain
- **caps2**: 55
- **goals2**: 38
- **years3**: 2003–2008
- **clubs3**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **caps3**: 145
- **goals3**: 70
- **years4**: 2008–2011
- **clubs4**: A.C. Milan, Milan
- **caps4**: 76
- **goals4**: 20
- **years5**: 2011–2012
- **clubs5**: Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo
- **caps5**: 56
- **goals5**: 29
- **years6**: 2012–2014
- **clubs6**: Clube Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro
- **caps6**: 58
- **goals6**: 20
- **years7**: 2014–2015
- **clubs7**: Querétaro F.C., Querétaro
- **caps7**: 25
- **goals7**: 8
- **years8**: 2015
- **clubs8**: Fluminense FC, Fluminense
- **caps8**: 7
- **goals8**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 511
- **totalgoals**: 205
- **nationalyears1**: 1997
- **nationalteam1**: Brazil national under-17 football team, Brazil U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 13
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **nationalyears2**: 1998–1999
- **nationalteam2**: Brazil national under-20 football team, Brazil U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 17
- **nationalgoals2**: 8
- **nationalyears3**: 1999–2008
- **nationalteam3**: Brazil national under-23 football team, Brazil U23
- **nationalcaps3**: 27
- **nationalgoals3**: 18
- **nationalyears4**: 1999–2013
- **nationalteam4**: Brazil national football team, Brazil
- **nationalcaps4**: 97
- **nationalgoals4**: 33