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« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2006, 05:28:45 AM »
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PERSONAL DETAILS
Full name: Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite
Date of birth: 22 April 1982
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 73 kg
Position: Midfielder
Current Club: AC Milan (ITA), contract ends in 2011
Int'l Goals: 14 (as of 1-Jul-2006)
Int'l Caps: 43 (as of 1-Jul-2006)
First Int'l Cap: Brazil v. Bolivia (31-Jan-2002)
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Clubs
2000-2003 São Paulo FC
Since 2003 AC Milan (ITA)
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (born April 22, 1982), better known as Kaká, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brazil and the Serie A club A.C. Milan. Of Portuguese ancestry, he is regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world.
Biography
Kaká was born in Brasília, Brazil. He has one younger brother, Rodrigo Ifrano dos Santos Leite, known as Digão, who has followed in Kaká's footsteps by playing soccer in Italy and is currently on loan with Serie B team Rimini, after having spent some time in the AC Milan youth squad.
The nickname Kaká, from his native Portuguese, is pronounced as it is spelled. The accent would signify that the stress is on the second syllable. In Italian, the language of his current club team, the phonetic equivalent is written as Kakà. However, the player's shirt name is spelled KAKA' (with an apostrophe, rather than an accented 'A') for both his club in Milan and in the past for the Brazilian national team. In the World Cup 2006, the back of his shirt read KAKÁ.
An internet discussion forum explains the nickname as a commonly used shortened form of "Ricardo" in Portuguese. Supposedly, Kaká received his nickname from his little brother, Rodrigo, who could not pronounce the word "Ricardo" when they were young. Rodrigo called his older brother "Caca" which the latter later changed to "Kaká".
In September 2000, Kaká suffered an accident when he made a faulty slide off of a pool slide, suffering a 6th vertebra fracture. This could have meant the end of his football career. It did not, however, and he felt that Jesus was responsible for his recovery. When AC Milan won the Serie A title in 2004, Kaká subtly sported a shirt with the slogan "I belong to Jesus." He also points his fingers to the sky every time he scores. Kaká is a devout, evangelical Protestant Christian and a long-time member of "Athletes For God," along with Cafu, his teammate at both AC Milan and the Brazilian national team. His taste for music goes to gospels, particularly the music by the Christian bands Switchfoot and Sonicflood.
Personal life
Kaká married Caroline Celico, then 18, on 23 December 2005 in São Paulo. About 600 people attended the wedding, including fellow Brazilian footballers Cafu, Ronaldo, Adriano, Dida, Júlio Baptista and Brazilian national coach Carlos Alberto Parreira. It was in 2002 when Kaká first met Celico, who came from a wealthy São Paulo family, and they started dating soon after. The relationship survived Kaká's move from São Paulo to Italy in 2003, while she was still at school. It is likely that Celico will stay in Brazil in the short run, but the couple plan to live together in Italy soon. Against the stereotypical trend of football stars, Kaká is proud he was a virgin when he married.Celico's mother, Rosângela Lyra, is the director of Dior in Brazil.
Career
International career
Kaká made his international debut in January 2002 against Bolivia. He was a part of the national squad which won the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but did not see much action playing just 19 minutes of the first round match against Costa Rica. In 2003, he was the captain for the Gold Cup tournament in the US and Mexico, leading Brazil to the second place and scoring key goals against Colombia. Later, he was in action at the 2004 Copa América and the 2005 Confederations Cup, which were both won by Brazil, with Kakà scoring in the Confederation Cup final win over Argentina. (During the postmatch celebration, he and several of his teammates sported T-shirts with "Jesus Loves You" written in different languages.) He finished in joint tenth place in the voting for the 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year award. In the 2005 competition he finished two places higher. More recently, he helped Brazil qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Kaká has matured as a player and is currently considered as one of the best footballers from Brazil. He scored Brazil's first goal in the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Croatia on 13 June 2006.
He wears number 8 for the national squad.
2006 World Cup
In the first match for Brazil, in group F, Kaká scored a goal in the 44th minute against Croatia. A left-foot strike from 25 meters led Brazil to the 1-0 victory. The media regarded him as the only member of the "magic quintet" – Adriano, Kaká, Ronaldo, Robinho and Ronaldinho – that produced in the match. Brazil were eventually eliminated by France in the quarter finals.
Club career
Kaká made his debut at São Paulo FC in 2001 when he was 19 years old. In the first season, he scored 12 goals in 27 appearances, and 10 goals in 22 appearances in the following season. The performance attracted attention from European clubs, and it was Milan who won the race to sign him.
He joined AC Milan in 2003 for $8.5m, a fee described as "peanuts" by club owner Silvio Berlusconi. Within a month, he became a regular for the first team, the place he has secured ever since. His first appearance came in a match at Ancona, which Milan won 2-0. In all, he scored 10 goals in 30 appearances that season, winning the Italian Serie A Championship and the European Super Cup.
Kaká was an integral part of the five-man midfield in the 2004-05 season, usually playing in a withdrawn role behind striker Andriy Shevchenko. He scored 7 goals in 36 league appearances, and also won the Italian Super Cup with the club. Milan finished second to Juventus in the Serie A, and lost the UEFA Champions League final to Liverpool on penalty kicks. He was, however, voted the best midfielder in the European tournament. He also ended up in the ninth place in the 2005 Golden Ball standing, earning 19 votes.
One of Kaká's more famous goals was the one against Fenerbahçe SK in the AC Milan's first game in the 2005-06 Champions League, won 3-1 by the Rossoneri. It had pundits draw instant comparisons to Diego Maradona, as Kakà started his run from the midfield and skipped past three tackles before entering the area and finishing with a low shot under Fenerbahçe goalkeeper Volkan Demirel.
On April 9, 2006, he scored his first Serie A hat-trick, against Chievo Verona. All three goals were scored in the second half.
He wears number 22 for Milan. He recently extended his contract with the club until 2011.
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« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2006, 05:50:36 AM »
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PERSONAL DETAILS
Full name: Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima
Date of birth: 22 September 1976
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 82 kg
Position: Forward
Current Club: Real Madrid (ESP)
Int'l Goals: 62 (as of 1-Jul-2006)
Int'l Caps: 97 (as of 1-Jul-2006)
First Int'l Cap: Brazil v. Argentina (23-Mar-1994)
CAREER
Clubs
1990-1991: Social Ramos Clube-RJ
1991-1993: Sao Cristovao-RJ
1993-1994: Cruzeiro-MG
1994-1996: PSV Eindhoven - Netherlands
1996-1997: FC Barcelona - Spain
1997-2002: Inter di Milano - Italy
2002: Real de Madrid - Spain
Club titles
Brazilian Cup: 1993
Minas Gerais State League: 1994
FIFA World Cup: 1994, 2002
Stanley Rous Cup (London): 1995
Dutch Cup: 1996
European Cup-winners Cup: 1997
Spanish Cup: 1997
European Supercup: 1997, 2002
Copa America: 1997, 1999
Confederations Cup: 1997
European UEFA Cup: 1998
Intercontinental Cup (Toyota Cup): 2002
Spanish League: 2003
Spanish Supercup: 2003
João Gamper trophy (Spain): 1996
Santiago Bernabéu Trophy: 2003, 2005
Naranja Cup of Valencia (Spain): 2003
Personal titles
Libertadores Supercup's top scorer: 1993
Copa Libertadores's top scorer: 1994
Minas Gerais state league's top scorer: 1994
Dutch league's top scorer: 1995
FIFA Top player: 1996, 1997, 2002
Copa America's top scorer: 1997, 1999
Onze d'Or (top player of the year for the Onze Mondial french newspaper): 2002
Spanish league's top scorer: 1997
The best South american top player of the spanish league (EFE trophy): 1997, 2003
Ballon d'Or (magazine France Football): 1997, 2002
Il Bravo (Top foreign player in Italy): 1997
Italian league's top player: 1998
World Cup's top player: 1998
Copa America's top scorer: 1999
World Cup's top scorer: 2002
Top player of the Intercontinental Cup's final: 2002
Top sportsman of the year (Reuters): 2002
Top sportsman of the year (BBC): 2002
Spanish league's top scorer: 2004
Ronaldo Luiz Nazário de Lima (born September 22, 1976), simply known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian professional footballer. He holds dual citizenship with Spain. He plays as a striker for Brazil and the Spanish club Real Madrid. He has been nicknamed "The Phenomenon" (Portuguese: O Fenômeno, Spanish: El Fenómeno), "Boy Wonder", "The Kid", and O Rey among other names. Ronaldo's speed, dribbling ability and goalscoring instincts have made him into what many believe to be one of the greatest footballers of all time.
He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. Ronaldo has enjoyed success at the international level, winning the 1994 and 2002 FIFA World Cups with Brazil. Ronaldo has also won three FIFA World Player of the Year awards (1996, 1997 and 2002), a record that has since been equalled by his Real Madrid teammate Zinedine Zidane and Birgit Prinz of Germany. On June 27, 2006, Ronaldo broke the all-time World Cup finals goal-scoring record of 14 goals, set by Gerd Müller of Germany, scoring his 15th World Cup goal in the Round of 16 match against Ghana, his 18th World Cup match.
Personal life
Ronaldo was born in Bento Ribeiro, a neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Like many of his contemporaries, he began to play football in the streets of his neighbourhood.
In April 1999, Ronaldo married Milene Domingues. The marriage lasted four years and ended in divorce. The couple had a son, Ronald (born 2000). In 2005, he got engaged to Brazilian model and MTV VJ Daniella Cicarelli, who became pregnant but suffered a miscarriage; their relationship lasted 3 months after their engagement. He is currently dating Brazilian supermodel Raica Oliveira. Writer Andrew Downie asserted a correlation between Ronaldo's personal life and performance on the pitch, noting that his most prolific periods of goalscoring have coincided with the times when he was happily married.
In 2005, Ronaldo became co-owner of A1 Team Brazil, alongside Brazilian motorsports legend Emerson Fittipaldi. The team participates in the newly launched A1 Grand Prix series, with Nelson Piquet, Jr., Tony Kanaan and João Paulo Oliveira as drivers.
Football career
Ronaldo's footballing abilities were first recognised when he was 14. He was recommended to the Brazil youth team by World Cup winner Jairzinho, who also arranged for his own former club, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, to sign him when he was old enough for a professional contract. Ronaldo scored 12 goals in 14 games in the Brazilian National Championship, and in the Minas Gerais State Championship he scored all three goals in Cruzeiro's 3-1 victory against arch-rival Atlético Mineiro. He was soon transferred for US$6 million to PSV Eindhoven, and later attracted the attention of Spain's FC Barcelona. He played for Barça in the 1996-1997 season, scoring 34 goals in 37 appearances (47 in 49, including appearances in the Copa del Rey and European Cup Winners Cup), then transferred to Inter Milan the following year.
Voted the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1996 and 1997, he also scored four goals and made four assists during the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Brazil lost the final to hosts France 3-0 after he suffered a convulsive fit the night before. Adrian Williams, professor of clinical neurology at Birmingham University, said that Ronaldo should not have played, saying that he would have been feeling the after effects of the seizure and that " there is no way that he would have been able to perform to the best of his ability within 24 hours of his first fit -- if it was his first fit."
A year after the 1998 World Cup, he severely injured his right knee and was out of the game for several months. During his first comeback in 2000, he played only seven minutes during a league game against Lazio before injuring his knee for a second time.
After two operations and 20 months of rehabilitation, Ronaldo came back for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, in which he scored two goals against Germany in the final. Ronaldo was the top scorer of the 2002 World Cup with eight goals, helping Brazil win their fifth World Cup title. Later in 2002 he won the World Player of the Year award for the third time, and transferred from Inter to Real Madrid for £27,000,000, after frequent disputes with Inter coach Héctor Cúper. His transfer to Madrid was the subject of a media frenzy not just laced with the usual hype because of his reputation, but more so because he was now the third successive Galactico (or superstar) signed in as many years by the Spanish giants as part of their policy of signing the world's biggest superstar football players in order to maintain their levels of success whilst broadening their reaches of fame.
Ronaldo was such a well known signing that sales of his shirt on the day of his signing alone broke all records the world over.[citation needed] Proof of his fame came with the fact that even though Ronaldo was sidelined through injury until October 2002, fans continued to chant his name in the stands. Ronaldo scored twice in his debut for Real Madrid. That same reception was observed on the night of the final game of the season against Athletic Bilbao, where Ronaldo scored again to seal his first season with 23 league goals (not including the goals in the UEFA Champions League that included a hat-trick away at Manchester United) and the La Liga Championship title for 2003, which Ronaldo had previously failed to win whilst at FC Barcelona.
According to reports, Ronaldo turned down a ten-year, US$120 million contract from Red Bull New York of MLS in 2006, saying, "Right now I have a contract with Real Madrid and I'm only thinking about the World Cup, but without a doubt, the American market is one of my goals for the future." But in a statement issued to the press, Red Bull denied having made an offer.
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« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2006, 05:53:59 AM »
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International Career
Ronaldo made his international debut for Brazil in 1994, in a friendly match in Recife against Argentina. He was known then as Ronaldinho, since Ronaldo Guiaro, his team-mate on the 1996 Olympic Games was called Ronaldo, because he was older. The current Ronaldinho was known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho until the Ronaldinho-to-Ronaldo change occurred. He went to the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA as a 17-year-old but did not play.
Ronaldo won the Golden Shoe as the top scorer in the 2002 FIFA World Cup with eight goals, two in the final against Germany. He also equaled Pelé's Brazilian record of 12 World Cup Finals goals, adding to the four he scored in the 1998 tournament.
On June 2, 2004, Ronaldo scored an unusual hat-trick for Brazil against arch-rivals Argentina in a CONMEBOL qualifier for the 2006 World Cup, scoring all three of Brazil's goals from the penalty spot.
The 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals started badly for Ronaldo.[citation needed] He appeared to be mildly overweight, played poorly in the first two matches against Croatia and Australia and was replaced by Robinho in both matches. He was becoming increasingly unpopular among Brazilian supporters. Despite the fans' desire for him to be dropped, Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Parreira persisted with his inclusion for the final group match against Japan, although Brazil had already qualified for the second round. Ronaldo, despite being relatively static,[citation needed] scored the equalizer in stoppage time at the end of the first half, and again in the second period, to draw equal with Gerd Müller as the all-time World Cup Finals top scorer with 14 goals. Commentator Martin O'Neill described him as a "stone overweight" during the match.
On June 22, 2006, Brazil's team trainer revealed that Ronaldo's weight was 90.5 kilograms (199.5 pounds), half a kilogram more than ideal weight for a man of his height of 1.83 metres (6 feet).
With his two goals against Japan, he became the 20th player ever to score in three different FIFA World Cups. Ronaldo scored in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. On June 27, 2006, he broke the all-time World Cup Finals scoring record of 14, held by Gerd Müller after scoring his 15th World Cup goal against Ghana in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Round of 16. As of July 1, 2006, he had scored 62 goals in 97 international matches.
Ronaldo's bid for successive World Cup medals ended with Brazil's 1-0 loss to France. In the wake of this defeat 29 year-old Ronaldo pledged that he will play for Brazil in the years to come and in the 2010 World Cup.
Philanthropy
Ronaldo became a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador in 2000. "No one should be doomed to a life of poverty, whether by birth or as a consequence of war," Ronaldo said.
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« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2006, 06:10:52 AM »
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PERSONAL DETAILS
Full name: Ronaldo de Assis Moreira
Date of birth: 21 March 1980
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Position: Midfielder
Current Club: Barcelona (ESP)
Int'l Goals: 27 (as of 1-Jul-2006)
Int'l Caps: 68 (as of 1-Jul-2006)
First Int'l Cap: Brazil v. Latvia (26-Jun-1999)
CAREER
Clubs
1996-2000: Grêmio-RS
2001-19/07/2003: Paris SG - France
20/07/2003: FC Barcelona - Spain
Club titles
Rio Grande do Sul State League: 1999
Rio Grande do Sul State Cup: 1999
South Minas Cup: 1999
Copa America: 1999
Pre-Olympic Tournament: 2000
Intertoto Cup: 2002
FIFA World Cup: 2002
Spanish League: 2005, 2006
Confederations Cup: 2005
Spanish Supercup: 2005
European Champion's League: 2006
João Gamper trophy (Spain): 2003
Catalonia's Cup: 2003, 2004
Ramon de Carranza Trophy: 2005
Personal titles
Rio Grande do Sul league state's top scorer: 1999
Confederations Cup's top scorer: 1999
Confederations Cup's top player: 1999
Brazilian Bola de Prata (Placar): 2000
The best South american top player of the spanish league (EFE trophy): 2004
FIFA Top player: 2004, 2005
Ballon d'Or (magazine France Football): 2005
El Pais newspaper (top player): 2005
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980) is a footballer more commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho, due to his being from the Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil, or more simply known as Ronaldinho.
His name Ronaldinho , Portuguese for "little Ronaldo", was originally devised as a means of distinguishing between himself and fellow Brazilian football star Ronaldo, with the additional title Gaúcho being used when the current Ronaldo was also known as Ronaldinho. Among his many achievements and accolades, Ronaldinho has been awarded the FIFA World Player of the Year award twice (2004, 2005), as well as the European Footballer of the Year award and the FIFPro World Player of the Year award (2005).He has downplayed suggestions that he is the best footballer in the world, telling FourFourTwo magazine, "I don't even feel I'm the best at Barça."
Personal life
Ronaldinho was born in Vila Nova, a poor suburb of Porto Alegre, Brazil. He was the youngest of three children. Ronaldinho's mother Miguelina is a former salesperson who later studied to become a nurse. His father João was a shipyard worker and footballer for Cruzeiro. The family moved to a more affluent district of Porto Alegre when Ronaldinho's older brother Roberto signed to play professional football for Grêmio. João died when Ronaldinho was 8, after suffering a heart attack while swimming in the family's pool. Injuries ended Roberto's career prematurely, and he now manages Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho's sister Deisi works as his press coordinator.Ronaldinho's son, named João after his father, was born on 25 February, 2005. João's mother is Janaína Nattielle Viana Mendes, a former dancer on the Brazilian television show Domingão do Faustão.
In his childhood, Ronaldinho's skill in football began to blossom due to his particular interest in futsal and beach football, which later developed into a fondness for more standardised football. His first brush with the media came after a 23 goal flurry against a local team, at just 13 years of age. His reputation as a footballer was built up through his childhood, particularly since he was identified as a rising star at the Egypt 1997 under-17 world championship. He scored two goals in the tournament, both penalty kicks.
He is a huge fan of Brazilian music, and occasionally plays the drums and sings with friends in Barcelona.
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« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2006, 06:16:31 AM »
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Professional career
The Grêmio years
Ronaldinho's career began in the youth team at Porto Alegre club Grêmio, under head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, who would later coach the Brazilian national team to glory in the 2002 World Cup. His first senior appearance came in the 1998 Libertadores Cup, and his penchant for goalscoring was quickly displayed, his career soon generating interest due to his phenomenal ball control and ability to score. This was followed by his introduction into the Brazilian national team in 1999.
Towards the end of his career at Grêmio, in 2001, many clubs from all over the world, particularly Premiership teams in England, were eager to sign him as an attempt to attain a player who was both a "big name" and was also performing well. Despite several generous bids from Premiership teams (who would not have been able to sign him due to work permit restrictions) and several requests from Grêmio, Ronaldinho signed a five-year contract with PSG, to which he moved at the beginning of the following season.
The Paris Saint-Germain years
In 2001 Ronaldinho left Grêmio to play European football. Despite bids from much larger clubs,[citation needed] he opted to play for PSG. During his time at PSG, the manager, Luis Fernandez, claimed that Ronaldinho was too focused on the Parisian nightlife rather than on his football, and complained that his holidays in Brazil would always drag on and never end at the scheduled times.
After the 2002 World Cup, having shown his worth on the international scene, there was no shortage of interest from bigger clubs. In 2003, Ronaldinho made it clear he wanted to leave PSG after they failed to qualify for any European competitions. Ronaldinho's desire to leave set off a bidding war among the top European clubs (Manchester United and FC Barcelona the notable examples) for his services.The club that ended up winning the battle for his services was FC Barcelona.
The Barcelona years
On July 19, 2003, FC Barcelona acquired Ronaldinho for £18 million. Originally, Barcelona chairman Joan Laporta had promised to bring David Beckham to the club, but following his transfer to Real Madrid, Barcelona entered the running for Ronaldinho and beat Manchester United to his signature. It was thought that a failure on the part of the English and French clubs to agree on a fee was the reason Manchester United's deal fell through. Ronaldinho is also said to have signed with Barcelona instead of Manchester United because of his friendship with former Nike executive in Brazil and Barcelona's then vice-president in charge of sports, Sandro Rosell.[9] Ronaldinho's signing with Barcelona follows in the footsteps of a number of illustrious fellow countrymen who enjoyed successful careers with the club, including Romario, Ronaldo and Rivaldo.
Barcelona quickly showcased the talents of their new striker in an exhibition match against AC Milan. The match took place in front of a crowd of 45,000 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Barcelona had a 1-0 lead through most of the first half, and they increased their lead to 2-0 when Ronaldinho scored in the 51st minute. Having received a short pass from Xavi, Ronaldinho fired a shot that spun around Fernando Redondo and into the net, landing him his first goal for the club.
After returning from injury in the first half of the campaign, Ronaldinho continued to justify his price tag by leading Barcelona to a second-place finish in La Liga during the 2003/04 season. Along with Samuel Eto'o, Deco, Xavi, Ludovic Giuly and Henrik Larsson, Ronaldinho comprises part of a strike force which helped bring the 2004/05 La Liga title for FC Barcelona. On December 20, 2004, Ronaldinho was named FIFA World Player of the Year ahead of Arsenal's Thierry Henry and AC Milan's Andriy Shevchenko. It was then that Barcelona rejected a £60 million bid made for him by Chelsea F.C., according to Sandro Rosell.
In March 2005, Barcelona were knocked out of the Champions League by Chelsea in the first knockout round. Ronaldinho scored a penalty kick and an impressive solo goal in the 4-2 loss at Stamford Bridge.
In June 2005, Rosell resigned from the Barcelona administration following a bust-up with Joan Laporta, and it was feared that his resignation would spell the end for Ronaldinho and Barcelona's association as well. With Ronaldinho's contract running only into 2008, he was offered a contract until 2014 that would net him £85 million over those 9 years,which he rejected. Later that year in September, he signed a two-year extension of his original contract on with FC Barcelona. The new contract contains a minimum fee release clause that allows him to leave should a club make an offer to Barcelona of at least £85 million for him.
On November 19, 2005, he scored two solo goals to help FC Barcelona to a 3–0 win over arch-rivals Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid. After he scored his second goal of the night, his team's third, a large part of the Madrid faithful gave him a standing ovation, a rare feat which had not occurred since Diego Maradona played for Barcelona in 1985.
In September 2005, Ronaldinho was crowned FifPro Player of the year, an award voted for by his fellow professionals. He was also named in the FifPro team of the year alongside the likes of Zidane and Maldini. In November 2005 Ronaldinho was named as both the European Footballer of the Year and the best striker in the 2004-05 Champions League. In 2005, Ronaldinho became the third Brazilian to win the Ballon d'Or Award. On December 19, 2005, he was again named FIFA World Player of the Year with 956 points, more than three times the 306 points of Chelsea's Frank Lampard, who finished second in the poll, and the 190 points of Barcelona teammate Samuel Eto'o who finished third. He was chosen for the UEFA team of 2005 for the third time running in January 2006.
On March 7, 2006, in the 2nd leg of the Champions League first knockout round at Nou Camp, Ronaldinho avenged Barcelona's defeat to Chelsea in the same competition the previous year, running past the Chelsea defence to score. Although the game ended 1-1, Barcelona progressed to the Champions League quarterfinal. In the first semi-final leg, against AC Milan in the San Siro, Ronaldinho once again proved his worth with a superb pass for the goal volleyed in by Ludovic Giuly, which brought Barcelona a 1-0 victory. The second leg game ended in a goalless draw despite a disallowed goal from Andriy Shevchenko in the 70th minute. The 0-0 result with AC Milan brought Barcelona to the 2006 Champions League Final in Paris against Arsenal F.C., who had not conceded a goal in ten Champions League matches, a competition record.
On May 3, 2006, Barcelona were crowned 2005/2006 La Liga champions after they beat Celta Vigo 1-0.
On May 17, 2006, Barcelona became European champions after defeating Arsenal 2-1 in the Champions League final. In this match Ronaldinho was kept relatively subdued and the goals came from Samuel Eto'o and Juliano Belletti, who were both assisted by Henrik Larsson. Ronaldinho finished the season with 25 goals in all competitions, his best goalscoring tally ever.
Brazil
Ronaldinho's goal in a friendly match against Haiti: 2004-08-19.Ronaldinho debuted for the Brazilian national team on June 26, 1999 against Latvia. In his first tournament participation he scored against Venezuela in the 1999 Copa América, a game that the Brazilian team won.
Ronaldinho played a part in Brazil's successful 2002 campaign to win the World Cup, forming the famed "3 R's" with Ronaldo and Rivaldo. One of the highlights of the tournament was a 35-metre free kick he scored against England in the quarter-finals in Shizuoka. He was sent off soon after for a foul on Danny Mills. Following the sending-off, he was suspended for the semifinal, but returned to Brazil's starting line-up for the 2-0 victory over Germany in the final.
On June 29, 2005, he played a pivotal role as the captain of the Brazilian squad that won its second FIFA Confederations Cup title, and was named Man of the Match in a 4–1 victory over Argentina in the final. Pelé named Ronaldinho in his 125 Top Living Footballers in March 2004.
In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldinho was a starting player on Brazil's Team, but he performed far below expectations, failing to score any goals and having only one assist. When Brazil were eliminated by France 1-0 in the quarterfinal, he failed to make any impression on the field.
Immediately after the World Cup disappointment, the team was criticized by many Brazilians, and vandals burned and destroyed a 7-meter tall fiberglass and resin statue of Ronaldinho in the Brazilian city of Chapecó. The statue had been erected in 2004 to celebrate his first election as FIFA World Player of the Year. Two days after the loss, Ronaldinho and Adriano partied through the night in Barcelona, increasing the feeling of the Brazilians that they were betrayed by their national team.This reaction contrasted with other players such as Rogerio Ceni, who was ashamed of the game and said "some defeats are marked by struggle, but we lost in an infelicitous way, that wasn't what we had hoped for" and Zé Roberto, who cried and said that "the unity that we had outside the pitch, lacked inside it".
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« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2006, 06:17:27 AM »
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In December 2005, Ronaldinho and Mauricio de Sousa, a famous Brazilian comic book author, announced the creation of cartoon characters based on Ronaldinho, his brother and his mother. In the UK, the comic is published exclusively in children's football magazine, KiCK!
Ronaldinho appears in advertising campaigns for international companies Nike, Pepsi, and Lenovo, as well as at least eight brands in Brazil, including Kibon.
Ronaldinho appears on the front cover of Electronic Arts game FIFA Soccer 06 along with Wayne Rooney.
He has surpassed David Beckham as the most marketable player in the world, generating $57.8m (£30.8m) annually.
Despite passing David Beckham as the most marketable player in the world, Ronaldinho still trails Beckham in estimated yearly income.
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Zé Roberto
« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2006, 06:25:37 AM »
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PERSONAL DETAILS
Full name: José Roberto da Silva Júnior
Date of birth: 6 July 1974
Height: 172 cm
Weight: 71 kg
Position: Midfielder
Current Club: Bayern Munich (GER)
Int'l Goals: 6 (as of 1-Jul-2006)
Int'l Caps: 84 (as of 1-Jul-2006)
First Int'l Cap: Korea Republic v. Brazil (12-Aug-1995)
CAREER
Clubs
1994-1997: Portuguesa-SP
1997-1998: Real de Madrid - Spain
1998: Flamengo-RJ
1998-2002: Bayer Leverkusen - Germany
2002: Bayern München - Germany
Club Titles
Copa America: 1997, 1999
Confederations Cup: 1997, 2005
European Champion's League: 1998
German League: 2003, 2005, 2006
German Cup: 2003, 2005
German League Cup: 2004
Personal Titles
Brazilian Bola de Prata (Placar): 1996
Zé Roberto, real name José Roberto da Silva Júnior, (born July 6, 1974 in Ipiranga, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder. He was under contract to Bayern Munich until June 30, 2006. He has stated that he will not re-sign with Bayern at the end of the World Cup. He was part of the Brazil squad at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and is on the roster for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
He is a versatile, left-footed winger who is a deft dribbler and crosses the ball well. Ze sometimes struggled to win a starting spot at Bayern Munich. However, he has earned a starting spot in the Selecao where he plays through the centre, displacing Ronaldinho, possibly to the detriment of Brazil's flowing football. Following the announcement that he would not return to Bayern Munich, he publicly criticized the club's style of play and predicted struggles if changes were not made. If he does indeed join Olympiacos after the World Cup, he would team up with fellow Brazilian Rivaldo [1].Other teams interested are Flamengo and some teams in Arabian and Japanese football.
Zé Roberto scored Brazils third and final goal in their second round match against Ghana in the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.
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Rogério Ceni
« Reply #15 on: July 06, 2006, 06:30:04 AM »
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Full name: Rogério Mücke Ceni
Date of birth: 22 January 1973
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 88 kg
Position: Goalkeeper
Current Club: Sao Paulo (BRA)
Int'l Caps: 16 (as of 1-Jul-2006)
First Int'l Cap: Brazil v. Mexico (16-Dec-1997)
CAREER
Clubs
1990: Sinop-MAT
1991: São Paulo FC-SP
Club titles
Mato Grosso State League: 1990
Intercontinental Cup (Toyota Cup): 1992, 1993
Recopa: 1993, 1994
Libertadores Supercup: 1993
Conmebol Cup: 1994
Conmebol Supercup: 1996
Confederations Cup: 1997
São Paulo State League: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005
Tournament Rio - São Paulo: 2001
FIFA World Cup: 2002
FIFA Club World Championship: 2005
Santiago de Chile Tournament: 1993
St Jacques de Compostela Tournament: 1993
Los Angeles Cup: 1999
Personal titles
Brazilian Bola de Ouro (Placar): 2000
Brazilian Bola de Prata (Placar): 2003, 2004
FIFA World club championship's top player: 2005
Rogério Mücke Ceni (born January 22, 1973 in Pato Branco, Paraná, Brazil) is a Brazilian goalkeeper. He is currently signed with the Brazilian Série A club São Paulo since 7 September 1990, playing more than 600 games for the 3 times Copa Libertadores and World Championship winner São Paulo.
He has played 35 times for the Brazilian national team, and was in the squad when Brazil won the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Despite his position, he has established a reputation as a goal scorer, like a former South American goalkeeping great, Paraguay's José Luis Chilavert. Rogério Ceni is one of the world's leading free-kick specialists (he is the top free kick-scoring goalkeeper ever) and often takes penalties for São Paulo as well. As of 3 May 2006, he had scored 63 goals (42 from free kicks and 21 from penalty kicks), 61 of them were scored in official matches. These goals have placed him as the 2nd highest-scoring goalkeeper in the history of football (soccer), after Chilavert who scored 62 goals in his career.
On 2005 July 14, Rogério was São Paulo's captain as the team won the 2005 Copa Libertadores. It was São Paulo's third Copa Libertadores championship.
On 2005 July 28, Rogério became the one who played the most times for São Paulo, with 618 matches. The match was against Atlético Mineiro, and he played with a special shirt, with the '618' number on its back.
On 2005 December 18, he was considered man of the match against Liverpool, a match in which his performance was deemed "superb" and instrumental in São Paulo's winning their third World Championship.
It is possible to watch some of his goals at his official site.
Rogério Ceni was named by coach Carlos Alberto Parreira to the World Cup 2006 squad as second-choice goalkeeper.
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