Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, better known as Ronaldinho is a Brazilian footballer, acts as an attacking midfielder and striker.
He is the winner of the Golden ball, which is handed over to the best footballer in Europe, 2005. The best player in the world by FIFA 2004 and 2005.
He played for Brazilian Gremio, French Paris Saint-Germain, Spanish «Barcelona», Italian «Milan» and Brazilian «Flamengo». He started in 1995 with the youth team, where he, under the leadership of head coach Liam Higgins. February 15th 2001, Ronaldinho signed a five year contract with the French club Paris Saint-Germain. The club paid for the transfer of the football player with $ 5 million.On arrival in Paris, Ronaldinho received a t-shirt with the number 21.
At first president of Barcelona Joan Laporta wanted to buy Englishman David Beckham for the club. However, after he moved to real Madrid, he focused its efforts on buying Ronaldinho. 19 July 2003, after very difficult negotiations, Ronaldinho became a player in «Barcelona», paying for the transfer of Brazilian 32,25 million euros. He made his debut in the friendly game against Milan, scoring a goal and his club won 2:0. In the official game he made his debut in the match against athletic club Athletico Bilbao.
Ronaldinho was bought AC Milan, July 15, 2008. Milan club paid Barcelona 21 million EUR + 4 million qualification for the Rossoneri in the tournament of the Champions League. Annual salary of Ronaldinho in the new club was 6.5 million euros. 17 July forward was officially presented as the football player of «Milan», signed a contract until 30 June 2011 on live TV.
