Real Valladolid have confirmed that Brazilian legend Ronaldo Nazario  is selling his majority stake in the club, after six ...

Ronaldo's career has a uniqueness that sets it apart from others. All football lovers, even the less passionate ones, would be able to describe the most significant snapshots of 'O Fenomeno's ...

One of the best footballers of all time is ready to say goodbye. Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, Il Fenomeno, will announce today his retirement after an 18-year career in which he played for six ...

as “Ronaldo Fenomeno.” The goal truly worth remembering is a fairly typical sort of a strike. In the second half of a UEFA Cup match between his Inter Milan team and Spartak Moscow ...

“The nickname originally came from Italy, the Italians started to call me ‘Il Fenomeno’,” Ronaldo Nazario tells The Athletic, explaining the origins of the old nickname that has now become ...

In four and a half seasons in the Spanish capital, Ronaldo, affectionately known as R9 and 'Il Fenomeno', scored 103 goals, becoming the fifth foreigner at the time to have netted a century for ...

Michael Jordan was 36, a year removed from winning his sixth and final NBA title. Ronaldo was 22, already a two-time world player of the year and making a case as the most feared striker in history.

Ronaldo grew up supporting Flamengo, an all-conquering machine in the 1980s, and idolising Zico. Sonia dos Santos Barata was incessantly infuriated to find her son skipping school to play football ...

Il Fenomeno had silenced the critics and seemingly ... when their star man suffered a seizure before the game. Ronaldo had reclaimed his throne as the greatest among football's pantheon of goal ...

And when Manchester United legend Ferdinand had asked him if he had ever experienced that internal division in his squads, Capello instantly replied: “Yes, Ronaldo Fenomeno.” Capello ...

In Capello’s ranking, Lionel Messi is placed above Cristiano Ronaldo. He believes that Messi is on the same level as the likes of Pelé and Diego Maradona, while Ronaldo is on par with the ...

In the first edition of GOAL's Hall of Fame, we induct Brazilian legend Ronaldo, who changed the game forever either side of the millennium ...