What is "ronaldo"

Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (; born 18 September 1976), commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker. Popularly dubbed "the phenomenon", he is widely considered to be one of the greatest football players of all time. A three-time FIFA World Player of the Year and two-time Ballon d'Or recipient, Ronaldo was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the greatest living players compiled in 2004, and was inducted into the Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame and the Italian Football Hall of Fame.

Ronaldo played for Brazil in 98 matches, scoring 62 goals, and is the second-highest goalscorer for his national team. Aged 17, he was a part of the Brazilian squad that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup. At the 1998 World Cup, he received the Golden Ball for player of the tournament in helping Brazil reach the final where he suffered a convulsive fit hours before the defeat to France. He won a second World Cup in 2002 where he scored twice in the final, and received the Golden Boot as top goalscorer. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldo scored his 15th World Cup goal, which was a World Cup record at the time.

Having suffered a string of serious injuries throughout his career, Ronaldo retired from professional football in 2011, concluding an 18-year career. Post-retirement, he has continued his work as a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador, a position to which he was appointed in 2000. He served as an ambassador of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Ronaldo is the Portuguese, Italian and Spanish equivalent of the English language name Ronald.

• Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (born 1976), Brazilian international footballer
• Cristiano Ronaldo (born 1985), Portuguese international footballer
  • Ronaldo, a documentary about the Portuguese international footballer
• Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 1980), Brazilian international footballer, most commonly as Ronaldinho, and also known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho
• Ronaldo Guiaro (born 1974), Brazilian international footballer, also known as Ronaldinho (used before 1997 to differentiate between himself and Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima)
• Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus (born 1965), Brazilian international footballer, also known as Ronaldão
• Ronaldo Maczinski (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
• Ronaldo Soares Giovanelli (born 1967), Brazilian footballer

Ronaldo is a 2015 British documentary film directed by Anthony Wonke. It follows the life and career of Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who currently plays for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team. The film was released worldwide on 9 November 2015. A trailer for the film was released on 28 September 2015.