Former Brazilian footballer Ronaldo Nazario is celebrating his 49th birthday on September 18, 2025. He is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time and has been considered as a legend of Brazilian football.
Ronaldo has scored 342 goals from 482 appearances in his career including club and international football.
Ronaldo Nazario has been a star player for Brazil over the years and has been a part of the national side that ended up winning the FIFA World Cup twice in 1994 and 2002 respectively. He also won the Ballon d’Or award in 1997. He has inspired many from Brazil to take up the sport.
Ronaldo Nazario Career
Ronaldo Nazario started his club football journey with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube in 1993, where he registered 34 goals from 34 matches. He was transferred from Cruzeiro to Netherlands club PSV Eindhoven in 1994. Ronaldo has 42 goals from 46 matches for PSV before he joined Barcelona in 1996. He has scored 34 goals in 37 matches for the Spanish club from 1996 to 1997.
Ronaldo has played for Inter Milan from 1997 to 2002, where he amassed 49 goals from 68 appearances for the Italian club. After that, he joined Spanish club Real Madrid where he made 127 appearances and scored 83 goals from 2002 to 2007. Ronaldo went on to play for AC Milan and Corinthians in the later stages of his career. Overall, he scored 280 goals from 384 appearances along with 62 goals in 98 international appearances.
