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Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, Mononymously Known As Ronaldo, Is A Brazilian Former Professional Footballer Who Played As A Striker

The document discusses Brazilian football icon Ronaldo Nazario announcing his retirement from football in 2011 at age 34 due to injuries, as well as details on Brazilian star Neymar's career highlights including winning multiple trophies and awards and being Brazil's all-time top goalscorer.

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Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, Mononymously Known As Ronaldo, Is A Brazilian Former Professional Footballer Who Played As A Striker

The document discusses Brazilian football icon Ronaldo Nazario announcing his retirement from football in 2011 at age 34 due to injuries, as well as details on Brazilian star Neymar's career highlights including winning multiple trophies and awards and being Brazil's all-time top goalscorer.

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Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, mononymously known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian former professional

footballer who played as a striker. He is the owner of Brasileiro Série A club Cruzeiro and owner and
president of La Liga club Real Valladolid. Wikipedia

Brazil's football icon, Ronaldo Nazario, announced his retirement on this day in 2011
due to a series of injuries, which has not been easy to cope with. At 34 years old,
arguably the greatest striker who ever played the game has finally hung up his boots. 14
Feb 2024

Debuting for Brazil aged 18, Neymar is the nation's all-time top goalscorer, with 79
goals in 128 matches. He won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, winning the Golden
Ball. In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, he was named in the Dream Team. He captained
Brazil to their first Olympic gold medal in men's football at the 2016 Summer Olympics,
having already achieving a silver medal at the 2012 edition. Helping Brazil to a runner-
up finish at the 2021 Copa América, he was jointly awarded Best Player. In the 2022
World Cup, he became the third Brazilian player to score in three World Cups, after
Pelé and Ronaldo. Neymar has won a record six Samba Gold awards.

Neymar has been named in the FIFA FIFPro World11 and the UEFA Team of the Year
twice and the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season three times. He finished
third for the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2015 and 2017 and won the FIFA Puskás Award in
2011. SportsPro named Neymar the world's most marketable athlete in 2012 an

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