Ronaldo was born on the 22nd of September of 1976 in Bento Ribeiro, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro. He is named after Doctor Ronaldo Valente, who assisted his mother, Sonia dos Santos Barata, during her third delivery. His father, Nelio Nazario da Lima, worked for a teleph9one company "Telerj". Ronaldo's full name is Ronaldo Luiz Nazario da Lima. There was evidence of his physical coordination from the start as soon as he learned to …showed first 75 words of 1340 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1340 total…It was a while until Ronaldo was able to play again. After all his knee problems he went back and played like nothing had ever happened to him. At first you could see that he was kind of scared but after a couple of games ans goals the Phenomeno was back in action. To this day Ronaldo is still the best player playing. He helped the Brazilian National team win there 5th world cup in 2002.