Before there was Portugal's Christiano Ronaldo, incredible footballer and famed metrosexual, there was Brazil's Ronaldo.
The 33-year-old currently plays for Corinthians (and looks like Bartolo Colon) in Brazil and he announced today at a press conference that when his two-year deal runs out after the 2011 season, he's retiring.
If you're like me, you kinda forgot he was still playing. Sorry guy. Constant knee injuries and weight problems will do that to you.
Still, in his top form the big Brazilian striker was a beast and always seemed impossible to stop in the 1998 (where Brazil lost 3-0 to France in the final) and 2002 World Cups (they beat Germany 2-0 to win it all), where he won the Golden Boot award.
Check out the numerous YouTubes that Shimer posted a few weeks back to see some of Ronaldo's greatest moments. He starred with PSV Eindhoven as a teenager (42 goals in 45 games), Inter Milan, Barcelona (47 goals in 49 games) and Real Madrid.
He has 97 caps for Brazil and there's a possibility that he could reach triple digits this summer at the World Cup since his old teammate Dunga is Brazil's head coach.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=745706&sec=global&cc=5901
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