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This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is de Assis and the second is Moreira.
Ronaldinho

Personal information
Full name
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira
Date of birth
21 March 1980 (1980-03-21) (age 29)
Place of birth
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Playing position
Attacking midfielder[2]
Club information
Current club
Milan
Number
80
Youth career
1997–1998
Grêmio
Senior career*
Years
Club
Apps (Gls)†
1998–2001
Grêmio
044 (21)
2001–2003
Paris Saint-Germain
053 (17)
2003–2008
FC Barcelona
145 (70)
2008–
Milan
029 0(8)
National team‡
1999–2008
Brazil Olympic
027 (18)
1999–
Brazil
087 (32)
Honours[show]
Competitor for Brazil
Men's Football
Bronze
2008 Beijing
Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2009.
† Appearances (Goals).‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 April 2009
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980 in Porto Alegre), commonly known as Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gaúcho,[3] is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Italian Serie A side Milan and the Brazilian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the most gifted footballers of his generation.
Ronaldinho, Portuguese for "Little Ronaldo," is known in Brazil by the nickname "Gaúcho," in order to distinguish him from Ronaldo, who was already called "Ronaldinho" in Brazil. Ronaldo simply went by his first name upon his move to Europe, thereby allowing Ronaldinho to drop the "Gaúcho" and remain simply as Ronaldinho.
Prior to his move to Milan, he played for Paris Saint-Germain, and FC Barcelona, with whom he won his first Champions League in 2006. He became a Spanish citizen in January 2007.[4]
Contents[hide]
1 Biography and personal life
2 Club career
2.1 Early career
2.2 FC Barcelona
2.3 Milan
3 International career
4 Career statistics
4.1 Club career
4.2 International career
5 Honours
6 References
7 External links
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Biography and personal life
Ronaldinho was born in city of Porto Alegre, capital of the Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil. His mother, Dona Miguelina, is a former salesperson who studied to become a nurse. His father, João, was a shipyard worker and footballer for local club Esporte Clube Cruzeiro (not to be confused with Cruzeiro EC).[5] He suffered a fatal heart attack in the family swimming pool when Ronaldinho was eight. After Ronaldinho's older brother, Roberto, signed with Grêmio, the family moved to a home in the more affluent Guarujá section of Porto Alegre, which was a gift from Grêmio to convince Roberto to stay at the club. Roberto's career was ultimately cut short by injury.
Ronaldinho's football skills began to blossom at an early age, and he was first given the nickname Ronaldinho because he was often the youngest and the smallest player in youth club matches.[6] He developed an interest in futsal and beach football, which later expanded to organized football. His first brush with the media came at the age of thirteen, when he scored all 23 goals in a 23-0 victory against a local team.[7] Ronaldinho was identified as a rising star at the 1997 U-17 World Championship in Egypt, in which he scored two goals on penalty kicks.[8][9]
Today, Roberto acts as Ronaldinho's manager, while his sister Deisi works as his press coordinator.[10][11] Ronaldinho became a father for the first time on 25 February 2005, after Brazilian dancer Janaína Mendes gave birth to their son, who was named João after Ronaldinho's late father. [12]

Club career

Early career
Ronaldinho's career began with the Grêmio youth squad under head coach Liam Higgins. He made his senior side debut during the 1998 Copa Libertadores.[13] In 2001, Arsenal expressed interest in signing Ronaldinho, but the move collapsed after he could not obtain a work permit because he was a non-EU player who had not played enough international matches.[14] He considered playing on loan with Scottish Premier League side St. Mirren, which never happened due to his involvement in a fake passport scandal in Brazil.[15] In 2001, Ronaldinho signed a five-year contract with French side Paris Saint-Germain.
During the 2001-02 season, Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Fernández claimed that Ronaldinho was too focused on the Parisian nightlife rather than football, and complained that his holidays in Brazil never ended at the scheduled times.[13] In 2003, less than two years into his PSG stint, Ronaldinho made it clear he wanted to leave the club after PSG failed to qualify for any European competition.

FC Barcelona
Originally, FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta had promised to bring David Beckham to the club, but following his transfer to Real Madrid, Barcelona entered the running for Ronaldinho and outbid Manchester United for his signature. He made his team debut in a friendly against A.C. Milan at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C, scoring one goal in a 2-0 victory. After suffering from injury during the first half of the campaign, he returned and helped lead Barcelona to a second-place league finish.
Ronaldinho won his first league title in 2004-05, and was named FIFA World Player of the Year on 20 December 2004. In 2005, Ronaldinho received his second consecutive honour of FIFA World Player of the Year, beating Chelsea's Frank Lampard and fellow Barça player Samuel Eto'o. On 8 March 2005, Barcelona was eliminated from the UEFA Champions League by Chelsea in the first knockout round, with Ronaldinho scoring both goals in a 4-2 loss.[16]
With his contract expiring in 2008, Ronaldinho was offered an extension until 2014 that would have net him £85 million over nine years,[17] but he turned it down. In September 2005, he signed a two-year extension that contained a minimum-fee release clause that allowed him to leave should a club make an offer to Barcelona of at least £85 million for him.[18]

Ronaldinho with Frank Rijkaard at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
By the end of the 2004-05 season, Ronaldinho had started to accumulate a host of personal awards. He won the inaugural FIFPro World Player of the Year in September 2005, in addition to being included in the 2005 FIFPro World XI, and being named the 2005 European Footballer of the Year. Also that year, Ronaldinho added to his collection a second FIFA World Player of the Year with 956 points, more than triple the amount (306) of runner-up Frank Lampard. On 19 November, Ronaldinho scored twice as Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3-0 on the road in the first leg of El Clásico. After he sealed the match with his second goal, he received a standing ovation from the Madrid fans.

Ronaldinho taking a corner against Celta de Vigo
Ronaldinho was chosen for the UEFA Team of the Year for the third consecutive time in January 2006, and he contributed one goal in Barcelona's elimination of SL Benfica in the '05-06 Champions League quarterfinals with a 2-0 home victory. After a 1-0 semifinal aggregate win over Milan, in which Ronaldinho assisted the series' only goal by Ludovic Giuly, Barcelona progressed to the Champions League final, which they won on 17 May 2006 with a 2-1 defeat of Arsenal. Two weeks earlier, Barcelona had clinched their second straight La Liga title with a 1-0 win over Celta Vigo, giving Ronaldinho his first career double. He finished the season with a career-best 26 goals in all competitions, and was named the 2005-06 Champions League Player of the Year.
On 25 November 2006, Ronaldinho scored his 15th career league goal against Villarreal CF, then later scored a second time with an overhead bicycle kick. He later said to reporters that the latter was a goal he had dreamed of scoring since he was a boy.[19] He scored once and set up two others in Barcelona's 4-0 Club World Cup win over Mexico's Club América on 14 December, but Barcelona were defeated 1-0 by Brazilian club Internacional in the final.[20] Ronaldinho was nonetheless the recipient of the Bronze Ball Award for the competition.
The next day, Ronaldinho finished third in the running for the 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year, behind World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro and Zinedine Zidane.[21] Ronaldinho was named among the UEFA Team of the Year for the third straight time in January 2007, receiving the highest number of votes with over 290,000 nominations.[22] He was forced to miss a charity match on 13 March due to an injury he had picked up several days earlier in Barcelona's 3-3 El Clásico draw with Real Madrid.[23][24]

Ronaldinho playing for Milan
He played his 200th career match for Barcelona in a league match against CA Osasuna on 3 February 2008. However, his 2007-08 campaign as a whole was plagued by injuries, and a muscle tear in his right leg on 3 April prematurely ended his season.[25] On 19 May, Laporta stated that Ronaldinho needed a "new challenge," claiming that he needed a new club if he were to revive his career.[26] Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra confirmed on 6 June that he was interested in acquiring him.[27]
Ronaldinho and Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi each captained a team of international stars in an anti-racism exhibition match in Venezuela on 28 June, which ended in a 7-7 draw. Ronaldinho finished with a pair of goals and two assists in what would be his last match as a Barcelona player.[28]

Milan
Ronaldinho turned down a £25.5 million offer from Manchester City[29] to join Italian giants Milan on a three-year contract, after he was purchased from Barcelona for €21 million.[30] With the number 10 already occupied by teammate Clarence Seedorf, he selected 80 as his jersey number, because 1980 was his birth year. Ronaldinho scored his first goal for Milan in a 1-0 derby victory over Internazionale on 28 September 2008, and his first brace was in a 3-0 win over Sampdoria on 19 October 2008. He scored a 93rd-minute match-winner against S.C. Braga in the UEFA Cup group stage on November 6.
He finished his first season at Milan with 10 goals from 32 appearances in all competitions.

International career
Ronaldinho is one of few Brazilian players to have played at every international age level. He was part of the first Brazilian team to win the FIFA U-17 World Championship in 1997, in which his first goal was a penalty against Austria in the first group match, which Brazil won 7-0. Ronaldinho finished with two goals and was awarded the Bronze Ball award as Brazil scored a total of twenty-one goals while only conceding two.
1999 was a busy year for Ronaldinho in terms of international play. He took part in the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship, scoring his first goal in Brazil's last group match. In the round of sixteen, he scored two first-half goals in a 4-0 win over Croatia, and finished with three goals as Brazil were eliminated by Uruguay in the quarterfinals. On 26 June, three days before the start of the 1999 Copa América, he earned his first cap for Brazil in a 3-0 win over Latvia, and he scored one goal during Brazil's victorious Copa América campaign. One week after the conclusion of the Copa América, he was called up for the 1999 Confederations Cup, in which he scored in every match except the final, including a hat-trick in an 8-2 semifinal rout of Saudi Arabia. Ronaldinho did not score in the final, which Brazil lost 4-3 to Mexico. He won the Golden Ball award for the best player in tournament as well as the Golden Boot award for the tournament top-scorer.
In 2000, Ronaldinho participated in Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia with Brazil U-23 team. Earlier that year, Ronaldinho led Brazil to win the Pre-Olympic Tournament, scoring nine goals in seven matches. However in the Olympics, Brazil was eliminated in the quarterfinal by Cameroon, who later won the gold medal. Ronaldinho appeared four times and scored only one goal, which came in the quarterfinal defeat by Cameroon.
Ronaldinho participated in his first World Cup in 2002, as part of a formidable offensive unit with Ronaldo and Rivaldo, who were also on the 1999 Copa América winning squad. He appeared in five matches and scored two goals. The first goal came in the group stage match against China, which Brazil won 4-0. The second goal was a match-winning goal in the quarterfinal against England on 21 June. In the 50th minute, Ronaldinho took a free-kick from 35 metres, beating England goalkeeper David Seaman to give Brazil a 2-1 lead. However, seven minutes later, he was sent-off for a foul on England defender Danny Mills. He was suspended for the semifinal, but returned to Brazil's starting lineup for the 2-0 victory over Germany in the final as Brazil won the World Cup for the fifth time.
Ronaldinho's next international tournament was 2003 Confederations Cup. However, Ronaldinho did not manage to score any goals during the tournament as Brazil performed poorly and was eliminated in the group stage. The following year, he was left out from Brazil's 2004 Copa América squad, as coach Carlos Alberto Parreira decided to rest his stars and used a largely reserve squad.[31]
He captained Brazil to its second Confederations Cup title in 2005, and was named Man of the Match in a 4-1 victory over archrivals Argentina in the final on 29 June. Ronaldinho scored three goals in the tournament and is tied with Cuauhtémoc Blanco as the tournament's all-time scorer with nine goals.

Ronaldinho with Brazilian President Lula
Ronaldinho started in all five of Brazil's 2006 World Cup finals matches as part of a much-publicized "magic quartet" of offensive players, alongside Adriano, Ronaldo, and Kaká. However, the foursome finished with only five goals as Brazil disappointed as a whole in the tournament. Ronaldinho turned in his worst collective performance in his international career, going scoreless with only one assist, which was for Gilberto's goal in a 4-1 group stage victory over Japan. He was a non-factor as Brazil was eliminated by France 1-0 in the quarterfinal, in which Brazil had only one shot on goal for the entire match.[32] The team was harshly criticized by Brazilian fans and media following their return home. On 3 July, two days after Brazil's elimination, vandals immolated and destroyed a 7.5-meter (23-foot) tall fiberglass and resin statue of Ronaldinho in Chapecó.[33] The statue had been erected in 2004 to celebrate his first FIFA World Player of the Year award. That same day, Ronaldinho, joined by Adriano, returned to Barcelona and held a party at his home, which was continued into the early morning hours at a nightclub. This aggravated the hard feelings of many Brazilian fans, who believed that they were betrayed by the lack of effort from the squad.[34]
On 24 March 2007, he scored twice in a 4-0 win over Chile, which marked his first goal since the 2005 Confederations Cup final and thus ended a scoreless streak that lasted nearly two years.[35] He was not called up for the 2007 Copa América after asking to be excused from the tournament due to tiredness.[36] On 18 October, he was controversially benched by Barcelona after he was late returning to Spain following Brazil's 5-0 friendly win over Ecuador. He and several Brazil players celebrated the win by partying through the night at a posh Rio de Janeiro nightclub. Ronaldinho left at 11 a.m. the next morning, allegedly in the trunk of a car in order to avoid the media.[37]
On 7 July 2008, Ronaldinho was named to Brazil's 2008 Summer Olympics squad as one of the over-age players.[38] Barcelona initially blocked the move because of his then-upcoming Champions League commitments with the club, but the decision was later nullified following Ronaldinho's transfer to Milan, who in turn permitted him to make the trip to Beijing.[39] Ronaldinho scored his only two goals in a decisive 5-0 victory over New Zealand before Brazil were beaten by Argentina in the semifinal. Brazil finished with the bronze medal after defeating Belgium 3-0 in the bronze medal match.

Career statistics

Club career
As of 27 April 2009.[40]
Club performance
League
Cup
Continental
Total
Season
Club
League
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Brazil
League
Copa do Brasil
South America
Total
1998
Grêmio
Série A
6
1
2
0
-
8
1
1999
17
6
3
0
-
20
6
2000
21
14
3
3
-
24
17
France
League
Coupe de France
Europe
Total
2001-02
Paris Saint-Germain
Division 1
28
9
6
2
34
11
2002-03
Ligue 1
27
8
4
1
31
9
Spain
League
Copa del Rey
Europe
Total
2003-04
FC Barcelona
La Liga
32
15
6
3
7
4
45
22
2004-05
35
9
0
0
7
4
42
13
2005-06
29
17
4
2
12
7
45
26
2006-07
32
21
6
1
11
3
49
25
2007-08
17
8
1
0
8
1
26
9
Italy
League
Coppa Italia
Europe
Total
2008-09
Milan
Serie A
26
8
1
0
5
2
32
10
Total
Brazil
44
21
8
3
-
52
24
France
55
17
10
3
65
20
Spain
145
70
17
6
45
19
207
95
Italy
26
8
1
0
5
2
32
10
Career Total
270
116
26
9
60
24
356
149

International career
As of 1 April 2009.[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]
National team
Club
Season
Apps
Goals
Brazil
Grêmio
1999
13
7
2000
5
1
2001
3
1
Paris Saint-Germain
2001–2002
9
3
2002–2003
9
2
FC Barcelona
2003–2004
5
2
2004–2005
16
11
2005–2006
8
0
2006–2007
7
2
2007–2008
7
3
Milan
2008–2009
5
0
Total
87
32
[show]International appearances and goals
#
Date
Venue
Opponent
Result
Goal
Competition
1999
1.
June 26, 1999
Curitiba, Brazil
Latvia
3–0
0
Friendly
2.
June 30, 1999
Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
Venezuela
7–0
1
Copa América 1999
3.
July 3, 1999
Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
Mexico
2–1
0
Copa América 1999
4.
July 6, 1999
Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
Chile
1–0
0
Copa América 1999
5.
July 15, 1999
Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
Mexico
2–0
0
Copa América 1999
6.
July 24, 1999
Guadalajara, Mexico
Germany
4–0
1
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
7.
July 28, 1999
Guadalajara, Mexico
United States
1–0
1
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
8.
July 30, 1999
Guadalajara, Mexico
New Zealand
2–0
1
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
9.
August 1, 1999
Guadalajara, Mexico
Saudi Arabia
8–2
3
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
10.
August 4, 1999
Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico
3–4
0
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
11.
September 4, 1999
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina
0–2
0
Friendly
12.
September 7, 1999
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Argentina
4–2
0
Friendly
13.
October 9, 1999
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Netherlands
2–2
0
Friendly
November 14, 1999
Sydney, Australia
Australia
2–0
0
Friendly (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
November 17, 1999
Melbourne, Australia
Australia
2–2
1
Friendly (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
December 10, 1999
Cuiabá, Brazil
Bolivia
3–0
0
Friendly (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
December 14, 1999
Campo Grande, Brazil
Paraguay
3–3
0
Friendly (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
2000
January 12, 2000
Florianópolis, Brazil
Trinidad and Tobago
7–0
2
Friendly (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
January 15, 2000
Maringá, Brazil
Costa Rica
4–1
0
Friendly (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
January 19, 2000
Londrina, Brazil
Chile
1–1
0
2000 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
January 23, 2000
Londrina, Brazil
Ecuador
2–0
1
2000 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
January 26, 2000
Londrina, Brazil
Venezuela
3–0
2
2000 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
January 30, 2000
Londrina, Brazil
Colombia
9–0
2
2000 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
February 2, 2000
Curitiba, Brazil
Argentina
4–2
3
2000 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
February 4, 2000
Curitiba, Brazil
Chile
3–1
1
2000 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
February 6, 2000
Curitiba, Brazil
Uruguay
2–2
0
2000 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
14.
February 23, 2000
Bangkok, Thailand
Thailand
7–0
1
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
15.
March 28, 2000
Bogotá, Colombia
Colombia
0–0
0
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
16.
June 28, 2000
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Uruguay
1–1
0
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
17.
July 26, 2000
São Paulo, Brazil
Argentina
3–1
0
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
August 9, 2000
Ovalle, Chile
Chile
5–3
2
Friendly (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
August 12, 2000
Florianópolis, Brazil
Chile
3–0
0
Friendly (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
18.
September 3, 2000
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bolivia
5–0
0
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
September 14, 2008
Brisbane, Australia
Slovakia
3–1
0
2000 Olympic Games (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
September 17, 2008
Brisbane, Australia
South Africa
1–3
0
2000 Olympic Games (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
September 20, 2008
Brisbane, Australia
Japan
1–0
0
2000 Olympic Games (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
September 23, 2008
Brisbane, Australia
Cameroon
1–2
1
2000 Olympic Games (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
2001
19.
March 3, 2001
Pasadena, United States
United States
2–1
1
Friendly
20.
March 7, 2001
Guadalajara, Mexico
Mexico
3–3
0
Friendly
21.
March 28, 2001
Quito, Ecuador
Ecuador
0–1
0
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2001–2002
22.
November 14, 2001
São Luís, Brazil
Venezuela
3–0
0
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
23.
March 27, 2002
Fortaleza, Brazil
Yugoslavia
1–0
0
Friendly
24.
April 17, 2002
Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal
1–1
1
Friendly
May 18, 2002
Barcelona, Spain
Catalonia
3–1
2
Unofficial friendly
25.
May 25, 2002
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malaysia
4–1
0
Friendly
26.
June 3, 2002
Ulsan, South Korea
Turkey
2–1
0
2002 FIFA World Cup
27.
June 8, 2002
Seogwipo, South Korea
China PR
4–0
1
2002 FIFA World Cup
28.
June 17, 2002
Kobe, Japan
Belgium
2–0
0
2002 FIFA World Cup
29.
June 21, 2002
Fukuroi, Japan
England
2–1
1
2002 FIFA World Cup
30.
June 30, 2002
Yokohama, Japan
Germany
2–0
0
2002 FIFA World Cup
2002–2003
31.
August 21, 2002
Fortaleza, Brazil
Paraguay
0–1
0
Friendly
32.
November 20, 2002
Seoul, South Korea
Korea Republic
3–2
1
Friendly
33.
February 12, 2003
Guangzhou, China PR
China PR
0–0
0
Friendly
34.
March 29, 2003
Porto, Portugal
Portugal
1–2
1
Friendly
35.
April 30, 2003
Guadalajara, Mexico
Mexico
0–0
0
Friendly
36.
June 11, 2003
Abuja, Nigeria
Nigeria
3–0
0
Friendly
37.
June 19, 2003
Saint-Denis, France
Cameroon
0–1
0
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
38.
June 21, 2003
Lyon, France
United States
1–0
0
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
39.
June 23, 2003
Saint-Étienne, France
Turkey
2–2
0
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
2003–2004
40.
September 10, 2003
Manaus, Brazil
Ecuador
1–0
1
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
41.
February 18, 2004
Dublin, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
0–0
0
Friendly
42.
March 31, 2004
Asunción, Paraguay
Paraguay
0–0
0
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
43.
April 28, 2004
Budapest, Hungary
Hungary
4–1
1
Friendly
44.
May 20, 2004
Saint-Denis, France
France
0–0
0
Friendly
May 25, 2004
Barcelona, Spain
Catalonia
5–2
0
Unofficial friendly
2004–2005
45.
August 18, 2004
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Haiti
6–0
3
Friendly
46.
September 5, 2004
São Paulo, Brazil
Bolivia
3–1
1
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
47.
September 8, 2004
Berlin, Germany
Germany
1–1
1
Friendly
48.
October 9, 2004
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Venezuela
5–2
0
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
49.
October 13, 2004
Maceió, Brazil
Colombia
0–0
0
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
50.
November 17, 2004
Quito, Ecuador
Ecuador
0–1
0
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
51.
February 9, 2005
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
7–1
1
Friendly
52.
March 27, 2005
Goiânia, Brazil
Peru
1–0
0
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
53.
March 30, 2005
Montevideo, Uruguay
Uruguay
1–1
0
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
54.
June 5, 2005
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Paraguay
4–1
2
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
55.
June 8, 2005
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina
1–3
0
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
56.
June 16, 2005
Leipzig, Germany
Greece
3–0
0
2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
57.
June 19, 2005
Hanover, Germany
Mexico
0–1
0
2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
58.
June 22, 2005
Cologne, Germany
Japan
2–2
1
2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
59.
June 25, 2005
Nuremberg, Germany
Germany
3–2
1
2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
60.
June 29, 2005
Frankfurt, Germany
Argentina
4–1
1
2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
2005–2006
September 6, 2005
Seville, Spain
Sevilla FC
1–1
0
Unofficial friendly
61.
October 12, 2005
Belém, Brazil
Venezuela
3–0
0
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
62.
November 12, 2005
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
8–0
0
Friendly
May 30, 2006
Basel, Switzerland
FC Lucerne Selection
8–0
0
Unofficial friendly
63.
June 4, 2006
Geneva, Switzerland
New Zealand
4–0
0
Friendly
64.
June 13, 2006
Berlin, Germany
Croatia
1–0
0
2006 FIFA World Cup
65.
June 18, 2006
Munich, Germany
Australia
2–0
0
2006 FIFA World Cup
66.
June 22, 2006
Dortmund, Germany
Japan
4–1
0
2006 FIFA World Cup
67.
June 27, 2006
Dortmund, Germany
Ghana
3–0
0
2006 FIFA World Cup
68.
July 1, 2006
Frankfurt, Germany
France
0–1
0
2006 FIFA World Cup
2006–2007
69.
September 5, 2006
London, England
Wales
2–0
0
Friendly
October 7, 2006
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Al Kuwait Selection
4–0
0
Unofficial friendly
70.
October 10, 2006
Stockholm, Sweden
Ecuador
2–1
0
Friendly
71.
November 15, 2006
Basel, Switzerland
Switzerland
2–1
0
Friendly
72.
March 24, 2007
Gothenburg, Sweden
Chile
4–0
2
Friendly
73.
March 27, 2007
Stockholm, Sweden
Ghana
1–0
0
Friendly
74.
June 1, 2007
London, England
England
1–1
0
Friendly
75.
June 5, 2007
Dortmund, Germany
Turkey
0–0
0
Friendly
2007–2008
76.
August 22, 2007
Montpellier, France
Algeria
2–0
1
Friendly
77.
September 9, 2007
Chicago, United States
United States
4–2
1
Friendly
78.
September 12, 2007
Boston, United States
Mexico
3–1
0
Friendly
79.
October 14, 2007
Bogotá, Colombia
Colombia
0–0
0
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
80.
October 17, 2007
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ecuador
5–0
1
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
81.
November 18, 2007
Lima, Peru
Peru
1–1
0
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
82.
November 21, 2007
São Paulo, Brazil
Uruguay
2–1
0
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2008–2009
July 28, 2008
Singapore
Singapore
3–0
1
Friendly (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
August 1, 2008
Hanoi, Vietnam
Vietnam
3–0
0
Friendly (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
August 7, 2008
Shenyang, China PR
Belgium
1–0
0
2008 Olympic Games (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
August 10, 2008
Shenyang, China PR
New Zealand
5–0
2
2008 Olympic Games (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
August 13, 2008
Qinhuangdao, China PR
China PR
3–0
0
2008 Olympic Games (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
August 16, 2008
Shenyang, China PR
Cameroon
2–0
0
2008 Olympic Games (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
August 19, 2008
Beijing, China PR
Argentina
0–3
0
2008 Olympic Games (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
August 22, 2008
Shanghai, China PR
Belgium
3–0
0
2008 Olympic Games (Brazil U-23/Olympic)
83.
September 7, 2008
Santiago, Chile
Chile
3–0
0
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
84.
September 10, 2008
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bolivia
0–0
0
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
85.
February 10, 2009
London, England
Italy
2–0
0
Friendly
86.
March 29, 2009
Quito, Ecuador
Ecuador
1–1
0
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
87.
April 1, 2009
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Peru
3–0
0
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours
FC Barcelona
Spanish Liga: 2005, 2006
Supercopa de España: 2005, 2006
UEFA Champions League: 2006
International
FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1997
Copa América: 1999
FIFA World Cup: 2002
FIFA Confederations Cup: 2005
2008 Summer Olympics: Bronze medal
Individual
FIFA Confederations Cup Top Scorer: 1999
FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball: 1999
Rio Grande do Sul State Championship Top Scorer: 1999
FIFA World Cup 2002 All-Star team: 2002
FIFA 100
EFE Trophy (Best Ibero-American Player in La Liga): 2004
FIFA World Player of the Year: 2004, 2005
UEFA Club Best Forward: 2004-05
European Footballer of the Year: 2005
FIFPro World Player of the Year 2005, 2006
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2005-06
UEFA Team of the Year: 2004, 2005, 2006
FIFPro World XI: 2005, 2006, 2007

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