Cristiano Ronaldo may be the first name people consider nowadays when the the name ‘Ronaldo’ comes up, but the original version’s place in football history is secure.
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, to give him his full name, generated headlines since he was a teenager breaking through at Cruzeiro to the end of his playing career in 2011.
Known as O Fenomeno – ‘The Phenomenon’ – and R9, the Brazilian Ronaldo remains a source of inspiration to many of the