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He is the owner and president of La Liga club Real Valladolid. As a multi-functional striker who brought a new dimension to the position, Ronaldo has been an influence for a generation of strikers that have followed. Ronaldo started his career at Cruzeiro and moved to PSV in He joined Barcelona in for a then world record transfer fee and at 20 years old, he was named the FIFA World Player of the Year , making him the youngest recipient of the award.
In , Inter Milan broke the world record fee to sign Ronaldo, making him the first player since Diego Maradona to break the world transfer record twice. At 21, he received the Ballon d'Or and remains the youngest recipient of the award. By the age of 23, Ronaldo had scored over goals for club and country. However, after a series of knee injuries and recuperation, he was inactive for almost three years.
Ronaldo joined Real Madrid in and won the —03 La Liga title. He had spells at AC Milan and Corinthians before retiring in , having suffered further injuries. Ronaldo played for Brazil in 98 matches, scoring 62 goals and is the third-highest goalscorer for his national team. At the FIFA World Cup , Ronaldo received the Golden Ball as the player of the tournament after he helped Brazil reach the final , where he suffered a convulsive fit hours before kick-off.
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Ronaldo scored twice in the final and received the Golden Boot as the tournament's top goalscorer. Ronaldo was one of the most marketable sportsmen in the world during his playing career. Ronaldo has continued his work as a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador , a position to which he was appointed in He sold his stake in Cruzeiro in April His mother states: "I always found him on the street playing ball with friends when he should have been in school.