Ronaldinho is regarded by many as the best player of the last decade. The Brazilian superstar has won almost everything a footballer can win in his career. He won the FIFA World Player of the Year award twice in consecutive years (2004 and 2005). He also won the FIFA World Cup, the Champions League and two Spanish league titles. After playing in the European circuit for a decade Ronaldinho joined Flamengo in 2011 from AC Milan. He started his European stint with Paris Saint-Germain in 2001. But hisreal stardom came in FC Barcelona where he played for five seasons from 2003 to 2008. He won two La Liga title and a Champions League title with the Catalans. Ronaldinho played his first international game for Brazil in 1999 and became a household name in the 2002 World Cup where he sizzled with his skills and helped his national side won the coveted trophy for the record fifth time. During his stay at Barcelona, Ronaldinho started to accumulate a host of personal awards. He won the inaugural FIFPro World Player of the Year in 2005 and later named the 2005 European Footballer of the Year. Then he won his second FIFA World Player of the Year in the same year. Ronaldinho won his second FIFPro World Player of the Year in 2006 and also finished third in the 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year, behind World Cup-winning Italian captain Fabio Cannavaro and Frenchman Zinedine Zidane.News »Pele wanted Kaka or Robinho in Brazil World Cup squadTOI09 May 2014, 09:49 ISTThe Brazil great approved the list but said Robinho or Kaka could have added some much-needed experience to the team that will try to win the World Cup at home.Brazils World Cup squad worth half a billionTOI10 May 2014, 07:13 ISTBrazils World Cup squad is worth an estimated half a billion euros, a Brazilian financial daily reported, a day after manager Luiz Felipe Scolari named his list.How Barcelona fed off Real Madrids crisp passing gameTOI25 Mar 2014, 20:42 ISTA lot changed since the goofy but path-breaking Brazilian taught Catalans how to be unafraid of team from Madrid and learn to beatthem in their own lair.Graffiti shows good, bad, ugly of World CupTOI03 May 2014, 09:21 ISTAs the World Cup looms, graffiti artists have taken to Rios streets with colourful support fighting for wall space with stark images blasting the cost of the showpiece.When the final whistle is blown before time. . .TOI5 hrs agoHas Ronaldinho blown his final chance to impress coach Scolari before the World Cup next year?...Photos »Other photos from Network »
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