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Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (born 18 September 1976), commonly known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian business owner, president of La Liga club Real Valladolid, and a retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Popularly dubbed O Fenômeno ("The Phenomenon"), and also nicknamed R9, he is widely considered one of the greatest players of all time. As a multi-functional striker who brought a new dimension to the position, Ronaldo has been the influence for a generation of strikers that have followed. His individual accolades include being named FIFA World Player of the Year three times, and winning two Ballon d'Or awards. Ronaldo started his career at Cruzeiro and moved to PSV in 1994. He joined Barcelona in 1996 for a then world record transfer fee, and at 20 years old he was named the 1996 FIFA World Player of the Year, making him the youngest recipient of the award. In 1997, 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 1997 Ballon d'Or, and he remains the youngest recipient of the award. By the age of 23, Ronaldo had scored over 200 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 2002 and won the 2002–03 La Liga title. He had spells at AC Milan and Corinthians before retiring in 2011 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 age 17, he was the youngest member of the Brazilian squad that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup. At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldo received the Golden Ball for player of the tournament, helping Brazil reach the final where he suffered a convulsive fit hours before kick-off. He won the 2002 FIFA World Cup where he starred in a front three with Ronaldinho and Rivaldo. Ronaldo scored twice in the final, and received the Golden Boot as the tournament's top goalscorer. At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldo scored his 15th FIFA World Cup goal, a FIFA World Cup record at the time. He also won the 1997 Copa América, where he was player of the tournament, and the 1999 Copa América, where he was top goalscorer. One of the most marketable sportsmen in the world during his playing career, the first Nike Mercurial boots–R9–were commissioned for Ronaldo in 1998. He was named in the FIFA 100 list of the greatest living players compiled in 2004 by Pelé, and was inducted into the Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame, Italian Football Hall of Fame, Inter Milan Hall of Fame and Real Madrid Hall of Fame. In 2020, Ronaldo was named in the Ballon d'Or Dream Team, a greatest all-time XI published by France Football magazine. In retirement from sport, Ronaldo has continued his work as a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador, a position to which he was appointed in 2000. He served as an ambassador for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Ronaldo became the majority owner of Real Valladolid in September 2018, after buying 51% of the club's shares. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
James Belfour used to be a star of the football world, he played in Slavia Prague, then in France he played in Saint-Étienne, he was a star in Real Madrid and was part of the Galacticos, then he went to Paris SG, then he played in Manchester Utd, Barca, Toulouse, his legendary career ended in Budapest Honvéd. He is now signed by Orlando City SC as coach. The club is in a very bad situation and Belfour was hired as a last hope. He is forced to accept a promising reinforcement, the cocky player Sam Newton. James fights him and beats him in 1on1. He gets out of the contract, which James blames the management for, the video of the fight gets on the Internet, and Belfour stuns the world again. James watches a video of an African group and sees a talented boy, decides to recruit him for the team. He goes to Liberia to find Mané and he only dreams of the USA and professional football. They arrived to Orlando. His skills are incredible and surpasses team. Training video gets out and world is talking about him. Locateli, head of Atletico Milan slanders Mané,says that he won't have chance in a profi match even in MLS. Belfour defied and told that his Mané-led Orlando would beat Milan and win Club World Cup as well. Challenge accepted, Orlando received wild card from FIFA. Management entrusts Belfour with training and building new team that would win. He travels with Mané the world looking for talent. Assembles team and gradually reaches the World Cup final, where defeats Milan.
