Ronaldo History

Season	Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Position
1993	Cruzeiro	14	12	-	15th
1994-1995	PSV	33	30	-	3rd
1995-1996	PSV	13	12	-	2nd
1996-1997	Barcelona	37	34	5	2nd
1997-1998	Inter	32	25	-	2nd
1998-1999	Inter	19	14	-	8th
1999-2000	Inter	7	3	-	4th
2000-2001	Inter	0	0	0	5th
2001-2002	Inter	10	7	-	3rd
2002-2003	Real Madrid	31	23	4	1st
2003-2004	Real Madrid	32	24	4	4th
2004-2005	Real Madrid	34	21	8	2nd
2005-2006	Real Madrid	23	14	2	2nd
	Cruzeiro	14	12	-	0.86 GPG
	PSV	46	42	-	0.91 GPG
	Barcelona	37	34	5	0.92 GPG
	Inter	68	49	9	0.72 GPG
	Real Madrid	120	82	18	0.68 GPG
	Cup Winners Cup	7	5	-	0.71 GPG
	European Cup	38	14	-	0.37 GPG
	UEFA Cup	23	15	-	0.65 GPG
	Brazil	97	62	-	0.64 GPG
	Totals	450	315	32	0.70 GPG

PSV paid a then record fee of �4 million for the prodigiously talented teenager who
was an unused member of Brazil's 1994 World Cup winning squad.

After averaging a goal a game in the Dutch league Barcelona won a fierce battle with
Inter over Ronaldo's signature. An amazing start to his Spanish career saw him collect
the first of his FIFA and World Soccer player awards. He finished La Liga top scorer,
scored the winning goal for Barcelona in the Cup Winners Cup final and also scored
in the Copa America final for Brazil.

One year after missing out on his signature, Inter snatched him away from Barca by
paying the �19 million buy out clause in his contract, �9 million more than Barca had
paid for him the previous season. His relentless goalscoring rate continued earning
him second successive FIFA and World Soccer player of the year awards and for the
first time the most prestigious award of them all, the Ballon D'or.

Ronaldo completed an unwanted hat-trick of second place finishes following a hugely
controversial defeat against Juventus. While Inter were fuming over the referee's
failure to award them a penalty for a foul on Ronaldo Juventus promptly went
downfield and won one their own with a trademark dive. Del Piero converted and
Juventus went on to seal the championship. Ronaldo helped Inter gain consolation
weeks later with a goal in a 3-0 UEFA Cup final victory over Lazio.

Clearly established as the best player in the World Ronaldo lived up to the hype at
the 1998 World Cup. He was outstanding as both goalscorer and goal maker as Brazil
marched relentlessly towards a record fifth World Cup with victories over Denmark
and Holland in classic encounters. Ronaldo's name didn't appear on Brazil's initial
team sheet for the final against France. Rumours that the striker had suffered a
convulsive fit on the eve of the finals were later confirmed. A lethargic Ronaldo
watched on helplessly as hosts France thrashed them to win their first ever World Cup.

Ronaldo ended a frustrating, injury plagued 1998-1999 campaign on a high note by
helping Brazil retain the Copa America. He ruptured a tendon in his right knee in
November and lasted six minutes into his comeback in an Italian Cup tie against
Lazio. Lazio proved to be the striker's bogey club. After missing almost two years
with injury Ronaldo returned to action in 2002. Inter needed victory away to Lazio to
win the championship. They were crushed 4-2 and Ronaldo left the pitch in tears after
being substituted late in the second half.

Ronaldo would cry tears of joy in the World Cup that summer. Champions France and
arch rivals Argentina fell in the first round and Brazil took full advantage of a weak
field to win a fifth World Cup, Ronaldo scored both goals in the final against Germany.

An unhappy five year stay in Italy ended with a move to Real Madrid. An overweight
Ronaldo was pillared by the Spanish press following indifferent form but finally came
good in the second half of the season as Real made up for a champions league exit at
the hands of Juventus to win the Spanish championship, his first ever league title.

Knee injuries have robbed 'Il Fenomeno'' of his astonishing pace but he still remains
one of the deadliest strikers in the game. Despite poor performances in the 2006
World Cup he managed to break Gerd Muller's record as all time leading scorer
in the competition with 15 goals and has already established himself as one of
the all time greats.

Key Attributes : Pace, power, dribbling