Ronaldo de Assis Moreira
(born 21 March, 1980 in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian footballer, commonly known
as Ronaldinho Gaúcho (due to his being from the Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil),
or simply Ronaldinho.
His name Ronaldinho (IPA - [?on?u?d???u]), Portuguese for "little Ronaldo",
was originally devised as a means of distinguishing between himself and fellow
Brazilian football star Ronaldo, with the additional title Gaúcho being used
when the current Ronaldo was also known as Ronaldinho. Among his many achievements
and accolades, Ronaldinho has been awarded the FIFA World Player of the Year
award twice (2004, 2005), as well as the European Footballer of the Year award
and the FIFPro World Player of the Year award (2005, 2006).[1] He has downplayed
suggestions that he is the best footballer in the world, telling FourFourTwo
magazine, "I don’t even feel I’m the best at Bar?a."[2]