Ronaldo
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima
Brazilian association football player (born 1976) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Born
- 18 September 1976
- Position
- Forward
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1993–2011
Clubs Cruzeiro E.C. · PSV Eindhoven · FC Barcelona · Inter Milan · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol · AC Milan · S.C. Corinthians Paulista
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
431
Club league goals
285
International caps
98
International goals
62
League goals / match
0.66
International goals / cap
0.63
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cruzeiro E.C.Club | 1993–1994 | League | 14 | 12 |
| Brazil men's national football teamNational team | 1994–2011 | Full caps | 98 | 62 |
| PSV EindhovenClub | 1994–1996 | League | 46 | 42 |
| FC BarcelonaClub | 1996–1997 | League | 37 | 34 |
| Inter MilanClub | 1997–2002 | League | 68 | 49 |
| Real Madrid Club de FútbolClub | 2002–2007 | League | 177 | 104 |
| AC MilanClub | 2007–2008 | League | 20 | 9 |
| S.C. Corinthians PaulistaClub | 2009–2011 | League | 69 | 35 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×2
FIFA World Cup
International
- 1994 · Brazil men's national football team
- 2002 · Brazil men's national football team
- ×2
La Liga
Domestic
- 2002–03 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 2006–07 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- ×1
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Domestic
- 2011 · S.C. Corinthians Paulista
- ×1
FIFA Club World Cup
Continental club
- 2007 · AC Milan
- ×1
Intercontinental Cup
Continental club
- 2002 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×3
FIFA World Player of the Year
Individual award · FIFA
- 1996
- 1997
- 2002
- ×2
Ballon d'Or
Individual award · France Football
- 1997
- 2002
- ×1
Ballon d'Or Dream Team
Individual award · France Football
- 2020
- ×1
European Golden Shoe
Performance award · European Sports Media
- 1997
- ×1
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball
Performance award · FIFA
- 1998
- ×1
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
Individual award · UEFA
- 1998
Career timeline
1993
- Joins Cruzeiro E.C. — Until 1994
1994
- FIFA World Cup winner — 1994 · Brazil men's national football team
- Senior international debut: Brazil men's national football team — Until 2011
- Joins PSV Eindhoven — Until 1996
1996
- FIFA World Player of the Year — 1996(provisional)
- Joins FC Barcelona — Until 1997
1997
- Ballon d'Or — 1997(provisional)
- European Golden Shoe — 1997(provisional)
- FIFA World Player of the Year — 1997(provisional)
- Joins Inter Milan — Until 2002
1998
- FIFA World Cup Golden Ball — 1998
- UEFA Club Footballer of the Year — 1998(provisional)
2002
- Ballon d'Or — 2002(provisional)
- FIFA World Player of the Year — 2002(provisional)
- FIFA World Cup winner — 2002 · Brazil men's national football team
- Intercontinental Cup winner — 2002 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
- Joins Real Madrid Club de Fútbol — Until 2007
2003
- La Liga winner — 2002–03 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
2007
- FIFA Club World Cup winner — 2007 · AC Milan(provisional)
- La Liga winner — 2006–07 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
- Joins AC Milan — Until 2008
2009
- Joins S.C. Corinthians Paulista — Until 2011
2011
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A winner — 2011 · S.C. Corinthians Paulista(provisional)
2020
- Ballon d'Or Dream Team — 2020(provisional)
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
71.6
Rank #8
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 19% of inputs directly sourced · 2 duplicate honor records merged
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence73.3+21.99 points
- Best window
- 1994–1998
- Individual award points in window
- 38
- Award availability in window
- 0.848
- Team honor points in window
- 12
- Peak index
- 50.81
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence74.6+18.65 points
- League goals per match
- 0.661 → 78.8
- International goals per cap
- 0.633 → 82.22
- International caps per year
- 5.44 → 64.26
Individual accoladesFull evidence67.9+13.58 points
- Contemporary award points
- 50
- Award availability coverage
- 0.938
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 53.28
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 4
- Ballon d'Or Dream Team (2020)
- 4
- European Golden Shoe (1997)
- 4
- FIFA World Player of the Year (1996)
- 12
- Ballon d'Or (1997)
- 12
- Ballon d'Or (2002)
- 12
- UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (1998)
- 4
- FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (1998)
- 6
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence61.4+9.21 points
- Team honor points
- 37
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 1
- Intercontinental Cup (2002)
- 2.5
- FIFA Club World Cup (2007)
- 2.5
- FIFA World Cup (1994)
- 12
- FIFA World Cup (2002)
- 12
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (2011)
- 2
- La Liga (2002–03)
- 3
- La Liga (2006–07)
- 3
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence82.1+8.21 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 19 → 92.5
- Documented elite seasons
- 8 → 66
- International career length (years)
- 18 → 100
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Ronaldo (Q529207)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: 051119SMcC0014.jpgCC BY 2.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026