So, Ronaldo just broke the World Cup scoring record.  He scored 15 goals so far, and he's still counting.  I can find plenty of news articles, blogs, and commentaries criticizing (current) Ronaldo, but given the record, is he the greatest striker ever lived??? Tantric Massage in London

Yep and his record goal was superb. He shut the mouths to all of us who were kind of sceptical towards him. It is clear difference between him and the other guy who got the yellow for diving and not scoring ... buahaha

GO RONALDO ... it seems he is still big for all the rest...I mean Ronaldinho still means small Ronaldo Menthol Cigarettes

He scored 3 goals so far, and David Villa and Fernando Torres are out of the top scorer competition as Spain lost today.  He has a fair chance of becoming the top scorer again ...

Ronaldo has served Brazil very well in his 12 year career with the Selecao!!  His 67 goals in 103 games is nothing to sneeze at!!  He needs 10 more goals to tie and 11 to pass Pele again!!

Can he do that?  If he doesn't retire from international for a while, then he can, but ... I wonder what he plans to do after this World Cup.

Ronaldo will be 30 this year!! I dont see him retiring anytime soon, if those knees still can hold up!! While WC'10 may be a long shot for him..I do see him playing in Copa'07 and I feel he will pass Pele's record!!

Yesterday was Ronaldo's 30th birthday

Details.

Full name: Ronaldo Luis Naz�rio de Lima
Birth The 22.09.1976
In Rio de Janeiro [RJ]
Height 183
Weight 81
Current club  Real Madrid
Position Forward
Website http://www.r9ronaldo.com


Career

Clubs  1990-1991: Social Ramos Clube-RJ
1991-1993: Sao Cristovao-RJ
1993-1994: Cruzeiro-MG
1994-1996: PSV Eindhoven - Netherlands
1996-1997: FC Barcelona - Spain
1997-2002: Inter di Milano - Italy
2002: Real de Madrid - Spain
    
Club titles  

Brazilian Cup: 1993
Minas Gerais State League: 1994
FIFA World Cup: 1994, 2002
Stanley Rous Cup (London): 1995
Dutch Cup: 1996
European Cup-winners Cup: 1997
Spanish Cup: 1997
European Supercup: 1997, 2002
Copa America: 1997, 1999
Confederations Cup: 1997
European UEFA Cup: 1998
Intercontinental Cup (Toyota Cup): 2002
Spanish League: 2003
Spanish Supercup: 2003

Jo�o Gamper trophy (Spain): 1996
Santiago Bernab�u Trophy: 2003, 2005
Naranja Cup of Valencia (Spain): 2003

    
Personal titles Libertadores Supercup's top scorer: 1993
Copa Libertadores's top scorer: 1994
Minas Gerais state league's top scorer: 1994
Dutch league's top scorer: 1995
FIFA Top player: 1996, 1997, 2002
Copa America's top scorer: 1997, 1999
Onze d'Or (top player of the year for the Onze Mondial french newspaper): 2002
Spanish league's top scorer: 1997
The best South american top player of the spanish league (EFE trophy): 1997, 2003
Ballon d'Or (magazine France Football): 1997, 2002
Il Bravo (Top foreign player in Italy): 1997
Italian league's top player: 1998
World Cup's top player: 1998
Copa America's top scorer: 1999
World Cup's top scorer: 2002
Top player of the Intercontinental Cup's final: 2002
Top sportsman of the year (Reuters): 2002
Top sportsman of the year (BBC): 2002
Spanish league's top scorer: 2004





Goals for Brazil
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He's definately one of the greatest strikers; recently I saw some compilations of him on Youtube...the skill speaks for itself :nod:

Happy B-Day Ronaldo! (Even though it was yesterday...)

Yes i reckon he IS the greatest player in the world, but not of all time.
There are others like Zico and Eto'o.

Bit really is A very very good player, yhough he has to lose a bit of weight.

Oh yeah and happy birthday to him!

RDinho,

I'm sorry but I wouldn't rate Zico or Eto'o to Ronaldo!!  Zico might go down as one of the most gifted midfielders Brazil ever produced, but.....HE NEVER WON ANYTHING FOR BRAZIL!!

While Eto'o has along with Ronaldo has won something for club and country he has some way to go before he can knock "El Phonomem" of his perch(overweight and all)!!

Ronaldo is a great striker but I do not think that he is better than Pele.i think that he should not have left Barcelona as he was terrific with them.
it is with Barcelona that he was revealed to the world.