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3 unusual facts about Ronaldo


Abe Lenstra Stadion

At the time Ronaldo played at PSV, this match was his first one in Europe.

Enyimba International F.C.

The People's Elephant experienced international football for the first time in August 2001, when they were invited to play Internazionale at San Siro in a charity friendly which marked the return of Ronaldo after a 21-month injury layoff and saw Enyimba thrashed 7–0 with four goals from Christian Vieri.

Race and society

An interesting example of this phenomenon has occurred recently, when the famous football (soccer) player Ronaldo declared publicly that he considered himself as White, thus linking racism to a form or another of class conflict.


Ángel David Rodríguez

Rodríguez was featured in Castrol's Ronaldo: Tested to the Limit when he ran against Cristiano Ronaldo over a 25-metre straight sprint, in which he beat Ronaldo 0.30 seconds, and a 25-metre zig-zag course, in which Ronaldo beat him by 0.51 seconds.

Arouna Koné

Koné attributes his peroxide blonde hair to former basketball player Dennis Rodman, and states that his footballing heroes were Liberian legend George Weah and Brazilian superstar Ronaldo.

Buscapé

It was co-founded in São Paulo, Brazil in 1999 by Romero Rodrigues, Rodrigo Borges, Ronaldo Morita and Mario Letelier.

Euro Generals scandal

Nueva Ecija Representative Rodolfo Antonino, panel chairman, said that the panel has sent out invitations to all police officers who went to Russia, retired national Police comptroller Eliseo de la Paz and Local Governments Secretary Ronaldo Puno.

Footvolley

Some notable Brazilian footballers who have played (or still play) footvolley are: Romário, Edmundo, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho Gaúcho, Júnior, and Edinho (1982 & 1986 National Team).

James Rodríguez

After the game daily sports website Diario Olé likened his playing and personal style to Cristiano Ronaldo and also nicknamed him the 'James Bond of Banfield'.

KZON

On June 21, 2007, at 5 PM, during the Tom Leykis show, CBS Radio decided to pull the plug and began stunting with an effeminate male, known as "Ronaldo", playing all-Paris Hilton music in an attempt to demand for the release of her from jail (she was serving a brief jail sentence at the time).

LAPA Flight 3142

When the resolution was released, it also called for seizing the assets of LAPA president Gustavo Deutsch in the amount of 40,000,000 pesos, 500 thousand for Director General Ronaldo Boyd, and 100 thousand for each of the other managers.

Marseille turn

A number of famous footballers have been known to use it, including Nenad Marcetic, Zinedine Zidane, Alessandro Del Piero, Lionel Messi, Ronaldinho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, Kaká and Ronaldo.

Patrick Mtiliga

Ronaldo was shown a red card and it was reported that Mtiliga would be out of the game for three weeks.

Real, The Movie

The movie stars Raúl, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, David Beckham, Guti, and many other present and former figures from the Spanish Club.

Renaldo Lopes da Cruz

Upon his arrival in A Coruña Renaldo said, while describing himself as a player: "I am like Ronaldo, but with an "e"".

Road Scholars

Julio Fernandez played a Washburn MG122ES electric guitar and a Ronaldo custom electric guitar through a Fender Prososonic Amp using the following effects: Rocktron Voodoo Valve Preamp/Multi effects rack, Vox Wahwah pedal, Boss Overdrive, Digital Delay & EQ Pedals, TC Electronics Chorus Pedal and ADA MIDI Control Pedal using a Whirlwind Custom Switching Box.

SK Schwadorf

Real won 4-1, with the goals coming from Raúl, Ronaldo, Javier Portillo and Owen.

Soufiane Touzani

Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar even performed some of his tricks: Touzani Around the World and a trick called “New Shit”.


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