Ronaldinho

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Ronaldinho

Name	Ronaldo De Assis Moreira
Age	29
Nation	Brazil
Position	SS, AMF
Club Squad No.	80
Nation Squad No.	10
Key stats	Dribble Accuracy 94 Short Pass Accuracy 93 Technique 97
Previous Clubs	Paris St. Germain FC Barcelona

Ronaldinho is a footballer who plays for AC Milan in Serie A. He also featured for the Brazil national team. He is considered to be one of the best players in the game. As he has extremely high dribbling ability and technique as well as very few weaknesses. His main strengths are his passing ability, attacking and terrific agility.

Earlier PES

Naldorinho is his unlicensed name in older versions of PES. Even at a younger age he was still considered a very good player with high potential. He made his PES debut with French giants Paris Saint Germain.

PES 4 - PES 2008

Ronaldinho in PS3 version of PES08

Ronaldinho appeared for the Barcelona team in PES 4 and featured in an attacking trio which featured of Samuel Eto'o and Ludovic Giuly. Ronaldinho went on to be considered one of Barcelona's best attackers of the decade. He was then part of another trio but instead of Giuly, Lionel Messi was the third member as an up and coming teenager. However with the arrival of Thierry Henry Ronaldinho saw himself play as an attacking midfielder and was part of a very strong attacking diamond. However PES 2008 was the last game Ronaldinho would feature for Barcelona.

PES 2009

In PES 2009 Ronaldinho features for AC Milan after his transfer, also new players joining him were; Mathieu Flamini, Gianluca Zambrotta Andriy Shevchenko and Philippe Senderos. Ronaldinho appears as the main attacking force for Milan but many people think he is overrated in PES 2009 .

PES 2010

He appears in Brazil squad in PES 2010 despite not being called up for recent matches.

With his growing age, he has turned into what seems like an average player. His overall rating is now 82 making a good signing but due to his age there will now probably be better players out there. However he still has 97 technique making him very good at controlling the ball.

He is also probably the only player in the game to have a full set of cards. He features 11 in total. He has Classic No.10 and Trickster making him an old-style static play-maker who makes use of deft touches and passes than pace or movement which suits Ronaldinho's style of play and also making him a skilled dribbler who uses the step-over to great effect in wizarding past the opposition. Some minor cards he has are, Passer, PK Taker, 1-touch play, Outside Curve, Marseille Roulette, Elastico, Cross Over Turn, Quick Scissor Dribble and Scooping making him pretty much perform every single trick in the game while also making him play killer through balls and one-twos.

Playing Style

Ronaldinho's registered position is as a second striker, he can also play in attacking midfield to similar effect. He has a distinct dribbling style that allows him to beat his marker time and time again. He works most effectively when given a free role to roam around the pitch, to create opportunities for the strikers on the team with pinpoint through-balls. He has a unique free-kick and penalty taking style. His free-kick style generates lots of dip and swerve and is regarded as one of the most accurate of the styles available.