Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980 in Porto Alegre), commonly known as Ronaldinho (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁonaɫˈdʒĩɲu]) or Ronaldinho Gaúcho,[2] is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Italian Serie A club Milan and the Brazilian national team. He is a free-kick specialist and has exceptional dribbling ability. Ronaldinho, Portuguese for \"Little Ronaldo,\" is known in Brazil by the nickname \"Gaúcho,\" in order to distinguish him from Ronaldo, who was already called \"Ronaldinho\" in Brazil. Ronaldo simply went by his first name upon his move to Europe, thereby allowing Ronaldinho to drop the \"Gaúcho\" and remain simply as Ronaldinho. Prior to his move to Milan, he played for Paris Saint-Germain and FC Barcelona, with whom he won his first Champions League in 2006 and he won the Ballon d\'Or in 2005. He became a Spanish citizen in January 2007.[3]Ronaldinho is one of the best soccer players I ever saw in my life. He does everything very nicely: freekicks, dribles, shoot, velocity, stamina and the list goes on. Ronaldinho has a vision of the game that not many others players does. For example, even when he�s behind the defense players from the other team, he�s able to see his mate in the other side of the field, passing the ball through the defense players. Ronaldinho plays for Barcelona in Spain, where he already won the Uefa Champions League, the most important cup someone can win for a club. He also plays in the Brazil�s team, where he won the World Cup in 2002. I think he plays better in Barcelona, because the ball is always on his feet. That doesn�t happen in Brazil�s team, where there are a lot of other top players like Kaka, Robinho, Wagner Love and Afonso. These players split up the time for the ball pocession among them. If Barcelona is playing and Ronaldinho is on the game, we can be sure that it worths watching the game! Ronaldinho was born in the city of Porto Alegre, capital of the Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil. His mother, Dona Miguelina de Assis, is a former salesperson who studied to become a nurse. His father, João Moreira, was a shipyard worker and footballer for local club Esporte Clube Cruzeiro (not to be confused with Cruzeiro).[4] He suffered a fatal heart attack in the family swimming pool when Ronaldinho was eight. After Ronaldinho\'s older brother, Roberto, signed with Grêmio, the family moved to a home in the more affluent Guarujá section of Porto Alegre, which was a gift from Grêmio to convince Roberto to stay at the club. Roberto\'s career was ultimately cut short by injury. Ronaldinho\'s football skills began to blossom at an early age, and he was first given the nickname Ronaldinho because he was often the youngest and the smallest player in youth club matches.[5] He developed an interest in futsal and beach football, which later expanded to organized football. His first brush with the media came at the age of thirteen, when he scored all 23 goals in a 23–0 victory against a local team.[6] Ronaldinho was identified as a rising star at the 1997 U-17 World Championship in Egypt, in which he scored two goals on penalty kicks.[7][8] Today, Roberto acts as Ronaldinho\'s manager, while his sister Deisi works as his press coordinator.[5][9] Ronaldinho became a father for the first time on 25 February 2005, after Brazilian dancer Janaína Mendes gave birth to their son, who was named João after Ronaldinho\'s late father.[10] Ronaldinho\'s 2005 Nike advertisement, where he is given a new pair of boots and then proceeds to juggle a football and repeatedly volley