a footballing sensation, from the streets of rio, ronaldo luís nazário de lima, or simply ronaldo, was not blessed with an affluent upbringing, arriving at his first flamengo training session without even the money for travel.

however, going on to become one of the greatest footballers of all time, ronaldo's underprivileged background would soon be behind him, and turned into an invaluable source of inspiration, motivation, and strength.

born in 1976, it was not long for ronaldo's footballing genius to be discovered,  moving to europe, in 1994, to pursue his footballing career.