Four Brazilians in prime ten
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Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima will ceaselessly be etched in historical past as one of the vital iconic footballers to ever grace the pitch. The Brazilian stays arguably one of many best strikers to have ever graced the pitch however harm points disadvantaged him of the longevity in his profession that a few of his contemporaries loved.
Ronaldo was really a celebrity and the hysteria that adopted was unbelievable at a time earlier than social media fanfare. The legendary Brazilian scored 298 membership targets throughout 454 appearances in spells at Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, PSV and AC Milan, amongst others. Ronaldo additionally netted 62 targets in 99 appearances for his beloved Brazil and famously received the World Cup in 1994 and 2002. Ronaldo loved fruitful partnerships with well-known teammates throughout his profession and we’ve calculated which gamers the O Fenômeno loved essentially the most purpose involvements with – mixed assists and targets.
Which gamers mixed with Ronaldo to attain essentially the most targets?
Across his profession, Ronaldo linked up with Zinédine Zidane greater than some other participant to attain. The Brazilian performed with the legendary Frenchman 140 instances and so they mixed to supply 31 targets. Ronaldo and Zidane performed for Real Madrid throughout their well-known Galactico period in the course of the early 2000s once they signed a number of the greatest names in soccer, together with Luís Figo.
As the graphic above illustrates, Ronaldo mixed with Figo to attain 29 targets throughout 164 appearances. The duo performed collectively at Real Madrid however in addition they pulled on the shirt of their rivals Barcelona earlier of their careers. Madrid legend Raúl ranks third on the listing after combining immediately with Ronaldo to supply 21 targets in 142 appearances. No participant is extra synonymous with Ronaldo throughout his profession than Roberto Carlos. The shut associates performed collectively at Madrid but in addition for the Brazilian nationwide staff and Ronaldo performed with the left-back greater than some other participant throughout his profession. They have been teammates on 269 events and so they linked up immediately to attain 19 targets. Ronaldo adopted within the footsteps of fellow iconic Brazilian striker by transferring to Barcelona from PSV and so they linked up for 12 targets in 19 appearances for Brazil. Some well-known names full the highest ten together with David Beckham, Kaká and Rivaldo, whereas Ronaldo fashioned an unbelievable partnership with Luc Nilis at PSV.