Ronaldinho

CTL-E-5841 · Person · other · 1980–present

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Combined Graph record U-07097 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5841.

Ronaldinho, born Ronaldo de Assis Moreira on 21 March 1980 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, is a Brazilian attacking midfielder and winger renowned for his dribbling, tricks and free-kick accuracy. He debuted for Grêmio in 1998, moved to Paris Saint-Germain in 2001 and reached his prime at FC Barcelona from 2003, where he won the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2004 and 2005, the 2005 Ballon d'Or, two La Liga titles and the 2006 UEFA Champions League; he is widely credited with elevating Barcelona in the early 2000s. With Brazil he won the 1999 Copa América and the 2002 World Cup. He later played for AC Milan, Flamengo and Atlético Mineiro, winning the 2013 Copa Libertadores, and his last professional club was Fluminense in 2015. In August 2026 he was presented by Italian Serie C club Ravenna, where he also took a stake; Reuters reported he stopped short of confirming whether he would play again.

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• Also known as: Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, Ronaldinho Gaúcho, O Bruxo

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 2 — 747 Program, Wave 8; 40-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Ronaldinho entity in the live graph at 3,523 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-5841 free. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 975 (Soccer Players list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — Afro-Brazilian football figure — Black diaspora scope (Brazil). Vital status: LIVING — presented by Ravenna FC in Italy on 20 August 2026 (Reuters), aged 46. ADJUDICATED LEGAL LINE (one neutral line, packet Facts section): his 2020 detention in Paraguay over falsified travel documents ended in August 2020 with a plea agreement and release (AP). STATISTICS (sourced, dated): FIFA World Player of the Year 2004 and 2005; Ballon d'Or 2005; Brazil 97 caps / 33 goals (Simple Wikipedia career table) — Wikipedia/FactMonster, accessed 2026-10-16. MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate: Wikimedia Commons and club/press photography of Ronaldinho (Barcelona, Brazil, AC Milan) is extensive; no file page was read at file-page level in this pass, so no image is cleared — CTL-PHOTO-001; a CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-5841-ronaldinho.svg); video HELD (the Shorts Link Map catalog was checked by name and variants, incl. accent-normalized forms — no matching-entity CTL Short exists for this subject); audio HELD (no CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants, incl. accent-normal) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging; the subject's own recordings/appearances are )

Sources

• Columbia Encyclopedia via FactMonster, "Ronaldinho" — Grêmio debut; Paris Saint-Germain 2001; Barcelona 2003; Ballon d'Or (2005); world player of the year 2004–05; AC Milan 2008–11; Atlético Mineiro's first Copa Libertadores (2013); Brazil international 1999–2013, instrumental in 2002 World Cup win — https://www.FactMonster.com/encyclopedia/people/sports/athletes/ronaldinho (build store)
• Wikipedia, "Ronaldinho" — born Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, 21 March 1980, Porto Alegre; Ballon d'Or and two FIFA World Player of the Year awards; Barcelona prime 2003–08; 2005 Ballon d'Or and second World Player award — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldinho (build store)
• Reuters (20 August 2026) — arrived in Italy after joining Serie C side Ravenna FC, having also taken a stake in the club; stopped short of confirming a playing return; 2002 World Cup winner; 2005 Ballon d'Or; last competitive appearance for Fluminense in 2015 — vital-status evidence — https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/ronaldinho-unsure-playing-role-after-ravenna-arrival-2026-08-20/ (primary source · build store)
• Associated Press report (24 August 2020), via Cameroon Intelligence Report — released by a Paraguayan judge after five months' detention in the forged-passport case; plea terms accepted with a $90,000 payment — https://www.cameroonintelligencereport.com/ronaldinho-released-after-five-month-stay-in-paraguay-penal-system/ (primary source · build store)

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