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 The Brazilian club Cruzeiro revealed that Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima, known simply as Ronaldo and also known by his nickname “The Phenomenon”, has been infected with the emerging Corona virus.
The club said that Ronaldo will not attend the celebration of the 101st anniversary of the founding of the “Cruzeiro” club, which is its largest contributor since last month.

The Brazilian football legend, Ronaldo, had announced a few days ago that he had bought Cruzeiro club, which gave the 2002 World Cup champion his first professional chance, but he has been playing for two seasons in the local second division.
“I am very happy to conclude this deal,” Ronaldo said in a video posted by club president Sergio Santos on social media.
The retired star added, carrying the club’s shirt with the number 9 on his back and the word “Phenomeno”, meaning the phenomenon, the name that the former Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter and Milan player was famous for: “I have a lot to return to Cruzeiro, to take Cruzeiro to where he deserves.”
He explained: “We have a lot of work to do. I ask the fans to reconnect with the club again and go to the stadium because we will need a lot of strength and unity. We have a lot of work and ambition to make Cruzeiro great again.”

According to Globo Sport, Ronaldo will pay around 60 million euros to become the biggest shareholder in the club.
It is noteworthy that Ronaldo suffered 3 serious knee injuries during his career in 1999, 2000 and 2008.
During his brilliant career, Ronaldo was crowned with all possible titles, most notably the FIFA World Player of the Year award on three occasions in 1996, 1997 and 2002.
Ronaldo defended the colors of the most important European clubs at all, namely Barcelona and Real Madrid, Spain, Inter Milan and Milan, Italy. He began his professional career in 1993 with Cruzeiro, but soon turned to play on the European continent, where he grabbed the spotlight with PSV Eindhoven between 1994 and 1996, before joining Barcelona, which He won the Spanish Cup (1997), the European Cup Winners’ Cup (1997) and the National Super Cup (1996).

He also won with Inter Milan the European Cup title (1998), with Real Madrid the Spanish League title (2003 and 2007), the Continental Cup (2002), and the Local Super Cup (2003).
At the international level, Ronaldo played 97 matches with “Celeção”, during which he scored 62 goals, and he participated in the World Cup three times (he did not play any match in the 1994 finals), and he won the title twice (1994 and 2002), the Copa America twice (1997 and 1999) and the World Cup. Continents Once (1997).
Ronaldo won the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1996, when he was the youngest player to win the title. He also won the Ballon d’Or in 1997 and 2002.