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A Ballon d'Or winner won everything as a star of Real Madrid & Brazil national team & now prefers tennis over football

A football legend reveals a shocking detail about his time around tennis over football.

By Emmanuel Mendez

A msytery player celebrates a goal at the Santiago Bernabeu while the Real Madrid badge and the Brazil flag is next to him. (Source: Forbes, Getty Images)
A msytery player celebrates a goal at the Santiago Bernabeu while the Real Madrid badge and the Brazil flag is next to him. (Source: Forbes, Getty Images)
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Brazilian football has always been admired by football fans around the world since they played the most attractive and fun part of football over the years. They are the national team that has won the most world cups of all time, with five trophies. Ronaldinho made some bold statements in regard to the Brazilian national team being the worst he has ever seen. It was revealed that it was for a campaign to support the team, but many fans took it seriously. Now another former Brazilian Ballon D' Or winner takes a shot, but not at Brazil but at football as a whole! Ronaldo Nazario revealed that he finds football boring and prefers to watch tennis matches instead. Ronaldo said, "I think today I love tennis more than football. It's unbelievable. I can't watch entire football matches, I think it's too boring, but I can spend five hours watching tennis. It's crazy. I train three times a week, I'm still very competitive". These words to surprise many since he is still involved in football like being the owner and president of the Spanish club Real Valladolid.

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Ronaldo Nazario played for some of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout his career. He played for AC Milan, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, and PSV. He played a total of 465 matches across all competitions across all of his clubs. He scored a total of 301 goals at the club level and provided 76 assists.

Ronaldo played a total of 99 matches with the Brazilian national team. He scored 62 goals for Brazil and provided 32 assists. He is one of the greatest Brazilian football players, having won two Copa America trophies and two FIFA World Cups.

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Ronaldinho joking about Brazil comments

Although Ronaldo Nazario did not make comments on the current Brazilian national team, Ronaldinho made headlines by not being satisfied with the team's performance. He wanted to get a reaction from the team in order to perform well in the Copa America. So far, he hasn't worked as they drew 0-0 against Costa Rica in their first match for the Copa America.


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