December 9, 2003
FIFA Player of the Year
Name: Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima
Date of birth: 22 September 1976
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Major teams: Brazil, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Real Madrid
Ronaldo is the only player to have won the award on three separate occasions (1996, 1997, 2002). He looks the favourite to win the title yet again after his latest goal-scoring spree for Real Madrid.
Ronaldo is the top scorer in the Spanish Primera Liga with 12 goals from 15 matches.
Last year, he was voted ahead of Germany's World Cup goalkeeper Oliver Kahn and French playmaker Zinedine Zidane.
Photo: RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images
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