Football is a sport played between two teams of 11 players using a spherical ball. It originated in ancient times in China and was later developed in England in the 1800s. Ronaldo began playing football in the streets of Brazil as a child and went on to have a highly successful professional career, playing for clubs such as Barcelona, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, and Corinthians. He is considered one of the greatest players of all time, having won numerous trophies and awards including two FIFA World Cups and two FIFA World Player of the Year awards.

2.  What is football ?
 Football is a sport played between two teams of
eleven players with a spherical ball. At the turn of the
21st century, the game was played by over 250 million
players in over 200 countries, making it the world's
most popular sport.

3.  The Ancient Greeks and Romans are known to have
played many ball games, some of which involved the use
of the feet.
 Documented evidence of an activity resembling football
can be found in the Chinese military manual Zhan Guo
Ce compiled between the 3rd century and 1st century
BC.

4.  The Māori in New Zealand played a game called Ki-o-
rahi consisting of teams of seven players play on a
circular field divided into zones, and score points by
touching the 'pou' (boundary markers) and hitting a
central 'tupu' or target.
 The Japanese version of cuju is kemari , and was
developed during the Asuka period.This is known to
have been played within the Japanese imperial court in
Kyoto from about 600 AD.

5.  The modern global game of Football was first codified in
1863 in London. The impetus for this was to unify
English public school and university football games.
There is evidence for refereed, team football games
being played in English schools since at least 1581.

6.  England is home to the oldest football clubs in
the world (dating from at least 1857), the
world's oldest competition (the FA cup founded
in 1871) and the first ever football league
(1888). For these reasons England is
considered the home of the game of football.

8.  Ronaldo was born on 18 September 1976, in Rio de
Janeiro.Like many brazilian children,he began to play soccer
in the streets.
 Ronaldo’s abilities were first discovered at age 14 when he
was recommended to the Brazilian youth team by Jairzinho.
 In 1993, Ronaldo began his football career playing for
Cruzeiro which was already going on to become a successful
club.
 Ronaldo chose to join PSV after the 1994 World Cup, for he
was selected despite being just 17, but did not play. Ronaldo
scored 30 league goals in his first season in the Netherlands.
 During his spell at PSV, Ronaldo attract the attention of both
Inter Milan and FC Barcelona

9.  It was Barcelona that was willing to pay the then record
fee of $17 million. During the 1996–97 season,
Ronaldo scored 47 goals in 49 games (in all
competitions) for Barcelona.
 At the age of 20, Ronaldo became the youngest player
to win FIFA World Player of the Year in 1996. He also
finished runner-up for the Ballon d'Or.

10.  Ronaldo's time at Barça was brief, as there were problems
with the renegotiation of Ronaldo's contract. Ronaldo's
unhappiness became evident and at the end of the season,
by paying the buy out clause fee in his contract, Inter Milan
signed him in the summer of 1997 for a then world record
fee of £19 million. He had spent just one year with
Barcelona.
 Ronaldo adapted to the Italian style of the game in his first
season, finishing second on the league's scoring charts. He
won FIFA World Player of the Year for the second time in
1997, and collected the Ballon d'Or the same year. The
following year, after the FIFA World Cup, he finished second
for FIFA player of the year, and third for European Footballer
of the Year. At this point in his career, he was clearly and
widely regarded as the best player in the world.

11.  İn 2002,having signed for Real Madrid for €46 million,
his jersey sales broke all records on the first day, such
was the obsession and hype surrounding him.
 Ronaldo scored 118 goals in 194 match.
 With the acquisition of Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2006,
Ronaldo grew more and more out of favour with the
manager Fabio Capello due to injuries and weight
issues.

12.  On 18 January 2007, it was reported that Ronaldo
agreed terms with A.C. Milan for a transfer of €8.05
million.
 Ronaldo scored 10 goals in 21 match.
On 13 February 2008, Ronaldo suffered a severe
season-ending knee injury while jumping for a cross in
AC Milan 1–1 draw with Livorno, and was stretchered
off and taken to a hospital.
He was released by AC Milan at the end of the
season, as his contract expired and was not renewed.

13.  On 9 December, however, Ronaldo signed a one-year
deal with Corinthians.
 He scored 35 goals in 64 match.
 In February 2011, after Corinthians were eliminated
from the 2011 Copa Libertadores by the Colombian
team Deportes Tolima, Ronaldo announced his
retirement from football.

14.  Ronaldo scored 490 goals on 715 match during his
career.
 He wins FIFA World Cup 2 times,Copa America 2
times,Confederation Cup.
 Ronaldo wins numerous trophies in different countries
during his career.
 Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima’s nick name is ‘’
phenomenon’’ and he had profound effect on football
world.