Ronaldinho - One of the Greatest Ever Brazilian Footballers

Ronaldinho Gaúcho is regarded as one of the greatest and most skilful players of his generation. One of the very few players to get a standing ovation from BOTH sets of fans, due to his mesmerizing ability. Due to his ability to score and create goals, he was capable of playing in several offensive positions, on either wing or in a central position. Throughout his career, he was deployed as a forward, a winger, although he usually played as a classic number 10 in an attacking midfield role. Despite primarily being a creative player, he was an accurate finisher with either foot, both from inside and outside the penalty area, and was also a free-kick and penalty kick specialist. Throughout his career, Ronaldinho was praised in particular for his technical skills and creativity; due to his pace, acceleration, agility, balance, ball control, and dribbling ability, he was capable of beating players when undertaking individual runs, often using feints in one on one situations. Among his repertoire of moves, Ronaldinho was one of the best exponents of the "elastico", a move he learned by watching videos of one of his idols, the 1970s Brazilian star Rivelino/