Ronaldinho Gaúcho

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980), commonly known as Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gaúcho, is a Brazilian professional footballer and current club ambassador for Spanish club FC Barcelona.Ronaldinho, the lengthened term of endearment for Ronaldo, is accompanied in Brazilian usage by the nickname Gaúcho (since he hails from southern Brazil), in order to distinguish him from fellow footballer and countryman Ronaldo, who was known as Ronaldinho in Brazil beforehand. Ronaldo went by his first name upon his move to Europe, thereby allowing Ronaldinho to drop the Gaúcho and go by the name Ronaldinho abroad

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