Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo

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Ronny fullname Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo (born 11 May 1986) is a Brazilian football (soccer) defender.

He currently plays for Portuguese giant Sporting Clube de Portugal and Brazil U-20s team. He scored the fastest free-kick in the world when vs Naval 222 km/h.

[edit] From Brazil to Lisbon

Ronny was born in Fortaleza, Brazil where he developed into a key player for youth teams, and at the tender age of 9 many Brazilian clubs were already looking at the young talent.

Ronny began his career at Brazilian giants Corinthians playing for three seasons where he became established as a promising player. After his contract ended clubs such as Manchester City F.C., PSV Eindhoven, Paris Saint-Germain FC and Sporting fought for his signature, with the Leoes - or lions as Sporting fans know them - signed the young talent. He has managed to impress the Sporting Lisbon fans with great exibitons and has scored 1 goal for the lions during the pre-season.

Sporting Clube de Portugal - Current Squad
1 Ricardo \| 4 Polga \| 8 Ronny \| 10 C. Martins \| 11 Tello \| 12 Caneira \| 13 Tonel \| 15 M. Garcia \| 16 Tiago \| 18 Nani \| 19 Alecsandro \| 20 Y. Djaló \| 21 P. Farnerud \| 22 R. Patrício \| 24 M. Veloso \| 27 Custódio \| 28 Moutinho \| 31 Liédson \| 34 J. Alves \| 76 Paredes \| 78 Abel \| 80 Bueno \| Manager: P. Bento