Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ronaldo Soares Giovanelli | ||
Date of birth | November 20, 1967 [1] | ||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1986–1998 | Corinthians | ||
1998 | Fluminense | ||
1999 | Internacional-SP | ||
1999-2000 | Cruzeiro | ||
2000-2001 | Portuguesa | ||
2001 | Gama | ||
2002 | Ponte Preta | ||
2003 | Portuguesa Santista | ||
2003 | ABC | ||
2004 | Metropolitano | ||
2004-2005 | Portuguesa Santista | ||
National team | |||
1993 | Brazil | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Ronaldo Soares Giovanelli (born November 20, 1967 in São Paulo, Brazil) was a famous Brazilian football goalkeeper in the early 1990s. He played for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista for more than 10 years. Ronaldo played his first professional game on February 7, 1988.[2] He helped his side to win its first Brazilian Championship in 1990 and its first Brazilian Cup five years later. He also won the Campeonato Paulista (regional championship in São Paulo) with the Corinthians in 1988, 1995 and 1997.
In the 1990s Ronaldo was the leading vocal of the rock'n roll band "Ronaldo e os Impedidos" (Ronaldo and The Offsiders). They recorded an album with original tracks and a cover of Elvis's "Little Sister".
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