Ronaldo de Assís Moreira born March 21, 1980 in Porto Alegre, commonly known as Ronaldinho, is a football player from Brazil .He became a naturalized Spanish citizen in January 2007.
Ronaldinho, meaning "little Ronaldo", is better known in Brazil by the nickname Ronaldinho Gaúcho, in order to distinguish him from Ronaldo already called Ronaldinho in Brazil. However, upon Ronaldo's move to Europe, he began to be known simply as 'Ronaldo', thereby allowing Ronaldinho to drop Gaúcho and remain simply as 'Ronaldinho'.
