RONALDINHO

Ronaldinho was born in Porto Alegre,capital of the Rio Grande du Sol (Brazil), on 21 March 1980.
His chilhood was spent among fields and gardens, where he ran behind a ball,and his tumble home was on Jerolomo Minuzzo de Vila Nova Street,a modest neighbourhood in the south of Porto Alegre.In this house Ronadinho grew up with his parents,Joao de Silva,and Doña Miguelina,and his siblings,Roberto and Deisi.
When he was eight years old,Joao,who worked as a security guard at the Porto Alegre Guild Football Stadium,died.In this trying family time,Roberto who had already begun to carve out a career for himself as a footballer,helped his mother,with the family finances and caring for little Ronaldinho.