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The Tragic Tale of Ronaldinho
The Tragic Tale of Ronaldinho
The Tragic Tale of Ronaldinho

[@aceaugusto]

i am Brazilian, most of the things you said are on point, for young kids from the favelas football is the only way they have to make it out the hood and growing up in poverty, financial literacy isn't a priority, that's why most brazilian players have a bad time after their careers, sometimes even when they still play, they can't manage their own income, overspend on parties, friends that don't have any consideration for them, women and booze, when they go to europe and get high wages it's all over for them, i live in the UK and every time i tell someone that i am Brazilian "RONALDINHO" is the first thing i hear (before bunda 😂😂) but unfortunately bad decisions are the only reason the Brazilian National Team isn't the best anymore, the day we see a Brazilian with CR7 work ethic and lack of injuries it's over.

[@Vizeh]

Thank you for your comment mate, your insight helps a lot! It’s not surprising to hear that, in terms of the lack of access to education and it does make so much sense when players retire what happens to them. Hope you’re well bro

[@BURNLEY87]

Boa tarde amigo eu falo um pouco de portugese eu amo são paulo 🇧🇷 🇬🇧

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

I loved Ronaldinho but am glad I know a bit more about Brazil than those people who know the country just for footballers. The telenovelas of Globo, bossa nova classics, the legendary neighbourhoods of Rio de Janeiro... I really miss the old telenovelas of late 1990s-early 2000s.

[@aceaugusto]

@@BURNLEY87 boa tarde meu amigo, when we see a foreigner learning our language we feel extremely happy bro you can't even imagine 😂😂

[@aceaugusto]

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia that's deep brazilian culture bro, my parents cant live without their novelas after dinner, i think football and jiu jitsu are just surface level, for someone to know about novelas or brigadeiro they need to be deep involved in our culture and it makes us extremely proud, have you been to Brazil before?

[@DerInselaffe]

Still remember a classmate of mine (we must've been around 9) dressing up as Ronaldinho for World Book Day because he'd "read" a biography of him. This would've been in around 2005.

[@simonjones7396]

Ronaldinho being on the face of Fifa 06 with Rooney was iconic

[@Vizeh]

The most iconic covers I’d confirm that

[@qBeYcarpet]

He definitely got the most cultural impact of any player this century during his prime

[@Vizeh]

He’s up there, i’d still say Ronaldo and Messi is higher for this century

[@UnitedReds99]

​​@@VizehI'm not sure on that one Vizeh, I think I'm a bit older than you I'm 28 and when Ronaldinho was in his prime it was crazy, every kid wanted to be him and every time we saw Barca play we would all be in school talking about Ronaldinho. The Nike adverts the skills videos online just everything about him I don't think we've ever seen anyone have as much impact on the world as Ronaldinho despite it being for a lot less time due to his prime being around 4 years long compared to Messi and Ronaldos which were a lot longer

[@shammy7042]

@@Vizeh CR7 obviously.

[@sanfierroo]

@@UnitedReds99 @qBeYcarpet I couldn't agree with you both more. Of course, Ronaldinho was not better than Messi or Ronaldo, but "cultural impact" is a completely different thing. Kurt Cobain was not a better musician than Mozart, but he was Kurt Cobain.

[@VOID9558]

The fact this was posted 5 days after Ronaldinho gave a interview to a youtuber where he said Brazil will not win the 2024 Copa America.

[@Vizeh]

That kind of the point in fairness

[@Peter_file]

Yea it’s deliberate because he knows Ronaldinho is a hot topic right now, he will get more engagement if it is posted around when he is in the news .

[@Selim-ir6mb]

It's the point of the video

[@thomasjome]

bro didn't even watch the video 🤦

[@arthurtoschi]

It was a marketing video by Rexona.

[@acediamond7524]

Ronaldinho done things on the pitch h I never knew was possible His star ⭐️ burned bright but didn’t burn for long… The most entertaining player I’ve ever seen!

[@Vizeh]

One of the most entertaining ever!

[@Ruscococo1]

Didn't burn for long? He was class his whole career...from 2001-2013 12 years of consistently being incredible and even when he went back to Brazil he made the other players look stupid, he put weight on but still looked amazing on the ball. Age happens to everyone but Ronaldinho is still probably one of the best players ever, his creativity, trickery there won't be a player like him again. A career lasting nearly 20 years is a long one. Not many players even have that level of career.

[@RichardCranium69420]

Did. He did things on the pitch. Not done.

[@derpius3]

It would be funnier if he had been advertising snickers, and the reason he was negative about the Brazil national team is because ‘you’re not you when you’re hungry’

[@Vizeh]

I would actually rate that😂😂

[@cedar9239]

Genius m7+1 😂

[@theodosiusii408]

Ronaldinho was a beast in his prime, he can make the grand wall of Milan (Cafu, Stam, Nesta, and Maldini) scram to tackle the ball off of his magnificent dribbles, for a while it seems like he can dribble past anything that comes at his path, then came the bottle and everything crumbled so quickly

[@Vizeh]

He should never be disrespected, just hope he’s doing better now though

[@Midtable1881]

Ronaldinho dancing with the ball made us smile, that's what mattered most.

[@shawnmichaels568]

It's kinda sad that a lot of Brazilian footballers are one of the most inspirational & idolized players of all time, But always have a bad downfall or end up on a bad note. Another big example would be Ronaldo Rivaldo. If it wasn't for that injury imagine how his legacy would hold up today.

[@Vizeh]

That’s a great point mate!

[@LankyBhoy]

Ronaldinho, the only celebrity who tried to use a fake ID 😂

[@Vizeh]

Literally the most famous Brazilian ever since Pele trying to fake not being Brazilian😂

[@soysaucehairdye7869]

Ronaldinho and Nadal made the 3/4 pants cool. I still own four pairs of the nike 3/4 soccer pants from the mid-2000s and those are my favorite summer weather pants.

[@JoeOleary]

I was in Venezuela 2 weeks ago and watched him play for the local 7-side team, it was so bizarre 😅

[@hendersongalbreath1072]

Ronaldinho was everything fun about football wrapped into one magnificent player. I was never a Brazil fan, and I've always had a bit of loathing towards Barcelona, but I watched him play whenever I could because he was almost a sure bet to do at least one thing per game that made you completely lose your mind in a fit of "How the f*** did he do that?!". Sad to see the state he's in now.

[@Vizeh]

Absolutely man, I can’t underestimate how important he was for football!

[@hussainraheema]

Ronaldinho is the reason I became a fan of football and the reason many became fans!

[@WaniZame]

Most naturally talented player to ever do it. Imagine what he could have done had he Messi mentality.

[@capio78]

All love stories are a tragedy and nobody made us love football more than Ronaldinho.

[@mr_0n10n5]

Anyone from everywhere between 2000 and 2010 who knew anything about football was a Ronaldhino fan. Ronaldinho/Messi/Eto'o was my favourite Barcelona

[@francisugboko]

I don't know why some Brazilians never live up to their full potentials. Ronaldinho, Neymar, Robinho.

[@Vizeh]

Their upbringing is not normal to many other nations

[@jjj8317]

Ronaldinho won everything, and was a star in every single completion. Wtf do you mean he didn't live up to his potential, are you dumb?

[@benediktwindisch2778]

Im 31 years old german football fan since 2003. Next to my Team Werder Bremen it was guys like Ronaldinho and Eto'o who made me a Barca and Inter Fan too. If we didnt play Nintendo we were outside, playing football and wanted to be like Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Milito, Kaka, all the stars at the time. Its very sad what happens to some stars from south America and the massive gang problems. Im grateful for the pre CR7 and Messi era as well as I am for CR7/Messi era and that I could enjoy both those great times for football

[@Vizeh]

It’s beautiful man, thank you for your comment bro and I wish you well!

[@cassidyferdinand6435]

It sucks because if you take a *deeper* look, his brother is HIS manager so he's the one taking care of the deals with adverts, clubs and sponsorships. Ronaldinho wanted to be a footballer and he became one of the _greatest_ ever at his peak but his brother is tarnishing his legacy by them both going bankrupt and to jail ! Also nice video man 👌

[@Vizeh]

That’s a great point! I noticed that often but end of day he should have better decision making to get out that situation at some stage

[@itsport8829]

Ronaldinho is still top 10 of all time…

[@YunoWhoFN]

I still love dinho

[@LeftJoystick]

Idk man, Ronaldinho will be still be remembered in 50-100 years as an absolute world-beater. I already think of him as far more impactful than Neymar.

[@VOID9558]

Fun fact: Romario became a club president in Rio de Janeiro and actually returned to the pitch (for now).

[@Vizeh]

I never actually knew that, crazy man!

[@VOID9558]

America Football Club, founded in 1904, 7x state champion and 3rd place in the 1961 and 1986 Campeonato Brasileiro. The same YTer who interviewed Ronaldinho also visited the club facilities and Romario himself.

[@colestacks3235]

@@VOID9558 he plays at the same club as his son right ?

[@VOID9558]

@@colestacks3235 When Romario became president his son was the first of his signings

[@godgamingmaster770]

he just straight up violated the brazil squad players😂😂

[@Vizeh]

So rude man😂

[@godgamingmaster770]

@@Vizeh i think he was tired of seeing antony in the squad 😂

[@killpunkkk1097]

​@@godgamingmaster770 antony wasnt even called up

[@Lost_Pikachu]

wtf is this. This wasn't a surprise at all. Brazilian youths are over played, he isn't the only one this happened to. The dude blew out his knees a few years before they had perfected the surgery. Every athlete before him face similar career altering injury risk at all times.

[@notKevinFeige]

I think it's hard for non-south americans to get it, but life comes first, dude won the Ballon D'or, World Cup, Champions League, Copa America, Libertadores and most important of all ENJOYING EVERY SINGLE DAY OF HIS LIFE, "oh but if he dedicated, drinked less, focused pure on football" he wouldn't be him and he did more than enough to live as a legend way beyond anyone who did better numbers than him

[@notKevinFeige]

Also what he said just echoe'd what we are all thinking, this crop of players is widely considered the weakest in a long memory, some of them are good in their clubs but fail to translate to the national squad

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Absolutely. For a player like Ronaldinho the dream is to play for Gremio and PSG/Barcelona/Milan are just a day job to enjoy other things.

[@Tony.795]

Aren't there differences between the countries as well? Messi reached his full potential after all.

[@boisesoccer]

Ronaldinho is the GOAT 🐐!

[@Vizeh]

🇧🇷🐐

[@heartboyxo2496]

The look in his eyes on that thumbnail.. 😢

[@matheussalmaso6685]

I just want to point out that, while it is the case for the overwhelming majority of Brazilian players, Ronaldinho didn't grow up in poverty. His older brother Assis was a football player at Gremio. And a good one. So he had a good financial situation. It was true that they came from poverty as a family but the situation was far better at Dinho's time. On that note, here in Brazil is well known that Ronaldinho is the Naive one, had he been protect as mention from a very young age, and the real shady one is his brother. He is the one managing Ronaldinho's carerre since the star and responsible for all the decisions. The situation in Paraguay was his arrangement and, the worst part is that you don't even need a passport to enter Paraguay as a Brazilian. Kind of a similar situation happens with Neymar. Neymar Sr was a professional football player and manages neymar's career since he was a child.

[@hallo23779]

best of his era

[@Vizeh]

Can’t deny at times

[@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716]

Ronaldinho at 50 years old is still better than any Burnley player in history

[@Samuel88853]

Burnley should sign him

[@TupackYGO]

education in young age is important. the most enjoyable moments of football is ronaldinho for me then comes the others its sad. education is important.

[@jordanlopez1438]

Top 5 Barca players all time & also he has every right to say those comments.

[@TupackYGO]

i was really sad when he went to ac milan i knew that it was over it wasnt the same anymore

[@ifan_1234]

please make a video about the Welsh premier league. the league is ignored and underfunded despite the success of the welsh national team in recent years

[@alessandroborges3758]

Wtf? Why a Tragic Tale??? Ronaldinho CHOSE to have a short prime, he reached the top of the world and after that he just went partying and living his life. Btw he is right about the current Brazil squad

[@Jonathan-ug9yu]

My absolute all time favourite to watch

[@Vizeh]

Can’t disagree with that

[@AlbertBrace-bg8pi]

Ronaldinho is always gonna be my idol and the player that made me love the game will always be my idol

[@SKOT_3]

I feel like a lot of people keep focussing on what he could have been instead of what he was and is. Despite not having the mentality to be the best it was enough for him to still be one of the best players in history. Not only with what he won, the things he did on the field are things I've never seen from other players, he was simply magical, and a guy that could make you smile by just touching a ball. He might not have been the greatest of all time, but he became one if not my favorite player, and the one who made me love the sport. And i say this being Argentinian too.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Exactly! People seem to imagine he didn't win a lot or have a legacy. World Cup winner at 22, La Liga, Champions League, domestic titles in Brazil as well.

[@SKOT_3]

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia aside from maybe a club world cup, brother won it all. That speaks volumes of the amount of talent he had, even if his mind wasn't 100% there, it was enough for him to have one hell of a career.

[@Chickenbarbeque]

Sad that ronaldinhos career peaked so early imagine how good dinho could've been if he didn't enjoy partying so much

[@Vizeh]

That could be said to any Brazilian ever

[@linsithebe7080]

I think you just highlighted it without noticing, he's a businessman now more than when he was player, you showed his Nike Barca ad and the only difference between then and now is Ronaldinho has limited media access, back then he was a walking highlight reel.

[@poorsnakeguy5884]

The amount of people here in brazil agreeing with the first statement is nuts, it kinda of makes sense looking at it this way, many brazilian fans say stuff like this on a regular

[@aboyd3318]

They are ither done by 28 or still world class at 40 there really is no inbetween

[@No14210]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Dinho the Wise? I thought not. It's not a story FIFA would tell you.

[@MrSmith1984]

The real question is this, why did anyone in Unilever's Brazilian Marketing Department think this stunt was a good idea?

[@Redtrainers42]

The true GOAT

[@Vizeh]

Mega GOAT🇧🇷🐐

[@notKevinFeige]

Bro skipped the libertadores win and the game of the century against Neymar Santos (please look it up a 5-4 game full of magic)

[@desmondayettey5095]

The intro was brilliant😂😂😂

[@Vizeh]

It’s so true aswell😂

[@nope5405]

He was right

[@jjj8317]

When Ronaldinho said he will not watch Brazil ganes because they will not win the copa america he was absolutely correct: Brazil lost their soul. Modt of the team left Brazil soo early they are playing like Europeans. South American football requires guts, and perseverance. In the qualifiers for the WC and lastest friendlies Brazil is playing wayy to delicate, there is a lot of diving, and they are too involce into European politics that do not apply to US. When you look at Uruguay playing peak Bielsaball, Argentina being Argentina, and Colombia not loosing a game in almost 3 years, yes Brazil's probability of winning are just not that good.

[@notKevinFeige]

They lost the flair and play like they don't want to be there, also there's a very poor crop of players in some positions (mainly defense, specialy full backs) and the managers are not up to the modern game. There's a HUGE Neymar shaped hole in that squad and no one is filling it

[@Vizeh]

You have a fair point but that’s just a part of national team culture than anything else, many of Argentina’s players play in Europe like Brazilians too

[@hallo23779]

@@notKevinFeige not really a neymar hole brazil was better without him in 2020

[@jjj8317]

@Vizeh A lot of Argnetinian players are in Europe. That's true, but they are mostly staying in Argentina a bit longer and often going up in the younger national teams. So you have two pillars of Argentinian football phylosophy: Bilardismo (wining at all cost), and attractive football. Another thing is that srgentina is producing a lot of good coaches. The majority of national team coaches in South America are Argentinain. So a lot of work is invested on the youth levels, on creating a winning mentality. Brazilian coaches are trying to play Brazilian league football with European minded players. It doesn't really fit very well.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

@@Vizeh Argentina only went back to winning titles under 'La Scaloneta', which is a very... non-European way of playing football. Under Scaloni they were abject. Brazil too have to undergo this revolution and go back to their roots, Tite was very stubborn with positional play.

[@Zain24383]

Ronaldinho has a PhD in yappanomics

[@Vizeh]

😂😂

[@Zxlxya]

0:56 Bro is NOT Vizehinho

[@Vizeh]

Bro😂

[@uriustosh]

What's a Porto Al Ghair? Does he Meant Porto Alegre?

[@choke9270]

That was not Neymar in 2010 😂 He was playing for Santos then. He’s like 10-11 in that picture.

[@Jdsx92]

Yeah but don't forget Viz I know you're a Burnley fan but you must remember okocha mentored and trained ronaldinho who then trained Messi. So therefore, Messi is only possible because of okocha , the true GOAT (yes this a Bolton fan yes this is a meme) 🤣

[@BURNLEY87]

loads of brazilians live around Turf moor area

[@nealgoogs]

Oh yeah his life is tragic. wtf. Best player in the world for 3 seasons then Father Time caught up. Real tragic

[@ProfessionalNonce]

If half of brazils footballers had a quarter of Ronaldos workrate then the world is doomed

[@James-hates-VAR]

Omg RonaALdinho.

[@jesusshuttlesworth8231]

It was Ronaldinho’s brother that was doing a lot of the business decisions and scams doing shady business

[@veldrensavoth7119]

0:58 *You are a pro footballer do not downplay that FACT*

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

He's not wrong about Brazil though. What happened to the Brazil that made us love football?

[@BrasilianFury]

Is it sad I saw the title and my first thought was: "Did he lose another huge parlay AGAIN?!" But yeah, uh...he was kind of like Icarus. Flew too close to the Sun and burned out FAST.

[@Vizeh]

I’m concerned for him, dragging his entire national team for a payday in the mix of tax dodging and crypto fraud, it’s just sad man

[@BrasilianFury]

​@@Vizeh That's the thing about Brazilian footballers sometimes...the sport is one of the few options to outright escape poverty down there and if you don't get the right people around you when you DO escape it (even more so if you make it to the level that Ronaldinho did)...well, the aftermath of a career can lead to things like this.

[@kyriakos02]

Liam was a footballer for Burnley Football club.

[@ianrafferty7379]

Such a shame, money can destroy everything but I'm sure it's more than money...fame, women and yes men play there part too

[@joshuakumar9984]

Not as tragic as burnley 23/24

[@Vizeh]

I agree

[@FracturedParadigms]

he was better than cr7

[@plasma7493]

His downfall was sad Was i first???

[@BrunoSantos-wn9cq]

PORTO OQUE?!!!!

[@johnkelly1386]

Dinho is a footballer, not a business man/footballer. He is only smart football wise, anything else, shaky.

[@allonychus8393]

why is brudda suddenly replying to all the comments

[@jeffyreigns6312]

yo what about the tragic tale of belgium? 😏

[@Vizeh]

Not far off😂

[@jeffyreigns6312]

@@Vizeh 😂😂

[@Jaguar70x7]

Maybe more focus on the rexona post to get the context of his original post shitting on Brazil. Love your stuff but this is silly.

[@rishavranjan6656]

Now Ronaldinho should not be taken seriously

[@gjbsarmeri3957]

Brazilians are weird when it comes to football. Weird mentality that is. For me Neymar is the biggest waste of potential of all time. Someone who could have been top 5 best players of all time fell so hard. And the biggest parameter that led to that is his mentality, not his football skills. I think his biggest mistake was moving from a romantic cult like club Barcelona to PSG just for the money and to be in the center of attention where he could be the main star of the team when he could have been Barcelona's legend with Messi as his friend and mentor. But it's sad how one of the best players in the world fell into irrelevancy. Last few years its been just constant injuries and parties with a few exceptions. I'm pretty sure out of all PSG matches where he was a part of the club after he joined them he played in about 50% of them which shows how injury prone he is and I think one of the reasons why that happened is because he left Barcelona when he was used to train in their own way and joined PSG that's a radically different club than Barcelona is.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

"Brazilians are weird when it comes to football." Europeans would be equally weird if they were forced, for no reason other than money, to transfer across the globe to a different continent with an entirely different climate, culture, cycle of seasons, etc. I had friends in university in Europe who couldn't contemplate spending even 7 days away from their family, let alone 6-12 months. The coldness of the people, the darkness that prevails 3-4 months a year is not something Brazilians or Argentines are used to back home (no wonder they do better in Italy/Spain which have more relatable cultures and weather). Put an Englishman or a Swede under 30 degrees Celsius with 80% degree humidity 3-4 months a year and see what it does to them.

[@gjbsarmeri3957]

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia That's not the problem. There are thousands upon thousands of south american players that go to Europe at a younger age and they turn out completely fine. Neymar went to Europe when he was 19 and said that it was his dream. Messi for example is one of the people you are talking about and he doesn't have these problems.

[@godleyWOWyes]

Beans

[@koolmaaan]

Tragic insofar as it was completely avoidable. It was his fault. Also, he gets compared to legends in the game that have similar credentials but had primes much longer than only 3 years as he did.

[@budou2323]

I like Ronaldinho when he is on the pitch. Outside football ? Nahh

[@erikarellanez6003]

Wow

[@Moodi_Yh]

But tbh Neymar is better looking at the stats

[@diegolanda3505]

Jesus Christ loves you

[@alejandromelecio]

When was Dinho the best in the world? He's always been a really entertaining player to watch, but was he ever the best? He does have a ballon d'or so you can say then but is that not because R9 (arguably the best Brazilian player of all time who only has 1 WC less than Pele) struggled with fitness and Premier League Players tend to not be rated as high for the ballon d'or (only 4 premier league players have ever won it)? Zidane, Kaka, young Neymar, young Messi, and young Cristiano Ronaldo all at different points also outshined Dinho. None of that is to say Dinho wasn't world class, but was he ever the best? He can very much be your personal goat and your favorite player of all time, but that's not what I am asking

[@Zxlxya]

Ronaldinho > Vini

[@A.B.M-K12]

Early

[@erikarellanez6003]

Super early

[@2003andre100]

hes washed and should retire

[@heatherbray7825]

first

[@viewtifulbro1078]

First

[@swansea553]

Ronaldinho was right about the national team tho they soft

[@SCP-457-]

I don't know why some Brazilians never live up to their full potentials. Ronaldinho, Neymar, Robinho.

[@Vizeh]

For many just being a good player to enough, they’ve already reached their dream it just a different culture really as it’s very family oriented

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

​@@Vizehthank you for saying that! Europeans don't seem to understand that for South Americans and people from the southern hemisphere, Europe is a very harsh, cold environment - in all sense of the term (people, climate). We are used to having warm weather and natural sunlight all year, to live in the northern hemisphere with its 3-4 months of darkness is a traumatic experience (just like a Swede or Englishman won't enjoy 3-4 months under 30 degrees and 85% humidity). It's freaking depressing not to be able to enjoy time outdoors. For those that don't understand I recommended reading the words of Rai and Romario about their arrival in Europe in January - and they actually succeeded in Europe. The family thing is key as well. Europeans when they say "family" mean only parents and siblings, they are not used to a social life with extended kin.

[@RichardCranium69420]

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgiaBrazil is a depressing, disgusting shithole

[@kugel96]

​@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia because we keep the circle small, even in your own family there will be people trying to take advantage of you. Its the same in the southern hemisphere, but I think we germans for example are more cautious.

[@WaniZame]

Most naturally talented player to ever do it. Imagine what he could have done had he Messi mentality.