Il Fenomeno

The original Ronaldo announced his retirement recently. His weight problems and dodgy knees later on in his career sometimes distract from what an astonishing player he was. He scored 62 times for Brazil in 97 appearances, 47 times in 49 games for Barcelona and became the youngest player to win the Fifa World Player of the Year award. He and Zinedane Zidane are the only people to win the award three times. Not to mention breaking the record for the most goals scored in World Cups. His pace and power, that got him the nickname Il Fenomeno, and directness of his runs made him look unstoppable at times and he finish his career with the proud record of 352 goals in 515 appearances at domestic level. Ronaldo, we salute you.