Throwback Thursday was an early favorite of mine from this blog, and recent events have inspired me to bring it back. While normally this spot is reserved for retired stars, this weeks throwback is Ronaldo; no not the Portuguese prima donna who is constantly bangin Hollywood skanks, but the original, Brazilian version, who is legendary not only for his un-paralleled talents on the pitch during the 90's and early 2000's as he is for his near obese and transvestite bangin ways of late. While most of us have been fortunate to see him in action for teams such as Inter Milan, Real Madrid and of course the Brazilian National team, his skills and stats are far greater than you realize. Thus, I'll leave you with some of his remarkable statistics, and then a video that shows a player simply too good to be true, ...except it is, and its the same 33 year old man that you see above with the beer belly of a 50 year old redneck from the Dirty South.
1994-95 30 goals in 33 appearances with PSV Eindhoven
1995-96: 12 goals in 13 appearances with PSV
1996-97: 34 goals in 37 appearances with Barcelona
1997-98: 25 goals in 32 appearances with Inter Milan
1998-99: 14 goals in 19 appearances with Inter Milan
1999-01: Missed nearly all of both seasons with the first of several devastating knee injuries
2001-02: 7 goals in 10 appearances with Inter Milan
2002-03: 23 goals in 31 appearances with Real Madrid
2003-04: 24 goals in 32 appearances with Real Madrid
2004-05: 21 goals in 34 appearances with Real Madrid
2005-Present: Scoring slowly declines as he gets repeatedly injured and steadily gains weight
Brazil National Team: 62 goals in 97 appereances
World Cups: Holds the all-time record with 15 goals in three World Cups, spanning from 1998-2006
Despite the ridiculous consistency of his goal scoring throughout Europe and International competition, the following video is evidence that goalscoring was not even his greatest skill.
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