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04.02.2008 14:43

200 games for the Barça number 10

Berta Brau

Ronaldinho played his 200th official game for FC Barcelona against Osasuna on Sunday. In the course of those matches the Brazilian has scored 92 goals and won 5 team titles and 3 individual ones.

On 30 August 2003 Ronaldo de Asis Moreira, known the world over as Ronaldinho, made his debut in an official match for Barça against Athletic de Bilbao.

The first goal

The Brazilian striker only took two games to show why there had been so much expectation about him signing for the club as he scored in the second League match of the season. Barça was losing 1-0 to Sevilla when in the 58th minute Ronaldinho got into the action. He moved forward from midfield and smashed home a 30 metre piledriver that made Barça fans realise that they had a very special player on their hands.

200 games in 7 competitions

This Sunday against Osasuna Ronaldinho reached the total of 200 games with Barça which have been played in 7 competitions. The bulk of them have been in the League with 140 matches, followed by 33 in the Champions League, 13 in the King’s Cup, 7 in the UEFA Cup, 4 in the Spanish Super Cup, 2 in the Club World Cup and one in the UEFA Super Cup.

A great goalscorer

Since he came to Barcelona, Ronaldinho has become synonymous with magic, creativity, ball juggling and above all goals. That’s because he has notched a total of 92 in the seven competitions he has played in, having only failed to score in the UEFA Super Cup. In the 2006-07 season the Brazilian was the club’s top goalscorer in the League with a total of 21.

Team and individual titles

Over the more than four years Ronaldinho has spent at Barça, the Catalan side has won the League title twice, the Champions League once and the Spanish Super Cup twice, with the Brazilian striker playing a leading role in all these triumphs.

In addition to the titles he has won with FC Barcelona, Ronaldinho also picked up the FIFA World Player award in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons as the best player in the world, together with the Ballon d’Or in the 2004-05 season.