Ronaldo R9 Brazil Hoodie | Players Couture Icon Frame Collection
Ronaldo Nazario is the greatest centre-forward in the history of football. There is no other player who combined his speed, his power, his close control and his clinical finishing in the way that he did. El Fenomeno. R9. The striker who scored twice in the 2002 World Cup Final. The man who recovered from three serious knee injuries to become world champion twice. The Ballon d'Or winner who redefined what a number nine could be. This Ronaldo Brazil hoodie from Players Couture is for fans who know R9 and want to wear a tribute to the greatest striker the game has ever produced. Fan apparel celebrating an absolute original.
Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima was born in Bento Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro, in 1976. He came through Cruzeiro and made his Brazil debut at 17. PSV Eindhoven and then Barcelona recognised his extraordinary talent and Real Madrid brought him to the Bernabeu in 2002. In between, he had won the World Cup with Brazil in 1994 as a teenage squad member, won it as a player in 1998 — having suffered a mysterious seizure on the day of the final — and then, after three serious knee injuries that threatened to end his career, returned to win it in 2002 in Japan and South Korea by scoring eight goals including both in the final against Germany. He won the Ballon d'Or in 1997 and 2002. He won the FIFA World Player of the Year award three times.
His movement was unlike anything defenders had encountered. The step-overs. The acceleration. The ability to go past two or three players in a moment of explosive pace and skill. His finishing was clinical and varied — he scored with both feet and with his head, from inside the area and from outside it. When he was fit and fully mobile in the early part of his career he was simply the best striker anyone had ever seen. This hoodie celebrates R9 in the Brazil yellow in the Players Couture frame. Find more from the football fanwear collection at Players Couture.
Available in Navy, Black, Grey and Red. Sizes S to 3XL. A great gift for any Brazil or Real Madrid fan. Players Couture fan apparel celebrating Ronaldo R9, the greatest striker in football history.

















