Former Flemish appears as the 3rd best player of the century on the English press list; see top-25

In the past, Pelé was elected the ‘20th century athlete’. Already in the 21st century, from 2001 to 2100, there is still ‘a lot of water’ to roll. However, the English radio ‘TalkSport’ decided to put together a list with the top 25 players in history in the cutout of the last 23 years. Athlete Flamengo in the period, Ronaldinho Gaúcho appears as third in the list, behind Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

SEE THE 25 BEST OF THE CENTURY, OF AGREEMENT WITH RADIO

1^o Lionel Messi
2^o Cristiano Ronaldo
3^o Ronaldinho Gaúcho
4^o Zinedine Zidane
5^o Andrés Iniesta
6^o Xavi
7^o Thierry Henry
8^o Kaká
9^o Luis Suárez
10^o Dani Alves
11^o Andrea Pirlo
12^o Philipp Lahm
13^o Sergio Ramos
14^o Luka Modric
15^o Fabio Cannavaro
16^o Gianluigi Buffon
17^o Ronaldo Phenomenon
18^o Zlatan Ibrahimovic
19^o Mohamed Salah
20^o Wayne Rooney
21^o Luis Figo
22^o Neymar
23^o Kylian Mbappé
24^o John Terry
25^o Karim Benzema

In addition to Ronaldinho Gaúcho, four other Brazilians appear on the list: Kaká, Daniel Alves, Ronaldo Fenômeno and Neymar. The R10, which passed the Flamengo from 2011 to 2012, he had the main shine in his career when he worked for Barcelona (ESP) between 2003/04 and 2007/08.

“Like Zidane, there's no question about Ronaldinho as the best of all during his prime. Brazil's superstar could do anything in the field, leaving iconic defenders on his trail with moments of pure magic", said the radio, about former shirt 10 of Flamengo.

RONDINHO IN FLAMENGO

No Flamengo, Ronaldinho was Rio’s champion in 2011, on the famous team of the ‘Bonde do Mengão without brake’. In the Brazilian Championship, he was part of the team that qualified for the 2012 Libertadors of America. However, in the second season by the club, he left Rio de Janeiro claiming wage delays. With the Holy Manto, he played 72 games, with 28 goals.

Besides Barcelona and Flamengo, in the century, Ronaldinho passed by Grêmio, PSG (FRA), Milan (ITA), Atlético-MG, Querétaro (MEX) and Fluminense, where he ended his career in 2015. Currently, the best player in the world in 2004 and 2005 is 44 years old.