John Mac Ghlionn

What happened to Ronaldinho?

He never quite lived up to his potential

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Cast your minds back to 2005, a time when it was considered cool to record your favourite song to use as a ringtone on your phone, iPod Nanos were everywhere, the Crazy Frog drove every parent in the country crazy, and Ronaldinho was named the best football player on the planet.

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