Soccer Superstar Ronaldinho Gets Bio Series

Key Highlights

• A two-time FIFA World Player of the Year, Ronaldinho, now 45, is widely regarded as the only soccer player to have won the Copa América, the Ballon d’Or, the UEFA Champions League, the FIFA Confederations Cup and the Copa Libertadores.
• Related Stories A$AP Rocky Announces ‘Don’t Be Dumb’ World Tour Dates A$AP Rocky Sings With His Eyeball, Winona Ryder Rocks a Beavis and Butthead T-Shirt in Surreal New Video for ‘Punk Rocky’ Based on interviews with the former FC Barcelona star and particularly his brother-manager Roberto de Assis, the series traces their meteoric rise and dramatic fall—from their beginnings in Porto Alegre, Brazil to prison in Paraguay.
• Set in Paris, Barcelona and Milan, it explores Ronaldinho’s sporting, professional and personal triumphs and failures, charting the journey that made him a generational icon.
• But at its core, the series is about the relationship between the two brothers.
• Popular on Variety Having lost their father prematurely, Roberto, also a successful soccer player until an injury ended his career, became a father figure to Ronaldinho.