Ronny

Ronny is, for me, a perfect emblem of football's capacity for the singular spectacular moment. The Fortaleza-born midfielder is remembered worldwide less for a trophy cabinet than for a free kick so ferociously struck it became legend. He moved from Sporting CP to Hertha BSC and never fully nailed down a star's role, yet there's something I find quietly admirable about a journeyman who kept fighting across Europe. One thunderous strike was enough to lodge him permanently in fans' memories. I love that the sport leaves room for that: a single contact of boot and ball can outlast a thousand tidy careers.

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Name (English)

Ronny

Name (Japanese)

ロニー・エベルソン・フルタード・デ・アラウージョ

Reading

ろにー・えべるそん・ふるたーど・で・あらうーじょ

Born

May 11, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Height

175 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

• Official sitehttp://www.ronny86.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronny%20(footballer%2C%20born%201986)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q554591

Tags

• Ceará
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.