Ronaldo Da Lima is possibly the most talented person I've ever seen or read about. It's unbelievable watching him play(When he played). Especially when he was very young(17-22). When he turned on, his movement on the ball would make the most talented footballers look contrived(albeit minutely). It's quite surprising looking at someone as talented as Messi, Ronaldinho or Cruyff move with the ball. You immediately think you're watching the best ever player. But watching Ronaldo Da Lima (when he turned on) is something completely different I haven't seen anywhere else. There is nothing contrived about his movement(zero).
For example, Messi and Cruyff's movements are(were) very similar and very natural on the ball. They could drive the ball effortlessly through several players on the pitch instinctively. But sometimes when held up in tight areas you could see the training kick in and a rehearsed move from the training pitch would save the day. Not with Ronaldo. Another one is Ronaldinho who's one of if not the best footballer of all time(in my opinion possibly the most entertaining) and although he was natural on the ball, his movement was akin to dancing. Ronaldo Da Lima's on the other hand had ginga(movement) at its purest. It was as if you were watching God's instructions on how a football player should move.
He's definitely not the best soccer player to grace the game, that's an endless debate where others who've worked towards that goal deserve that title(Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pele, Gerd Muller). But as others have said (Mourinho, Zidane, Seedorf, Zlatan, Sir Bobby, Balotelli,...) or alluded to , he's the most talented. And that to me is unequivocal.
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