The joy of football, personified. And the cheeky, charming dancer to boot. He's a pleasure to watch.

The single most skilled footballer of all time. Children when starting soccer should be shown videos of Ronaldinho and told "This is what is possible and you can have fun while doing it."

We were blessed in the 90s & 00s with legends across the world He was beautiful to witness English commentators illustrate like no other

Ronaldinho was an absolute magician! He played the game like a kid in the park, just utterly loving putting on a show for everyone. He didn't care too much for training and living a healthy lifestyle though lol, which is why he's peak was only a few years. But I think that was he's brilliance, that he didn't take the game too seriously. He is a once in a generation player! LEGEND

What made Ronaldinho a unique footballer among his peers is his uninhibited playing style which is similar to that of a kid in the playground, he plays the game because he likes it and wants to enjoy it. His peak only lasted a few years. The same carefree whimsical attitude which made him unique on the pitch caused his downfall.

Probably the most entertaining player in football history. The joy he played with spread to everyone watching 🙂

Magician with a ball.

This is the country of football respect 🇧🇷

I wasn't born yet when Maradona was at his prime to witness his greatness in real time, but thanks to the internet I've seen quite a handful of videos of him playing. And then there are Messi and C. Ronaldo who's primes I've been lucky to live through and witness. I've also seen Ronaldo, the real one. I can tell with absolute certainty, that when it comes to pure joy of seeing one footballer play and the excitement I felt every time he touched the ball, because I knew something magical is about to happen, no one comes even close to Ronaldinho. For me he is the greatest to ever do it, even if he played for somewhat short period of time at his prime, compared to the other greats. It doesn't matter, on the contrary, it kind of makes sense, because you can only display so much of that kind of magic, before it burns out and fades away as a beautiful dream.

I was lucky enough to be in Japan in 2002, watching Ronaldinho take apart England was as incredible as it was heartbreaking. One of the true greats.

Not the world's biggest football fan, but it is very refreshing to see a top player actually staying on their feet after, before, or during a tackle instead of turning it into a elegant swan-dive of pseudo anguished outrage and pain!

Ronaldinho is the embodiment of love to football and to life.

By far my favourite footballer ever. His aura on the pitch alone was and still is pure magic to me. Awesome guy and easily the best entertainer to me + he did everything with so much joy too, what made me always happy. And that says a Real Madrid fan. (He played for the rivals 5 years long)

Ronaldinho is apresented THE BEST SOCCER, THE most beautiful skills in this game

1:46 - That move is called "The Elastico" and it became popularized by Brazilian players. (Most famously the person above.) I also hear it called "flip-flap." Funnily enough, Ronaldinho assisted Messi on his very first goal in Barcelona, and he celebrated by hoisting Messi on his shoulders. 4:06 - "Nutmeg" when you pass the ball between someone's legs. His favorite highlight of mine wasn't on there, but the goalie was going to drop punt the ball and Ronaldinho slyly taps it out of the air before it reaches his foot and scored a goal. It didn't count because you cant interfere with the goalie while in the process of releasing and kicking, but just the amount of skill and creativity that takes to actually complete the play was jaw-droppingly beautiful. He had hands for feet lol Juga Bonito forever

The most naturally gifted by far, but I love the respect between him and Messi

Ronaldinho incredible player, had fun playing,

Ronaldinho's speed and skills were just unstoppable! And the move to put the ball between the legs is called a nutmeg

Ronaldinho made me want to enjoy life just bc he played with such joy 😂😂😂 crazy but as a kid it hits different seeing him perform and do what he does.

The supporters of Barcelona have been so lucky over the years with some of the entertainingly creative players they have had playing for them.

going between your opponents legs is a nutmeg i believe

Amei a sua reação, muito espontânea e cativante. Beijos do Brasil 🇧🇷

Simplesmente, o bruxo!!! 🧙🏿‍♂️ 🇧🇷

The best of the best

He is in my opinion the most entertaining footballer ever. My favorite players are great passers which is what I love about Messi as well. I love your videos. Keep it up. 👍

RONALDINHO, CAMPEÃO DA LIBERTADORES DA AMÉRICA PELO NOSSO GRANDIOSO CLUBE ATLÉTICO MINEIRO 🔺

ronaldinho - football's greatest entertainment is the best Ronaldinho video ever

One of the greatest to ever do it

O melhor de todos, insubstituível.

Ronaldinho is called that because when he started out there already was an older, more famous Brazilian player called Ronaldo.

Not only that you are missing context - a compilation like this hides how rare these moments really are. Only through 90 minutes of a battle of 2 teams struggling to score you can be amazed by those bright moments of joy.

Ele foi e ainda é o melhor jogador do mundo ❤🇧🇷

To your point about technicality and creativity: You can always tell the great athletes across any sport - combat, team, individual - they’ve practiced their craft enough that they can “play around” or “be playful” in competition versus their peers. Like improvisational jazz.

The best ever for me.

Watch Ronaldo R9! I believe Ronaldinho is called that because Ronaldo is older/came first. Hope your Italiano is going well!

3:34 golazo Brazil vs England world cup 2002

I miss the early 2000's

You should get a compilation of Peter Drury. He is also the king of putting words together and making the moments even more special. I still go back and listen to his commentary when Cristiano Ronaldo was about to enter the man united stadium for the first time since he left the club. His commentary on that moment raised the hair on my arm. I highly recommend you give him a try. That goal he scored at minute 7:31 is insane. That is what I call creative as hell, you will never see a player who is a winger chip a ball at that angel. It is not normal and no one does that at all. It isnt the natural. That goal is forever in my mind. He was probably in his late 30's when he scored that goal can you imagine doing that ever in a professional game or even during club practice.

What meny forget is pelé did the same tricks in the 50s and whith 3 world cups he is the greatest

O bruxo10 é único. pura magia em campo por onde passou

Loved him also for his "positiveness". A joy to watch him.

I'm not even really a football fan but I can tell that this guy has a wee bit of talent Same as in some of the NHL or NBA videos

Zinedine Zidane is the greatest Soccer dribbler I’ve ever seen.

You can check “How exactly good was Ronaldinho” show a lot of his story on that video.

Hey NoProtocol ! Do you remember the number 11 winger who impressed you in your last rugby reaction ? I am writing this to request to you a tribute video about him - and it is the best one I found so far. And I have seen dozens of them. It's called "Jonah Lomu - The Fearless Warrior" by Sailor B. I have seen there many clips of his which I never saw before. And it has very fitting music. Definetely reccomend reacting to it. Please respond if you notice this.

He literally got me back into soccer growing up. I quit playing competitively around 8th grade and then I started watching the games again (Mainly the EPL, Chelsea was/is my team) but Ronaldinho is still my favorite player of all time. This clip is a little too chaotic and zoomed in at times to show his skill, but it's still great. His love for the game and his love for life definitely cut his career short, he wasn't as dedicated to just purely the game as the Messi's and Rondaldo's of the world. But he was the best in the world for a few years.

lol I’m the same. Loyalty to ronaldinho only, aside from Barcelona. Also the best compilation of himself it’s called “Ronaldinho greatest entertainment”

dino! the one that mentored and believed in what is now Messi and many other great players. when i was younger i would watch his videos pause- play- pause- play back and forth to learn his moves lol i learned 2 and loved showing it off in games with friends lol

Este movimento é chamado "elástico" aqui no Brasil. Ronaldinho maravilhoso ❤🇧🇷

Aí Brasil Ronaldinho craque do Brasil

We called it SALAD when we put the ball through the opponents legs. Stay blessed from Toronto 🇨🇦

Best there was, the best there is and the best there ever will be. The Bret the Hitman Hart of football 😅

His Nike "Joga Bonita" commercials were transcendent!

I believe Maradona was the best, I've watched Cruijff with my own eyes, but I believe Ronaldinho was the most naturally gifted player ever. Purely for what he could do with a ball and his body, I had never seen anything like it nor after. He just didn't care about being the best enough to be the greatest of all time. I would suggest a good Dennis Bergkamp compilation. Not because he was the best ever but he had the best touches ever and made the most unique goals that have no similar goal scored by anyone in history.

The best Player in my life. I am a Brazil Gay and we say " Ginga" Nice Video. So lock at Roberto Carlos a brazil Player to. When you have time lock at Isle of man. This is a best Motor Race in Europa/ England. Have a nice day❤

Notice how he stayed on his feet and did not go to ground at the slightest contact.

actual GOAT

99-07 era was arguably the best time period for football in its history. It's also after this era that I stopped following actively, as the game started becoming generally boring for me. So many of the legends of football were in their prime during this era, including Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo Nazário, Thierry Henry, Paolo Maldini, David Beckham, Roberto Carlos, Francesco Totti, Samuel Eto'o, Raúl González, Luis Figo, Andriy Shevchenko, Carles Puyol, Kaka, Rivaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Steven Gerrard, John Terry, Frank Lampard, Xavi Hernandez, Iker Casillas, Didier Drogba, Javier Zanetti, Hagi, Alessandro Nesta, Ryan Giggs, Roy Keane, Rui Costa, and dozens of others. You also had the next generation superstars start their careers in this era, Christiano Ronaldo, Messi, Wayne Rooney, Sergio Ramos, Iniesta, Fabregas, Fernando Torres, David Silva, Arjen Robben, Robin Van Persie, Gareth Bale, Dani Alves, and so many others. I'm sure today's players are talented enough, but for me they can't compete with that era and it just doesn't feel the same.

1 Ronaldinho. There's only one Ronaldinho, one Ronaldiiiiinho...

When i am sad and tired i just check out some of your videos and your smile just puts me on a good mood. Also, you're one of the very few sports reaction girls who genuinely understands what she's saying. Some remarks that you make proves that you are not a poser and actually gave the feel for sports.

Senhoras e senhores, este é o professor do Messi, a inspiração do CR-7, o último grande jogador de futebol que o mundo viu atuar. Com vocês, RONALDINHO GAÚCHO.

The most fun to watch footballer.

2:30 that was his first goal for barcelona btw. And what a goal.

Check out Oliver Kahn. He is one of the most impressive Goalkeepers of all time.

Hes the one who took Messi under his wing and and gave him all of his wisdom. Messi absorbed everything and kept rising. Edit: Btw he's the one who gave the assist to Messi's first pro goal. Iike passing on the baton from the old-GOAT to the new-GOAT.

That portuguese accent made me chuckle 9:32 good job! 😂

He is called Ronaldinho because he was the smallest in his youth teams and also wanted wanted to differentiate himself from his countryman Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima who in 96 Olympics was also called Ronaldinho because of Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus his olkder teammate ;)

An absolute legend

In all modesty Iv score every goal that this guy has The problem is I woke up and realised it was only a dream. What a guy ❤❤❤❤

Try both Ronaldo’s , George Best , Pele , Rivaldo , Zinadan , the list goes on

The Brazilian national team originated a form of football that we call Samba football because when Brazilian players play their best football its like they're dancing and have full control over the ball at the same time. Ronaldinho is the embodiment of that style of football

O Bruxo jogava muito ❤

Not as clinic as Messi or Ronaldo but atleast for me he is the one ive allways been the most excited to watch even tho he never played for a team i really cared for. You just knew that you was about to watch some kind of magic when Ronaldinho was playing. I believe alot of people felt this way about Ronaldinho and thats why he was loved more or less all over the world.

Top 10 to ever play the game imo

Used to be Pele, and Best, but when Maradona arrived I thought he was the best ever - Ronahaldinho, Messi, Ronaldo, ibrahimovic were all incredible, but Diego M had an affinity with the ball, and a creative vision which is beyond belief. Watch Gary Linekar, who should be bitter about him, praise him. Easy to find. Your intelligent eclectic reactions are always a pleasure to watch. Thanks NP. I🇮🇪

Ahh... I've been waiting for this.

I will say he has some fancy footwork. Passing to oneself is not something I've seen before, though I haven't watched a lot of football (soccer). As for the Spanish announcers, even radio stations are like that. I spent time in Mexico as a student, and the commercials were almost all with the same hyped-up voices. They could make baby formula sound exciting. As for music, "Amazon Farewell" by Djavan comes to mind, as does "Promise of a fisherman" by Sergio Mendes and Brasil '77.

No Protocol Awesome Video Today!!🔥🐐🐐💎

That move at the start doesn't have a name but the Brazilian Ronaldo is one of the first ones who did the move on a big stage in the mid 90s. The move when you play the ball through someone's legs is called the nutmeg

This guy has the misdirection skills of a world class magician.

Putting the ball in-between the legs is called a nutmeg. The other zig-zag movement we called it snakebite when I was a kid.

Ladies and gentlemen, good night. This is Messi's teacher, the inspiration of CR-7, the last great football player the world saw play. For all of you, RONALDINHO GAÚCHO.

Wild love the video protocol stay motivated dream big 1 mill on the way

AND you have to remember he was playing against some of the best defenders in the world, many of them internationalists......

Two sentence summary. Gaúcho is the most naturally skilled player ever. Not the best because he chose fun over doing that.

Este homem é o professor de messi, a inspiração de cristiano ronaldo, o último grande jogador que o viu atuar num campo de futebol. Depois dele, muitos tentaram, mas NENHUM alcançou a magia que este homem tinha nos pés.

Showman

Peter Drury is a poet of a commentator

Ohhh, yeah. He did dance very well. Too well in fact, as his downfall was partying to no end. Had he taken his career seriously he might have had a career to challenge that of Messi. He was THAT good in the 2004-2007 period. But he simply cared more about having fun than anything else including his career.

Before Messi and Ronaldo, there was Ronaldinho Gaucho, Messi, and Ronaldo call him master.

He was one of the best player

In his prime better then Messi. Ronaldinho was special. If he was serious like Messi he would be the GOAT.

Hi from suriname🇸🇷

You need to watch the film of Zinedine Zidane. 90 minutes of him bossing midfield for Madrid when the Galacticos were at their height. Beckham, Carlos and co!

when a player makes the ball go through his opponents legs is called " Nutmeg "

Messi is the greatest to play for Barça no question... But Ronaldinho is (my opinion) the most gifted player I've seen 💙❤️

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaal!!! ;)

You should check out videos of a lesser-known football legend from Southampton named Matt Le Tissier, also known as "Le God." He dedicated his entire professional career to one club. His goals and technique are absolutely spectacular, especially considering his height and build. I think you'll find it fascinating.

Hands down the most talented player to maybe ever do it: RONALDO "Fenomeno" NAZARIO, deemed by the most trainers and players to be "the perfect player". Every generation has one or two special players and according to your age, you would be impressed by the ones you see play live. No Maradonna, no Messi, not even Ronaldinho can compare to what Ronaldo was doing on the field.

i would recommend How Robben Went From Reject To Legend, from Daily Dose of Football, they have great videos with lots of context and documentary-style videos.