official ambassador of the UN

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FACTS ABOUT RONALDO

Ronaldo’s career was less than five years old when he was dubbed Fenômeno {the Phenomenon). The nickname came courtesy of an Italian newspaper, after he scored a hat-trick for Inter Milan against Piacenza in the Italian Cup in October 1997.

official ambassador of the UN

Ronaldo has harnessed his profile as a sporting superstar to campaign actively for world peace, and currently serves as an ambassador for the United Nations. In this role, he has been to a number of countries afflicted by war. In 2000 he travelled to Kosovo, where his presence was welcomed as a positive force for promoting an end to hostilities. In 2005, he visited Israel and Palestine as a peace emissary, helping to encourage unity between two peoples who have been driven apart by decades of conflict.