Farewell to the greatest striker of all time, RONALDO!!

Today is indeed a sad day in the world of football. One of the all time greats called it quits today. Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima more commonly known as Ronaldo, El Fenomeno or Fat Pork has had one of the finest careers in the footballing world. He has time and time again dazzled us with his displays. Named Goal.com’s player of the decade he will be greatly missed by his fans and football purist alike. Hats off to you, the REAL RONALDO!

Here is a comprehensive list of all his individual achievements to date:
• Supercopa Libertadores Top Scorer: 1993–94
• Campeonato Mineiro Top Scorer: 1993–94
• Campeonato Mineiro Team of The Year: 1994
• Eredivisie Top Scorer: 1994–95
• La Liga Top Scorer: 1996–97,2003–2004
• European Golden Boot: 1996–97
• Don Balón Award La Liga Foreign Player of the Year: 1996–97
• Copa América Final Most Valuable Player: 1997
• Copa América Most Valuable Player: 1997
• Confederations Cup All-Star Team: 1997
• Cup Winners Cup Final Most Valuable Player: 1997
• Cup Winners Cup Top Goal Scorer: 1996–1997
• IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year: 1997
• UEFA Most Valuable Player: 1997–98
• Serie A Footballer of the Year: 1997–98
• Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year: 1997–98
• UEFA Best Forward: 1997–98
• Bravo Award : 1995, 1997, 1998
• FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 1998
• UEFA Cup Final Most Valuable Player: 1998
• Copa América Top Scorer: 1999
• Copa América All-Star Team: 1997, 1999
• FIFA World Player of the Year: 1996, 1997, 2002
• Ballon D'or: 1997, 2002
• World Soccer Magazine World Player of The Year: 1996,1997.2002
• Onze d'Or: 1997, 2002
• FIFA World Cup Silver Ball: 2002
• FIFA 100
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1998, 2002
• FIFA World Cup Final Most Valuable Player: 2002
• FIFA World Cup Top Scorer: 2002
• Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player: 2002
• UEFA Team of The Year: 2002
• Laureus Comeback of the Year: 2002
• Strogaldo De Legendary Award 2002
• BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality: 2002
• La Liga South American Player of the Year: 1996–97, 2002–03
• Golden Foot award: 2006
• Brazilian National Hall of Fame: Class of 2006
• Serie A Player of the Decade: 1997–2007
• France Football Magazine: Starting eleven of all-time (2007)
• FIFA World Cup: All-Time Leading Scorer
• Campeonato Paulista: Best Player, 2009
• Goal.com : Player of a decade: Winner 2000–2010