Ronaldo Angelim
Ronaldo Simões Angelim (born November 26, 1975 in São Paulo), or simply Ronaldo Angelim, is a former Brazilian football central defender. He is known as the "Steel Skinny" by the soccer media in Brazil. Angelim's history would be the same of thousand of boys that, alongside their families, went to São Paulo coming from the northeast looking for a better life quality. However, his story starts differing from the other kids when his family decides to move back to São Paulo. He was born and raised in Ceará. By that time, he tried to balance playing soccer at Icasa with working to support his humble family. Among other activities he dug wells and worked as a farmer. In the Juazeiro do Norte soccer club, he spell was from 1996 until 1999, when that club went through one of the most delicate moments of its history, including having to change his name to escape debts that could lead the team to declare bankruptcy. In 1999 Angelim came to Ceará to play at a traditional club from ...
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