Ronald Santanna Rodrigues (born 5 February 1997), simply known as Ronald, is a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a winger for

Botafogo Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood (''bairro'') in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of M ...

Club career

Born in

Bom Jesus do Itabapoana Bom Jesus do Itabapoana () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro. It had a population of 37,203 as of 2020, and has an area of 598,8 km2. It was founded ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, Ronald was an

Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonat ...

youth graduate. He made his first team debut on 27 January 2018, coming on as a late substitute for Marcinho in a 3–0

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

home win over Avenida. On 31 August 2018, Ronald moved abroad and joined Portuguese side Boavista. However, he only featured for the B-side before returning to his home country on 20 May 2019, after signing for

Botafogo-SP Botafogo Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Botafogo-SP, Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto or simply Botafogo, is a Brazilian association football club in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo. They currently play in the Série B, the second tier of Braz ...

. A regular starter for the ''Pantera'', Ronald moved to

on 20 February 2021. Regularly used, he suffered an

ankle The ankle, or the talocrural region, or the jumping bone (informal) is the area where the foot and the leg meet. The ankle includes three joints: the ankle joint proper or talocrural joint, the subtalar joint, and the inferior tibiofibular join ...

injury in July, being sidelined for the remainder of the campaign, which ended in promotion.

Career statistics

Honours

Botafogo *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B is commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B (Série B), and until 2022 was officially called Brasileirão Sportingbet by sponsorship reasons. It is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system ...

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References

External links

Botafogo profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ronald 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (state) Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Sport Club Internacional players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Boavista F.C. players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Portugal