Ronaldo Augusto Antonio Oliveira (born 2 November 1997) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

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Youth Career

Ronaldo started his career in the youth academy of Salgaocar and participated in the 2015-16 U-18 I-League and reached the Semi-Finals. He scored 9 goals for Salgaocar U18 in the tournament.

Career

Salgaocar

In 2017-18, he was promoted to the Salgaocar senior side and participated in the

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. In the 2018–19 Goa Professional League, Ronaldo scored 23 goals as he became the top scorer and helped Salgaocar finish 4th in the 2018-19 Goa Professional League. Ronaldo scored a few hatricks in the tournament which included 4 goals in one game against FC Bardez on 21 February 2019. In August 2018, he caught the eye of scouts as he scored against

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side

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in the Awes Cup and helped Salgaocar win by 2-0. In 2019, Ronaldo represented

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in the

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and reached the Semi-Finals where they lost by 2-1 to

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. Ronaldo scored the only goal for Goa in the Semi-Final.

East Bengal

In 2019, Ronaldo signed for

side and Kolkata giants:

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on a 3 years contract, after a successful week of trials under the observation of coach Alejandro Menendez.

George Telegraph SC

He made his debut against

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on 9 August in the 2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division which East Bengal lost 0-1. He also started in the

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in the 2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division. He came on as a substitute against

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in the second half and provided a brilliant assist with the outside of his foot for

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to score and ensure the win for

. He is a part of the squad to play the 2019-20 I-League. He was released in January 2020.

FC Bengaluru United

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have signed Ronaldo Oliveira on a free transfer

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Salgaocar *

Golden Boot: 2018-19 Kerala Blasters ‘B’ *

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: 2019-20

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliveira, Ronaldo 1997 births Living people Indian footballers I-League players East Bengal Club players Association football forwards Footballers from Goa Kerala Blasters FC Reserves and Academy players Salgaocar FC players FC Bengaluru United players I-League 2nd Division players Goa Professional League players