The Stunning Strategy Real Madrid Used to Stop Ronaldo From Excessive Partying Drops

The Stunning Strategy Real Madrid Used to Stop Ronaldo From Excessive Partying Drops

Isaac Darko
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:07 PM
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  • Former Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo Nazario has revealed the hilarious way Real Madrid used to stop him from partying
  • Ronaldo, who won the Ballon d'Or award on two occasions, is widely regarded as the best centre-forward to have graced football
  • Nicknamed 'Il Fenomeno', the Brazil and Real Madrid legend now owns 51 per cent of the club of Spanish top-tier club Real Valladolid

Legendary Brazilian forward Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima has revealed how he was assigned special security by Real Madrid as they attempted to curb his partying ways.

The three-time World Player of the Year was on the books of the Los Blancos for five years, scoring 104 goals in 177 games in all competitions.

However, the World Cup winner back in his Real Madrid heyday also became infamous for his partying habits.

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Ronaldo Nazario has told the hilarious story of Real Madrid hiring security to stop him from partying. Credit: @ghanaballers
Source: Twitter

The Sun reports that Ronaldo Nazario once had buses full of ladies turn up to his parties during his amazing career in the Spanish capital.

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His off-the-pitch habit forced Florentino Perez to recruit special security to help curb his partying ways.

Speaking on the Spanish TV show Universo Valdano, quoted by Tribuna, Ronaldo said:

"Florentino would put those of his own security at the door and you would haggle them all the same. "Some of the security employees were partying with me.
"It was a wonderful time at Real Madrid and the city of Madrid is the best combination of club and city that you can find.
"There is a legend about it all, more than what it really was. Sometimes I maybe partied too much, but it wasn't really like that.
"I've always been very responsible and I've always tried not to hurt my body. Yes, after winning matches I did like to celebrate... and since we always won that was a problem. But there is much more to the legend than the reality."

Despite his partying lifestyle and nagging injuries which took a great deal of football from him, the mercurial goal poacher made goalscoring look easy with his predatory instincts combined with his supersonic speed and amazing skillset which left defenders dazed with his immense quality.

Footage of Ronaldo Destroying an Opponent With His Trademark Stepovers Before Scoring an Amazing Goal Emerges

Meanwhile, Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima has reenacted the old adage of 'class is permanent' with a jaw-dropping display of his unquenchable skillset.

The three-time World Player of the Year may have hung his boots for over a decade but still has his enviable skillset in his locker.

In a video posted on Twitter, sighted by Sports Brief, the Brazilian great in a five-a-side kickabout deployed his trademark stepovers to beat his marker however, he needed a second attempt to score a golazo after leaving his marker for dead with his peerless attacking dexterity.

How Romario took Ronaldo's Spot in Brazil Starting XI

Meanwhile, three times world footballer of the year, Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, says his former teammate at Brazil, Romario, will take him out at late nights and return in the morning so he takes his place in the starting line up.

Ronaldo and Romario were teammates in the early nineties and was a member of the Brazil team that won the 1994 World Cup as an 18-year-old, although not a starter.

A few years later, a 21-year-old Ronaldo was the main man for the Brazilian national team and started ahead of the aging Romario.

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Isaac Darko is a La Liga, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga editor at Sports Brief with a Degree in Journalism and Communications from Ghana Institute of Journalism (2010)
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