PLAYER FILE #P000091996 Best XI · Seat 7 · RWPosition: RWRetired · File sealed

1996 World Best XI · career ledger

Ronaldo Nazário

Name: Ronaldo Nazário · Player File #P00009 — Full Career, Year by Year
Creator: BallFact
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

At twenty, the youngest ever FIFA World Player of the Year; at 21, 34 league goals at Barcelona and the 1997 Cup Winners' Cup final sprint that rewrote what a striker could be. Two World Cups, one knee, one comeback.

Ledger span: 1993 — 2011 · 19 seasons Scale 1–99 · attributes L3 (arc-derived) · hard data L1/L2 Signed: Bong Weng · The Registrar

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The file at a glance

1996

Youngest FIFA World Player

League goals 1996/97

2×

World Cup winner (1994/2002)

Peak seasons ★

The ledger

Year-by-Year Attribute Matrix · 19 seasons

★ = peak season · ⇄ = transfer season · ▽ = valley. The matrix is rendered season by season from the local database: hard data (appearances/goals/honours) is audited public record; attribute values are arc-derived (L3), anchored to verified seasons. Method in the 1996 attribute master table.

Career attribute snapshots · Scale 1–99FILE #P00009⬇ Download this dossier as CSV

Season	Age	Pos	MOBILITY				TECHNIQUE												PHYSICAL				DEFENDING							MENTAL							WILL				GOALKEEPER					OVR
			ACC	SPT	AGI	OFF	FIN	LSH	PAS	THR	CRO	SET	SHD	FTO	DRI	HEA	LFT	RFT	STA	STR	DUR	AIR	D1V	MAR	POS	AGR	ZON	INT	PRS	VIS	CMP	CON	LEA	STB	WOR	SHW	HGRL	WTW	DFZ	BIG	SAV	AER	CMD	DIS	ONE	OVR
1993	18		93	92	94	91	94	80	76	74	60	68	85	92	95	58	63	75	76	78	80	64	25	25	38	66	40	26	55	77	83	61	49	70	61	95	94	74	46	83	25	25	25	30	25	89
1994	19		94	93	95	91	94	80	76	74	60	68	86	92	95	58	63	75	77	79	81	65	25	25	38	67	40	26	55	77	83	61	49	70	61	95	94	74	46	83	25	25	25	30	25	89
1994/95	19		96	95	96	92	95	81	77	75	61	69	87	93	96	59	64	76	79	81	83	67	25	25	39	69	41	27	56	78	84	62	50	71	62	96	95	75	46	84	25	25	25	30	25	90
1995/96		ST	97	96	97	93	96	82	78	76	62	70	88	94	97	60	65	77	80	82	84	68	25	20	40	70	54	28	56	82	84	62	50	71	62	96	92	75	47	82	25	25	25	30	25	91
1996/97	21		96	95	96	92	95	81	77	75	61	69	87	93	96	59	64	76	79	81	83	67	25	25	39	69	41	27	56	78	84	62	50	71	62	96	95	75	46	84	25	25	25	30	25	90
1997/98	22		94	93	95	91	94	80	76	74	60	68	86	92	95	58	63	75	77	79	81	65	25	25	38	67	40	26	55	77	83	61	49	70	61	95	94	74	46	83	25	25	25	30	25	89
1998/99	23		93	92	94	91	94	80	76	74	60	68	85	92	95	58	63	75	76	78	80	64	25	25	38	66	40	26	55	77	83	61	49	70	61	95	94	74	46	83	25	25	25	30	25	89
1999/00	24		91	90	93	90	93	79	75	73	59	67	84	91	94	57	62	74	74	76	78	62	25	25	37	65	40	25	54	76	82	60	48	69	60	94	93	73	45	82	25	25	25	30	25	87
2000/01	25		90	89	92	89	92	78	74	72	58	66	83	90	93	56	61	73	73	75	77	61	25	25	36	64	39	25	54	76	82	60	48	69	60	94	93	73	45	82	25	25	25	30	25	87
2001/02	26		89	88	91	88	91	77	73	71	57	65	82	89	92	55	60	72	72	74	76	60	25	25	35	63	39	25	54	76	82	60	48	69	60	94	92	73	45	82	25	25	25	30	25	86
2002/03	27		87	86	89	87	90	76	72	70	56	64	80	88	91	54	59	71	70	72	74	58	25	25	34	61	39	25	53	75	81	59	47	68	59	93	91	72	45	81	25	25	25	30	25	84
2003/04	28		86	85	89	87	90	76	72	70	56	64	80	88	91	54	59	71	69	71	73	57	25	25	34	60	39	25	53	75	81	59	47	68	59	93	91	72	45	81	25	25	25	30	25	84
2004/05	29		84	83	87	86	89	75	71	69	55	63	78	87	90	53	58	70	67	69	71	55	25	25	33	59	38	25	52	74	80	58	46	67	58	92	90	71	44	80	25	25	25	30	25	83
2005/06	30		83	82	86	85	88	74	70	68	54	62	77	86	89	52	57	69	66	68	70	54	25	25	32	58	38	25	52	74	80	58	46	67	58	92	89	71	44	80	25	25	25	30	25	82
2006/07	31		82	81	85	84	87	73	69	67	53	61	76	85	88	51	56	68	65	67	69	53	25	25	31	57	37	25	52	73	80	58	46	67	58	92	88	71	44	80	25	25	25	30	25	81
2007/08	32		80	79	84	83	86	72	68	66	52	60	75	84	87	50	55	67	63	65	67	51	25	25	30	55	37	25	51	72	79	57	45	66	57	91	87	70	44	79	25	25	25	30	25	80
2009	34		79	78	83	83	86	72	68	66	52	60	74	84	87	50	55	67	62	64	66	50	25	25	30	54	37	25	51	72	79	57	45	66	57	91	87	70	44	79	25	25	25	30	25	80
2010	35		77	76	82	82	85	71	67	65	51	59	73	83	86	49	54	66	60	62	64	48	25	25	29	53	37	25	50	71	78	56	44	65	56	90	86	69	43	78	25	25	25	30	25	78
2011	36		76	75	81	81	84	70	66	64	50	58	72	82	85	48	53	65	59	61	63	47	25	25	28	52	36	25	50	71	78	56	44	65	56	90	86	69	43	78	25	25	25	30	25	77

How to read

Reading the ledger

Follow two lines: the OVR column — every summit and valley of the curve lives there — and DUR (durability), the only column written by injuries rather than effort. Peaks are starred, valleys marked: the curve keeps every line. That is what a ledger is.

Method

Data Standard & Confidence

L1 · HighMulti-source agreed: career years, club path, major international honours (World Cup / continental / Ballon d'Or).
L2 · MediumSingle authoritative source: the fact card above (appearances, honours timeline) — editorial selection, not cross-checked line by line.
L3 · EditorialThe attribute matrix on this page: arc-derived (linear interpolation anchored to verified seasons + slope extrapolation); algorithm in scripts/db-careers.mjs.

Sources

S1 · Local database db/ballfact.sqlite · players/player_seasons/player_attributes (full-career hard data)

S2 · BallFact 1996 attribute master table (ballfact.com/players/1996/) · 1995/96 anchor season

S3 · Transfermarkt / RSSSF · appearance and transfer records (L2 cross-check)

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