Exactly! Maybe 0.0000005% of football players end up playing professionally? 😂 Then you take the very, very few best of pro players like Zidane... and they adore Ronaldo. Wow. 🤩
The speed of Mbappe, the dribbling & tricks of Messi and the striking ability & finishing of Cristiano. R9 Ronaldo was the best player to ever play the game before his first major injury imo. The fact he still achieved what he did in the game in an era where he shouldn't have been back on the pitch after his first (nevermind his second) injury is still unbelievable. Truly the phenomenon!
R9 will always be the greatest player of all time for me. No one can touch prime R9. sadly some people will sleep on him cause he had a shorter career compared to messi or cristiano. They are both great players but put them against R9 in his prime they dont compare
@@christopherhowes609 prime R9 was better than messi in terms of finishing, pace and dribbling. Players like CR7, Messi, Mbappe are good but they'd struggle during R9's era where there were the best defenders of all time. They'd struggle against the likes of Maldini, Cafu, Zinetti, Thuram, Carlos and Koeman. If you put prime R9 against any defenders today it'd be a cakewalk for him
@@christopherhowes609 Prime Messi not even close lol.. when prime Messi meet prime Maldini and prime Nesta, they will destroy him, and remember CR7 and LM10 live in the new age of football which defender will get Red Card if they tackle from behind, and that rules come from injury that R9 got in this career.. So u better learn about history first..
@@pmodeStats are stats but the absolute thrill of watching a player destroy world class players is nothing short of otherworldly. Different species completely.
You can speak career, numbers/stats etc, but the whole package prime R9 had made him the most gifted, unpredictable and destructive player the wolrd has ever seen... And I think, personnaly, ever will.
He played with the best players and against the best players. Attackers idolised him and defenders were frightened of him. Everyone as kids used to try and copy his skills and wear his R9 boots. My favourite player of all time. R9 the king 👑🔥
My dad played football on a high level and was a footy savant. Still remember his reaction when he saw Ronaldo Fenomeno. He said wow, this guy is from another planet.
I watched this game live on TV, and to this day, that standing ovation from both fans, is firmly etched into the depth of my memories. And he did that, after all those injuries and weight problems. If he'd continued to ONLY play 5 -7 years consistently, without injuries and weight issues. That ALONE would have been enought to end the GOAT debate. He was THAT good!!
Kids nowadays don’t understand how legendary R9 was I seen him play back in cruzeiro when he was 16-17 year old rippin the competition apart like he was made for this sport. Sure Messi and Cristiano are amazing but this era of soccer is nothing compared to that era we had back then it was Ronaldo Zidane figo David B Henry Wayne Rooney etc so many legendary players during his era it’s ridiculous. Football is different now it’s alot more tactical you barely see one player rip through the defense and score . R9 was doing that every game shit was insane
Ronaldo fenómeno is the God of Football!! Never saw such a striker , EVERYBODY was afraid!!!!Much Respect for Cr7 , Messi , Pelé and Maradona but this guy was scary as fuck 🔥🔥
No one will ever be able to replace R9 , he changed football , you can see ronaldinho imitating him in his moves and tricks , also Robinh , Christiano when he was young ….etc he was one in alife time
I was 5 when I first saw him playing the 1998 World Cup. I remember watching the Brazil matches with Dad, and here was this guy doing things with his legs, that left my jaw hanging. He was one of my first sporting heroes alongside Sachin Tendulkar. The final loss was the first time I cried watching a sporting event. Then came the redemption in 2002. Been a Brazil fan ever since. today's Brazil team is a mere shadow of the team that made me fell in love with football - the Joga Bonito. But it was that good, that I am still ever praying for a Brazil win, wearing my canary yellow jersey. love for Ronaldo made me hate French football, although looking back that was sad, that I appreciated Zizou far less than I ought have. Mbappe has sort of brought respect for France. But Brazil is still my favourite, after all it is the team that made me fall in love with football.
----los que lo vimos jugar.no olvidamos esa potencia ,tecnica y goles increibles ke nos regalo.....3 finales del mundo....un talento dificil de imaginar... el fenomeno....ke gran alias para una estrella......
There will never be another R9 Ronaldo. Never. Un-comparable. You can throw your Messi's, tour CR7's, your Neymar's and your Mbappe's in the comments, but not one of them will ever be as good as Ronaldo. Name your favourite players and Ronaldo had their talent.
@@joetyler7638nly thing Cristiano is better at is headers , jump and maybe long shots. Everything else, dribbling, passing, finishing and having the ability to score by himself and not depending on his teammates, speed, acceleration, strength, imagination and general talent R9 was better. If you didn't live to see it then you can't possibly understand what you missed. Cristiano is amazing don't get me wrong but R9 was an alien at his Barcelona and Inter days. What he did to defenders of his time like Maldini Nesta Canavaro Stam which are considered to be the best, was just pure torchure
He started his career at 16/17 at Cruzeiro, back then the Brazilian league was really strong, all teams have at least two players that could be at the Brazilian selection. He average fucking one goal per match since the game one. He then go to Europe and keep the same pace, only slowed by his injuries. He was a nature force, have no weakness at his game. People say that him don't make headers, but that was only because he didn't need it.
Excellent video my man Great guality.. could you add on more legends and important players saying ronaldo is their idols and goat please.. the are clips out there on Messi.Benzema.Aguero.Buffon.Maldini.Nesta.Higuain.Alexis Sanchez.Cannavaro.Zamorano.etc all of them Puting Ronaldo Fenomeno as Number One
He’s in my top 10 all time for sure. Alongside Romario and Zico. < these players are not being talked about by more modern European footballers because they didn’t play with them.
If we put Pele, Maradonna, R9, Messi, CR7 at their prime on the field... we have the answer who will be football player spotlights - R9. Messi & CR7 need teammates to assist. The player next to R9 is Maradonna & Pele.
If u were alive at the time or did ur homework u realize that u we’re seeing sumpn DIFFY!!! Hearing rumors about this 16yr old u really culdnt believe it n then u saw him n was like WHOA…R9 Fenomeno is the greatest striker n talent STILL I’ve ever seen in the pitch 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
I wonder what el Fenomeno's career would've been like if he played in a time when injuries were treated better than in his time. After seeing some highlight videos, I truly believe that he is Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo combined.
And there's a reason why zlatan had a say on this one.... what Cristiano did was justice to the name "Ronaldo" otherwise being a striker or a forward should be renamed "Ronaldo"
I don't really like Ferdinand's attitude. He pretends to be humble while clearly being very arrogant and thinking he's one of the greatest ever. If Maldini said he needed help against R9 you can say the same bro, no need to blame the keeper and throw a teammate under the bus.
@neolepic I partially desagree with you, even though the GALÁCTICOS team was horrible from the back they still managed to win the Champions League, remember Zizou golazo against Ballack's Leverkusen, then he was supposedly added to reinforce the team and achieved even more, his ##. At Madrid were no joke, either but we'll never know though, one of the greatest anyway for sure.
3:53 People forget Cristiano was literally the most complete attacker and not just a poacher it's just the Age and injuries that forced him to change styles if Cristiano and R9 were of same generation i believe cr7 would still have an edge over him only r9's flair, pace and dribbles would be better than Cristiano
Stop putting R9 in the same sentence with CR7. CR7 grew up watching R9, without R9, there will never be CR7. CR7 copied all his moves, yet he's not gifted as R9.
these people are saying different actually.. Mourinho sums up beautifully.. His career was not 15 years long at the top.. but talent wise he was just perfect
World Cup winners champions league winner ballon dor winners and they all say Ronaldo or zidane me personally I would put maradonna and messi up there and Ronaldinho all these player had such natural ability
When Zidane says Ronaldo, don't ask why. ..
Indeed
Cause his English doesn't really good
Love it👌
Exactly! Maybe 0.0000005% of football players end up playing professionally? 😂 Then you take the very, very few best of pro players like Zidane... and they adore Ronaldo. Wow. 🤩
Enough said. From one of the gods of football.
The speed of Mbappe, the dribbling & tricks of Messi and the striking ability & finishing of Cristiano. R9 Ronaldo was the best player to ever play the game before his first major injury imo. The fact he still achieved what he did in the game in an era where he shouldn't have been back on the pitch after his first (nevermind his second) injury is still unbelievable. Truly the phenomenon!
It’s not even a question bro!! The greatest player to ever grace a pitch without a doubt!
@@Jordman1980totally agreed
From God….no question
R9 will always be the greatest player of all time for me. No one can touch prime R9. sadly some people will sleep on him cause he had a shorter career compared to messi or cristiano. They are both great players but put them against R9 in his prime they dont compare
Exactly! The best ever the Extraterrestrial the Alien the Phenomenon that is 2nd none
Oh come on. He was INCREDIBLE but there's no one close to prime Messi.
@@christopherhowes609 prime R9 was better than messi in terms of finishing, pace and dribbling.
Players like CR7, Messi, Mbappe are good but they'd struggle during R9's era where there were the best defenders of all time. They'd struggle against the likes of Maldini, Cafu, Zinetti, Thuram, Carlos and Koeman. If you put prime R9 against any defenders today it'd be a cakewalk for him
@@christopherhowes609 Prime Messi not even close lol.. when prime Messi meet prime Maldini and prime Nesta, they will destroy him, and remember CR7 and LM10 live in the new age of football which defender will get Red Card if they tackle from behind, and that rules come from injury that R9 got in this career.. So u better learn about history first..
@@christopherhowes609Bro see his both foot finishes and skill...messi is good but ronaldo was phenomenol
messi and ronaldo had a better career, stats, accolades
but r9 for me is still the GOAT for just his natural talent, eye test never lied
Watching him play, he is just on another level from Messi and Ronaldo (CR7) in terms of raw skill.
@@pmodeStats are stats but the absolute thrill of watching a player destroy world class players is nothing short of otherworldly. Different species completely.
True
@@pmode you just had to be there to feel what those legends feel about this beast at his peak
If no injury like messi and r9. No one will have to debate about the goat
You can speak career, numbers/stats etc, but the whole package prime R9 had made him the most gifted, unpredictable and destructive player the wolrd has ever seen... And I think, personnaly, ever will.
So true, the biggest tragedy for all football world is that we did not see him reign.
@@Soronkulov Yeah :/
Heavily agreed and stats are kinda mid.
@@therider3785he scored a goal a game till his injury . You prat
I feel the same about Roger Federer in Tennis
He played with the best players and against the best players. Attackers idolised him and defenders were frightened of him. Everyone as kids used to try and copy his skills and wear his R9 boots. My favourite player of all time. R9 the king 👑🔥
My dad played football on a high level and was a footy savant. Still remember his reaction when he saw Ronaldo Fenomeno. He said wow, this guy is from another planet.
Your father was right.
I watched this game live on TV, and to this day, that standing ovation from both fans, is firmly etched into the depth of my memories. And he did that, after all those injuries and weight problems.
If he'd continued to ONLY play 5 -7 years consistently, without injuries and weight issues. That ALONE would have been enought to end the GOAT debate. He was THAT good!!
the one and only RONALDO!!!
Cr7 left the chat
The first Ronaldo but definitely not the better one,try harder 😂
Absolutely CORRECT
Only brainwashed kids say cr7 is better
@@joetyler7638I’m a cr7 fan but the whole world knows , even Messi fans know that r9 is the most complete forward .
It's telling... When you mention "Ronaldo" to a pro football player. It's ALWAYS THE BRAZILIAN R9. 😂
Ronaldo phenomenon
❤❤❤🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Yes indeed
Kids nowadays don’t understand how legendary R9 was I seen him play back in cruzeiro when he was 16-17 year old rippin the competition apart like he was made for this sport. Sure Messi and Cristiano are amazing but this era of soccer is nothing compared to that era we had back then it was Ronaldo Zidane figo David B Henry Wayne Rooney etc so many legendary players during his era it’s ridiculous. Football is different now it’s alot more tactical you barely see one player rip through the defense and score . R9 was doing that every game shit was insane
Ronaldo fenómeno is the God of Football!! Never saw such a striker , EVERYBODY was afraid!!!!Much Respect for Cr7 , Messi , Pelé and Maradona but this guy was scary as fuck 🔥🔥
I'm just a fan. But when you hear the absolute legends praise Ronaldo like that, they probably have a point.
He was my inspiration as a teenager, and he is still is for me the best ever I have seen, what a natural talent
Every great player say this guy is the goat 😂
Ronaldo before his injuries was the greatest striker player in football history... its the true!!!
Fact
He was the most impressive i ve ever seen. R9 was the greatest footballer of all time.
If you combined the best attributes of both Messi and CR7 you get R9. Pace, power, dribbling, both feet, head and vision
No one will ever be able to replace R9 , he changed football , you can see ronaldinho imitating him in his moves and tricks , also Robinh , Christiano when he was young ….etc he was one in alife time
the one who makes me love football. The Football GOD Ronaldo Fenomeno.
R9... The Best !!!
Ronaldo fenômeno The Best King 👑 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾
Fenomenoooo ❤ made so many of us fall in love this game.
The B.O.A.T(best of all time) Ronaldo R9
Roberto Carlos looks like a real chill dude
I miss that guy.
Me too!
Il Fenomeno. Only wonder and admiration for him. The most talented and incredible player ever seen. The Best of the best.
❤
Im Brazilian and he is till this day the best i ever seen , he changed the number 9
If zidane says your the best your the best 😂
Ruud van nistelrooy, clarence seedorf and zidane. Nuff said❤
I was 5 when I first saw him playing the 1998 World Cup. I remember watching the Brazil matches with Dad, and here was this guy doing things with his legs, that left my jaw hanging. He was one of my first sporting heroes alongside Sachin Tendulkar. The final loss was the first time I cried watching a sporting event. Then came the redemption in 2002. Been a Brazil fan ever since. today's Brazil team is a mere shadow of the team that made me fell in love with football - the Joga Bonito. But it was that good, that I am still ever praying for a Brazil win, wearing my canary yellow jersey. love for Ronaldo made me hate French football, although looking back that was sad, that I appreciated Zizou far less than I ought have. Mbappe has sort of brought respect for France. But Brazil is still my favourite, after all it is the team that made me fall in love with football.
The best ever
----los que lo vimos jugar.no olvidamos esa potencia ,tecnica y goles increibles ke nos regalo.....3 finales del mundo....un talento dificil de imaginar... el fenomeno....ke gran alias para una estrella......
Das echte Wunderkind!
Mit Sicherheit!
@@MakeThatDEPY
Ja, die pure Magie.
The best of all time❤️ Ronaldo careca ❤️
The legend
Ronaldo kraldi Efsanedi Tarixdi👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Herkes kral Ronaldo Fenomenini selamlasın
There will never be another R9 Ronaldo. Never. Un-comparable. You can throw your Messi's, tour CR7's, your Neymar's and your Mbappe's in the comments, but not one of them will ever be as good as Ronaldo. Name your favourite players and Ronaldo had their talent.
The only Ronaldo.
CR7 still the best…
@@joetyler7638true af
@@joetyler7638 Bullshit Cr7 has nothing to compare to R9
@@bradwow4328 exactly cause he’s way better than him,you’ll clearly say Messi is the goat but even R9 is better than CR7 in which way explain kid 😂
@@joetyler7638nly thing Cristiano is better at is headers , jump and maybe long shots. Everything else, dribbling, passing, finishing and having the ability to score by himself and not depending on his teammates, speed, acceleration, strength, imagination and general talent R9 was better. If you didn't live to see it then you can't possibly understand what you missed. Cristiano is amazing don't get me wrong but R9 was an alien at his Barcelona and Inter days. What he did to defenders of his time like Maldini Nesta Canavaro Stam which are considered to be the best, was just pure torchure
Always be My Number 1👑🔥R9
Fenomenooooooo!!!
Ronaldo fenomeno forever
The Goat 🔥🔥
Its beautiful to hear the very best talk about the absolute best, he was incredible, the micheal jordan of football untouchable ❤🙂
Ronaldo was amazing
r9 was the only perfect striker i ever saw
He started his career at 16/17 at Cruzeiro, back then the Brazilian league was really strong, all teams have at least two players that could be at the Brazilian selection.
He average fucking one goal per match since the game one.
He then go to Europe and keep the same pace, only slowed by his injuries.
He was a nature force, have no weakness at his game.
People say that him don't make headers, but that was only because he didn't need it.
Excellent video my man
Great guality.. could you add on more legends and important players saying ronaldo is their idols and goat please.. the are clips out there on Messi.Benzema.Aguero.Buffon.Maldini.Nesta.Higuain.Alexis Sanchez.Cannavaro.Zamorano.etc all of them Puting Ronaldo Fenomeno as Number One
Simply R9@ is the GOAT of all soccer goat's ☝️.....
Period
Seeing Rio Ferdinand critique Ronaldo, is like your next door neighbour criticising Jesus..
Bro was ronaldo & messi but in one person. Unbelievable player. The strikers best striker
R9 & George Best two incredible players.... what could have been.
r9 Nike living legend 😊
Whenever someone speak his name always is "Ronaldo phenomenal"
The phenomenon
Ronaldo Nazario, striker's striker.
Talented from god nothing else to say.
I liked R9 as an attacking midfielder in friendlies.
Ronaldo 9 is the best football Player ever
He’s in my top 10 all time for sure. Alongside Romario and Zico.
< these players are not being talked about by more modern European footballers because they didn’t play with them.
If Zlatan said R9 is better then him so they're is no debate d🗿
If it wasn't for injuries no player would come close, greatest talent of all times
Love your 2002 picture trying to look like Ronaldo😎 haha
Ronaldo from 1996-1999 was the Best Player ever
His 2002 wasn't even 10% Good of how much of a Beast he was in that time period of(1996-1999).
He actually achieved so much in 2002, he won La Liga, won UEFA Championship, won World Cup and ultimately ballon d'or. Incredible!
If we put Pele, Maradonna, R9, Messi, CR7 at their prime on the field... we have the answer who will be football player spotlights - R9. Messi & CR7 need teammates to assist. The player next to R9 is Maradonna & Pele.
Ronaldo? "BRAZILIAN RONALDO" is the answer all the time it seems to the pro footballers.....
Before injury R9 was messi with cristiano strength
If u were alive at the time or did ur homework u realize that u we’re seeing sumpn DIFFY!!! Hearing rumors about this 16yr old u really culdnt believe it n then u saw him n was like WHOA…R9 Fenomeno is the greatest striker n talent STILL I’ve ever seen in the pitch 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
the GOAT
R9 is not the goat of football, he is everything football
Great!
The truth
Ferdinand is so lucky to meet all these footballers!
Ronaldo Phenomenon is the greatest talent ever in football
R9
I wonder what el Fenomeno's career would've been like if he played in a time when injuries were treated better than in his time. After seeing some highlight videos, I truly believe that he is Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo combined.
what does he (van nistelrooy) mean with this 44 and 6 at 5:00?, what do they mean there?
4 vs 4 or 6 vs 6 players in training. He could never the ball off R9!!!👍
@@andymellor5878 thanks, i understand now
dribling 2 foot active finishing 2 foot active
the best bes best for me
prime Ronaldo R9 is no1 GOAT. Messi, Cristiano ronaldo, pele, maradona, romario & the rest of the player in the world can clam no 2
And there's a reason why zlatan had a say on this one.... what Cristiano did was justice to the name "Ronaldo" otherwise being a striker or a forward should be renamed "Ronaldo"
Cr7 and Messi 🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤭🤭🤭🤭
80s and early 90s players would choose Maradona. Late 90s and 2000s would always choose Ronaldo R9.
R9 prime> anyone prime
ronaldo is nr1, nr2, nr3 , then comes other players.
The only player whom Zlatan would play second fiddle to.
Even Ibra God praise the best
Prime ronaldo was in barcelona before that injury
no way Carlos forgot Pele
Mourinho coached both Ronaldos and still chooses R9😂
Ronaldo dahira
I don't really like Ferdinand's attitude. He pretends to be humble while clearly being very arrogant and thinking he's one of the greatest ever. If Maldini said he needed help against R9 you can say the same bro, no need to blame the keeper and throw a teammate under the bus.
Incredible he never won the Champions League
@neolepic I partially desagree with you, even though the GALÁCTICOS team was horrible from the back they still managed to win the Champions League, remember Zizou golazo against Ballack's Leverkusen, then he was supposedly added to reinforce the team and achieved even more, his ##. At Madrid were no joke, either but we'll never know though, one of the greatest anyway for sure.
Galacticos defense was not that great. They sold all best defenders.@@gustavomolina3269
3:53 People forget Cristiano was literally the most complete attacker and not just a poacher it's just the Age and injuries that forced him to change styles if Cristiano and R9 were of same generation i believe cr7 would still have an edge over him only r9's flair, pace and dribbles would be better than Cristiano
u didn’t see Ronaldo.
@@r3mor424 But drogba did , we still have youtube tho
Cr7 cant compare to R9 sorry
Stop putting R9 in the same sentence with CR7. CR7 grew up watching R9, without R9, there will never be CR7. CR7 copied all his moves, yet he's not gifted as R9.
@@akendon7260 Think deep about your own comment and see how immature and funny one it is or either you're probably 8 year old.
He never actually won the champions league contrary to what RVP says.
why is ronaldo bald
R9 never won the Champions League...not sure what Van Nistelrooy is going on about there
Ronaldo was outstanding, also to still play at the top with career ending injuries...but nobody can touch messi
these people are saying different actually.. Mourinho sums up beautifully.. His career was not 15 years long at the top.. but talent wise he was just perfect
Yeah, you understand more than all these players in the video
You clearly haven't watched ronaldo play.
@@sujas7939 i have, its Messi all day long
@neolepicand prime Messi requires Xavi Iniesta to create space... R9 didn't.. He created his own space..
Sadly no champion league .
Ancelotti said his 2007 CL was also thx to Ronaldo. Because he had Ronaldo, he could rest Inzaghi and save him for the CL games
World Cup winners champions league winner ballon dor winners and they all say Ronaldo or zidane me personally I would put maradonna and messi up there and Ronaldinho all these player had such natural ability