Brazil great Ronaldo tests positive for Covid-19, joins list of big names in football : #RashtraNews
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Ronaldo’s first-ever club Cruzeiro said on Sunday that the Brazil great has tested positive for Covid-19 because of which he had to cancel his appearance at the club’s 101st anniversary.
Ronaldo had bought a majority stake at his boyhood club last month. (Reuters Photo)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Messi had earlier tested positive for Covid-19
- Ronaldo had bought a majority stake at his struggling boyhood club last month
- The club said that the Brazil great has “light symptoms”
Brazil football great Ronaldo has tested positive for Covid-19, his boyhood club Cruzeiro has said. Ronaldo had recently bought a majority stake of the struggling club and they announced on Sunday that the former Real Madrid and Inter Milan star would not be able to attend their 101st anniversary celebrations due to testing positive.
The 45-year-old ex-striker “is fine, with light symptoms, and will now undergo a period of rest and social isolation, in line with medical advice”, Cruzeiro, who Ronaldo bought last month, said on Twitter.
Ronaldo, who starred in Brazil’s 2002 World Cup win and was thrice voted FIFA World Player of the Year, announced on December 18 he was buying a controlling stake in recently struggling Cruzeiro, where he made his professional debut in 1993 at age 16.
He scored 56 goals in 58 matches for the Belo Horizonte-based club before going on to a glittering career in Europe at PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and AC Milan, winning the Ballon d’Or in 1997 and 2002.
The Brazilian is the most recent high profile name from the sport to test positive for the virus. Argentina captain and PSG star Lionel Messi was among four players from the French club who was revealed to have tested positive earlier on Sunday. Leagues around Europe and the Premier League are grappling with the sudden surge in cases.
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