Brazil legend Ronaldo in race for Brazilian Football Federation presidency
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Unlike several other legends, including his great peer in Real Madrid. Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo had stayed away from the game, apart from fleeting stints as a media pundit. But the stalwart forward has set his eyes on becoming the president if his country’s football federation.
“I can’t return to the field as many of you ask me to do,” Ronaldo wrote on Instagram. “And, honestly, I don’t even think that our biggest defeats in recent years were within the four lines. They were not televised. We need to look outside the spotlight. Into the institution,” he said.
“My motivations for this candidacy are countless and perhaps the biggest of them is to believe that I can truly contribute to regain respect for Brazilian football,” he added. Since winning the 2002 World Cup, their fifth—Ro...