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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
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

Index card

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	ATT					PLAY					DEF				PHY						MEN						OVR
			FIN	HEA	DRI	OFF	LSH	PAS	CRO	SET	THR	TOU	TAC	MAR	POS	INT	PAC	ACC	STA	STR	JUM	DUR	DEC	CMP	CON	LEA	WOR	FLA	OVR
1993	18		94	58	95	91	80	76	60	68	74	92	25	25	38	26	92	93	76	78	64	80	81	83	61	49	61	95	90
1994	19		94	58	95	91	80	76	60	68	74	92	25	25	38	26	93	94	77	79	65	81	81	83	61	49	61	95	91
1994/95	19		95	59	96	92	81	77	61	69	75	93	25	25	39	27	95	96	79	81	67	83	82	84	62	50	62	96	92
1995/96		RW	96	60	97	93	82	78	62	70	76	94	25	20	40	28	96	97	80	82	68	84	82	84	62	50	62	96	93
1996/97	21		95	59	96	92	81	77	61	69	75	93	25	25	39	27	95	96	79	81	67	83	82	84	62	50	62	96	92
1997/98	22		94	58	95	91	80	76	60	68	74	92	25	25	38	26	93	94	77	79	65	81	81	83	61	49	61	95	91
1998/99	23		94	58	95	91	80	76	60	68	74	92	25	25	38	26	92	93	76	78	64	80	81	83	61	49	61	95	90
1999/00	24		93	57	94	90	79	75	59	67	73	91	25	25	37	25	90	91	74	76	62	78	80	82	60	48	60	94	89
2000/01	25		92	56	93	89	78	74	58	66	72	90	25	25	36	25	89	90	73	75	61	77	80	82	60	48	60	94	89
2001/02	26		91	55	92	88	77	73	57	65	71	89	25	25	35	25	88	89	72	74	60	76	80	82	60	48	60	94	88
2002/03	27		90	54	91	87	76	72	56	64	70	88	25	25	34	25	86	87	70	72	58	74	79	81	59	47	59	93	87
2003/04	28		90	54	91	87	76	72	56	64	70	88	25	25	34	25	85	86	69	71	57	73	79	81	59	47	59	93	86
2004/05	29		89	53	90	86	75	71	55	63	69	87	25	25	33	25	83	84	67	69	55	71	78	80	58	46	58	92	85
2005/06	30		88	52	89	85	74	70	54	62	68	86	25	25	32	25	82	83	66	68	54	70	78	80	58	46	58	92	84
2006/07	31		87	51	88	84	73	69	53	61	67	85	25	25	31	25	81	82	65	67	53	69	78	80	58	46	58	92	83
2007/08	32		86	50	87	83	72	68	52	60	66	84	25	25	30	25	79	80	63	65	51	67	77	79	57	45	57	91	82
2009	34		86	50	87	83	72	68	52	60	66	84	25	25	30	25	78	79	62	64	50	66	77	79	57	45	57	91	81
2010	35		85	49	86	82	71	67	51	59	65	83	25	25	29	25	76	77	60	62	48	64	76	78	56	44	56	90	80
2011	36		84	48	85	81	70	66	50	58	64	82	25	25	28	25	75	76	59	61	47	63	76	78	56	44	56	90	80

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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