Ronaldo Guiaro

Ronaldo Guiaro
Personal information
Full name	Ronaldo Guiaro
Date of birth	18 February 1974 (age 48)
Place of birth	Piracicaba, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	XV de Piracicaba (coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1994	Guarani
1994–1996	Atlético Mineiro
1996–2001	Benfica
2001–2005	Beşiktaş
2005–2007	Santos
2007–2011	Aris
Total
National team
1996	Brazil Olympic
Teams managed
2017	XV de Piracicaba
Honours
Men's Football
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ronaldo Guiaro (born 18 February 1974) is a Brazilian manager and retired footballer who played as a central defender.^[1]

Club career[]

Born in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Ronaldo started playing with Guarani FC, moving to Clube Atlético Mineiro shortly after. In 1996, aged 22, he joined S.L. Benfica in Portugal, backing up Jorge Bermúdez and Hélder Cristóvão in his first season but being first-choice afterwards, as the Lisbon and Primeira Liga club failed to win any silverware.

After five seasons with Benfica, Ronaldo signed for Beşiktaş J.K. in Turkey. There, he was also an undisputed starter for the majority of his spell. In the 2002–03 campaign, he only missed one Süper Lig match, and the Istanbul-based team was crowned national champions after eight years.

Aged 31, Ronaldo returned to his home country. But, two years later, he moved abroad again to join Aris Thessaloniki F.C. in the Superleague Greece as a defensive mainstay. He played for the Greek club for several seasons, helping it qualify three times to the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.

International career[]

Ronaldo represented Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics, playing in all the games for the bronze medal-winning squad.^[2] Another Ronaldo was also present in the squad, but he wore "Ronaldinho" (meaning "little Ronaldo") on the back of his shirt since Ronaldo was two years older than him.