{"id":32931,"date":"2017-02-03T08:56:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T08:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32931"},"modified":"2017-02-03T08:56:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T08:56:18","slug":"ronaldinho-returns-to-barcelona-as-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32931","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldinho returns to Barcelona as ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-27811\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ronaldinho.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"152\" alt=\"Ronaldinho\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ronaldinho.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ronaldinho-150x91.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Rio de Janeiro: Two-time world footballer of the year Ronaldinho has accepted an ambassadorial role with his former team FC Barcelona, the Spanish club has announced.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement will see the 36-year-old Brazilian represent a Barcelona legends team in a series of friendlies around the world, Barcelona said on their official website on Thursday, reports Xinhua.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldinho will also take part in clinics, training sessions and institutional events, among other activities, according to Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement raises fresh doubts about whether Ronaldinho will return to competitive football.<\/p>\n<p>He has been without a club since parting ways with Rio de Janeiro outfit Fluminense in September 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, his brother and agent, Roberto Assis, said the 2002 World Cup winner would decide whether to accept on offer to join Brazilian Serie A club Coritiba by Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Ronaldinho&#8217;s former Brazil teammate Rivaldo also agreed to be a Barcelona ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldinho represented Barcelona from 2003 and 2008. He was voted world footballer of the year in 2004 and 2005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-27811\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ronaldinho.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"152\" alt=\"Ronaldinho\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ronaldinho.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ronaldinho-150x91.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Rio de Janeiro: Two-time world footballer of the year Ronaldinho has accepted an ambassadorial role with his former team FC Barcelona, the Spanish club has announced.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement will see the 36-year-old Brazilian represent a Barcelona legends team in a series of friendlies around the world, Barcelona said on their official website on Thursday, reports Xinhua.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[764,12975,466,3275],"class_list":["post-32931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-ronaldinho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ronaldinho returns to Barcelona as ambassador - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32931\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ronaldinho returns to Barcelona as ambassador - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rio de Janeiro: Two-time world footballer of the year Ronaldinho has accepted an ambassadorial role with his former team FC Barcelona, the Spanish club has announced. 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