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Brazillian football star Ronaldinho makes a comeback at the age of 46

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 221 words · By Video by Ava LUQUET
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Claim 1: “Brazillian football star Ronaldinho makes a comeback at the age of 46”
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Multiple sources confirm Ronaldinho's return to professional football at age 46. Wikipedia explicitly lists him as a professional footballer for Serie C side Ravenna, and web search results confirm his return at age 46.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Superstar_Soccer…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ravenna Football Club is an Italian association football club, based in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna. The club currently play in Serie C Group B.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenna_FC
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980), commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho or simply Ronaldinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldinho
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Claim 2: “to try and score "a 300th goal"”
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While one TikTok-related search result mentions Ronaldinho having 299 goals and the goal of reaching 300, other sources mention his 'last professional goal' without specifying the 300-goal milestone. There is not enough independent corroboration to mark this as 'corroborated'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brazil first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920, after missing the previous five Summer editions. The country has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_at_the_Olympics
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kylian Mbappé Lottin (born 20 December 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Madrid and captains the France national team. Widely regarded as one of th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylian_Mbappé
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Claim 3: “Former Brazil football star Ronaldinho, who had retired in 2015”
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The claim that Ronaldinho retired in 2015 is corroborated by both a cross-reference from France24 and the context of the comeback reports mentioning a decade-long absence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — João Mendes de Assis Moreira (born 25 February 2005) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a winger for Liga Portugal 2 club Portimonense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/João_Mendes_(footballer,_born_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980), commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho or simply Ronaldinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldinho
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ronaldinho (Ronaldo de Assis Moreira; born 1980) is a Brazilian football player. Ronaldinho, a diminutive form of the given name "Ronaldo", often used as a term of endearment, may also refer to: Rona…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldinho_(given_name)
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Claim 4: “he was making a comeback 11 years later with Italian third-division club Ravenna”
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Three independent web search results confirm Ronaldinho signed with the Italian third-division club Ravenna. Wikipedia also lists him as playing for Serie C side Ravenna.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ronaldinho has arrived in Italy ahead of signing for Ravenna! The Brazilian legend will be officially unveiled tonight and has one final ambition in mind: to score the last professional goal of his ca…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ronaldinho has confirmed that he will make an extraordinary return to professional football at the age of 46, more than a decade after his last competitive appearance, with the Brazilian legend promis…
https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/football/i-will-certai…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ronaldinho will not feature in Ravenna’s first Serie C match of the season on Monday, at Reggio Emilia, and it is still unclear how much he hopes to play during the campaign. However, Cipriani has sai…
https://www.sportsnet.ca/serie-a/article/brazil-great-ronald…
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