2003-2004: Ronaldinho signed for Catalan club Barcelona after a disappointing end to his season at P.S.G. His debut was against A.C Milan scoring one goal in a two goal victory in Washington D.C. One month later he scored goal in La Liga against Sevilla. His first goal for Barcelona was sensational. Goalkeeper (Victor Valdes), passed the ball to the Brazilian in his own half then Ronaldinho dribbled past two Sevilla players then pushed on wards. After that, he shot from 30 yards out and the ball curved into the top corner of the goal. The league passed on then Ronaldinho sadly picked up an injury during the first part of the La Liga campaign. Without the Brazilian superstar Barcelona lacked in skill and were 12th in La Liga by the midway stage. Ronaldinho returned from injury then impressively scoring 15 goals. Then Barcelona miraculously finished second in the league. Securing a Champions league place for the next season.
Ronaldinho scoring his first goal.
2004-2005: This season was magnificent for the Brazilian due to the fact that he won his first La Liga title and in December Ronaldinho won the FIFA world player of the Year. Ronaldinho was a big part of the clubs success. The team he played with consisted of : Valdes, Puyol, Deco, Xavi,Eto'o,Iniesta,Larsson and Messi.
Ronaldinho winning La Liga.
2005-2006: In this season Ronaldinho was very successful and won trophies with his team and won some individual honours. Barcelona won the treble. The Catalan side won : the UEFA Champions League, La Liga and the Supercopa de Espana. Amazingly Ronaldinho had received five individual honours in just one season. His wards were the: European Football Player of the Year, FIFA World Player of the Year, he was included in the FIFPro World XI, also the FIFPro World Player of the Year. His final achievement was extraordinary. Ronaldinho won the Ballon d'Or.
During that season there was a very amazing moment happened. On November the 19th it was El Classico. The biggest rivalry in the world Bracelona vs Real Madrid. This match was at the Santiago Bernabeu. The end result of this match was 3-0 to Barcelona. Eto'o clinching one goal and then Ronaldinho scored two sublime goals. After his second goal the real madrid fans and Barcelona fans gave a standing ovation to Ronaldinho's excellence.
Ronaldinho chipping Iker Casillas to complete the El Classico victory and earning himself a standing ovation.
At the end of the season Ronaldinho added to his individual honours tally by being awarded four more awards. He received the: FIFA World XI, UEFA Club Footballer of the Year, UEFA Team of the Year and the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.
2006-2007:
During this season Ronaldinho scored his 50th league goal for Barcelona. He scored against Villarreal. The Brazilian scored again in that match with a tremendous bicycle kick. Later in an interview Ronaldinho after the match he stated that," Ever since i was a little boy I always wanted to score an overhead kick. Now I have accomplished that wish".
Later on in that season Barcelona played in the Club World Cup match. It was the final. There was a disappointing result for the Spanish giants. They lost 1-0 against Internacional. On the bright side Ronaldinho was awarded the Bronze Ball award.
The following day Ronaldinho came third in the 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year Fabio Cannavaro came first and Zinedine Zidane coming second. A week later the was a charity match in which he missed due to the fact that Ronaldinho carried out an injury from a 3-3 draw in an El Classico match.Although Ronaldinho scored 21 league goals. the team lost the title to Real Madrid. Both teams had the same amount of points at the end of the season. However Real madrid won the head to head match before 2-0. It was very unlucky for Barcelona.
Ronaldinho scoring a bicycle kick against Villareal.
2007-2008
This season was Ronaldinho's last season at Barcelona. On Februry 3rd Ronaldinho played his 200th league game for the Spanish giants. This match was against Osasuna. Fortunately Barcelona won the match 4-0.One from: henry, Messi, Eto'o and Ronaldinho. But on the other hand season for was plagued with injuries. Therefore this season wasn't exciting for Ronaldinho. On April 3rd 2008 his muscle tore in his right leg. He wouldn't be healed till next season. Spanish reporters said that,"Ronaldinho need to revive his career by joining another club. Manchester city were interested in the Brazilian and so were A.C Milan. Ronaldinho submitted a move to A.C milan.
Ronaldinho's 200th game for Barcelona.
In the summer of 2008, when Ronaldinho was healed, Barcelona had an exhibition match in Venezuela for an anti-racism campaign. This wold be Ronaldinho's last game for the Catalan side. the match was basically Barcelona vs Barcelona. Messi would captain one team and Ronaldinho would be the skipper of the other side. the match ended in a 7-7 draw. Ronaldinho scoring two and then assisting two. It was a mournful moment for Ronaldinho and Barcelona. Letting go of an amzing legend.
Two years later in a speech in a Joan Camper Trophy awards ceremony. Ronaldinho stated that,"My best years have been the five years I have spent in this Catalan club." Later in an interview he said that he regretted leaving barcelona without playing long enough with Messi.
Ronaldinho celebrating his last goal for Barcelona.