{"id":961,"date":"2026-10-24T20:32:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T20:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/confirmed-46-yr-old-ronaldinho-to-play-first-match-for-ravenna-in-november\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T20:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T20:32:52","slug":"confirmed-46-yr-old-ronaldinho-to-play-first-match-for-ravenna-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/confirmed-46-yr-old-ronaldinho-to-play-first-match-for-ravenna-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed: 46-yr-old Ronaldinho to play first match for Ravenna in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Confirmed-46-yr-old-Ronaldinho-to-play-first-match-for-Ravenna-in-November.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Confirmed: 46-yr-old Ronaldinho to play first match for Ravenna in November\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Confirmed-46-yr-old-Ronaldinho-to-play-first-match-for-Ravenna-in-November.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ronaldinho-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ronaldinho-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ronaldinho.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brazil legend Ronaldinho will make his playing return aged 46 next month for Ravenna, the third-division Italian club announced on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2002 World Cup winner\u2019s move to Ravenna was announced in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is aiming to score his 300th career goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona and AC Milan playmaker retired in 2015, 10 years on from claiming the Ballon d\u2019Or and has become a shareholder in Ravenna, situated between Venice and San Marino.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe wait now has a date: Sunday, November 15,\u201d Ravenna said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Brazilian legend will wear the Ravenna FC shirt in the derby against Forli.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAn event that will turn the eyes of the world toward the Bruno Benelli Stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ravenna are second in Group B of the Italian third tier, six points below leaders Spezia and are aiming for a return to Serie B for the first time since 2008.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AFP<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/10\/confirmed-46-yr-old-ronaldinho-to-play-first-match-for-ravenna-in-november\/\">Confirmed: 46-yr-old Ronaldinho to play first match for Ravenna in November<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil legend Ronaldinho will make his playing return aged 46 next month for Ravenna, the third-division Italian club announced on Saturday. The 2002 World Cup winner\u2019s move to Ravenna was&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}