{"id":972,"date":"2026-10-24T21:02:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T21:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/ronaldinho-to-make-comeback-in-italian-third-tier\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T21:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T21:02:50","slug":"ronaldinho-to-make-comeback-in-italian-third-tier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/ronaldinho-to-make-comeback-in-italian-third-tier\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldinho to make comeback in Italian third tier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"48.456481481481\">\n<p>Brazil legend Ronaldinho will make his playing return at age 46 next month for Ravenna, the third-division Italian club announced on Saturday.\n<\/p>\n<p>The 2002 World Cup winner\u2019s move to Ravenna was announced in June.\n<\/p>\n<p>He is aiming to score his 300th career goal.\n<\/p>\n<p>The former Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona and AC Milan playmaker retired in 2015, 10 years after claiming the Ballon d\u2019Or, and has become a shareholder in Ravenna, located between Venice and San Marino.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe wait now has a date: Sunday, November 15,\u201d Ravenna said in a statement. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Brazilian legend will wear the Ravenna FC shirt in the derby against Forli.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn event that will turn the eyes of the world toward the Bruno Benelli Stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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.\n                    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"13.525423728814\">\n                                                                <b><a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/author\/gekugbe\">Gilbert Ekugbe<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gilbert Ekugbe is a journalist at Punch Newspapers with over a decade of experience reporting on business and economic affairs. He covers markets, corporate developments, finance, and Nigeria\u2019s broader economic landscape. His reporting is informed by extensive newsroom experience and a strong commitment to accuracy and responsible journalism, helping readers understand complex business issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#96e2fef3f3f2ffe2f9e4d6e6e3f8f5fef8f1b8f5f9fb\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"dda9b5b8b8b9b4a9b2af9dada8b3beb5b3baf3beb2b0\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil legend Ronaldinho will make his playing return at age 46 next month for Ravenna, the third-division Italian club announced on Saturday. The 2002 World Cup winner\u2019s move to Ravenna&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972","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=972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}