Ronaldo Nazário Joins Race For Brazilian Football Federation Presidency

Former Brazil striker, Ronaldo, will run for the presidency of the country’s football confederation (CBF), the 48-year-old said on Monday.

Ronaldo, who won the World Cup with Brazil in 1994 and 2002, is set to run as a candidate in the CBF elections to succeed current president Ednaldo Rodrigues in 2026.

“Among hundreds of things that motivate me to become a candidate for president of the CBF, I want to recover this prestige and respect that the Selecao (Brazil’s national team) always had and today nobody else has,” he told Globo Esporte.

The former forward for Barcelona, Inter Milan, and Real Madrid also stated that he plans to sell his stake in the Spanish top-flight club Real Valladolid.

“We’re negotiating a possible sale very soon and we should close the deal. It won’t be an obstacle to my candidacy,” he added.

Ronaldo previously owned a 90% stake in Brazilian team Cruzeiro, which he sold earlier this year.