By Andrew Aloia BBC Sport Last updated on 11 October 2021 11 October 2021 . From the section Football Watson was a trailblazer who helped transform how football was played There are two murals of black footballers facing one another across an alleyway in Glasgow. One helped shape football as we know it, the other is Pele. Andrew Watson captained Scotland to a 6-1 win over England on his debut in 1881. He was a pioneer, the world's first black international, but for more than a century the significance of his achievements went unrecognised. Research conducted over the past three decades has left us with some biographical details: a man descended of slaves and of those who enslaved them, born in Guyana, raised to become an English gentleman and famed as one of Scottish football's first icons. And yet today, 100 years on from his death aged 64, Watson remains something of an enigma, the picture built around him a fractured one. His grainy, faded, sepia image evokes many differen...
'He passed me the torch': One thing Leo Messi would be eternally grateful to Ronaldinho for
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'He passed me the torch': One thing Leo Messi would be eternally grateful to Ronaldinho for
The Brazilian superstar celebrates his 41st birthday.
"I know it's Ronaldinho. I still remember his goal-leading pass for my first goal in Barcelona. He did not just pass the ball, he passed me the torch," the Argentine added.
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Indeed, who knows where Leo Messi would be now if not for that crazy pass from Ronaldinho that helped the Argentine score the first-ever goal for the Catalans.
Ronaldinho Gaucho turns 41 today. The Brazilian scored 94 goals for Barcelona during his 5-year spell at the club. Overall, Ronnie won 5 trophies with the Catalans, including the 2005/06 Champions League cup.
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My love for Ronaldinho is everlasting... I love his style of play, the joy he gives and the smile he wear always. He's the reason I became a Barca Fan back in 2004
same here
same with me. ronnie is irreplaceable God bless you ronnie
This Messi's goal is crazy together with Ronaldinho's assist wow !!
Who knows he would be the greatest player who ever play this game