https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚽️" title="Soccer ball" aria-label="Emoji: Soccer ball"> Atlanta Olympics 1996

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇧🇷" title="Flag of Brazil" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Brazil"> 19-year-old Ronaldo
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇸" title="Flag of Spain" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Spain"> 19-year-old Raúl
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇳🇬" title="Flag of Nigeria" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Nigeria"> 19-year-old Kanu
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇦🇷" title="Flag of Argentina" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Argentina"> 21-year-old Crespo
Fun fact: Right before the Olympics, Brazil played a match against the "World All-Stars" in front of 78,000+ at Giants Stadium. R9 was awesome coming off the bench, but he was known as "Ronaldinho" (Ronaldão, a defender, was the original "Ronaldo" in those mid-90s Brazil squads).
Ronaldão went to J.League after the & #39;94 World Cup, which meant he balled in this https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Fire" aria-label="Emoji: Fire"> Shimizu S-Pulse kit.

He didn& #39;t go to the Olympics, though. Ronaldo Guairo did. He was a bit older than R9, so was listed as "Ronaldo"... and that& #39;s how "Ronaldinho" was at the Atlanta Olympics.
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