Ronaldo Augusto Antonio Oliveira (born 2 November 1997) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club RoundGlass Punjab.

Youth career

Ronaldo started his career in the youth academy of

Salgaocar Salgaocar Football Club (formerly Salgaocar Sporting Club) is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco, Goa. Being one of the country's most successful clubs, it is currently operating youth teams. Until the disfunction of its seni ...

and participated in the 2015-16 U-18 I-League and reached the Semi-Finals. He scored 9 goals for Salgaocar U18 in the tournament.

Career

Salgaocar

In 2017-18, he was promoted to the

senior side and participated in the

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. In the

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, Ronaldo scored 23 goals as he became the top scorer and helped

finish 4th in the 2018-19 Goa Professional League. Ronaldo scored a few hatricks in the tournament which included 4 goals in one game against FC Bardez on 21 February 2019. In August 2018, he caught the eye of scouts as he scored against

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side

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in the Awes Cup and helped

win by 2-0. In 2019, Ronaldo represented

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in the

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and reached the Semi-Finals where they lost by 2-1 to

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. Ronaldo scored the only goal for Goa in the Semi-Final.

East Bengal

In 2019, Ronaldo signed for

side and Kolkata giants:

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on a 3 years contract, after a successful week of trials under the observation of coach Alejandro Menendez. He made his debut against George Telegraph S.C. on 9 August in the 2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division which East Bengal lost 0-1. He also started in the

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in the 2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division. He came on as a substitute against

Kalighat MS Kalighat Milan Sangha Football Club (known simply as Kalighat MS, formerly Kalighat Club) is an Indian multi-sports club based in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal. Its football team currently competes in the Premier Division of Calcutta Football ...

in the second half and provided a brilliant assist with the outside of his foot for

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to score and ensure the win for

. He is a part of the squad to play the 2019-20 I-League. He was released in January 2020.

FC Bengaluru United

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have signed Ronaldo Oliveira on a free transfer

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Salgaocar *

Golden Boot: 2018-19 *AWES Cup runner-up: 2018 Kerala Blasters B *

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: 2019-20

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliveira, Ronaldo 1997 births Living people Indian men's footballers I-League players East Bengal Club players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Goa Kerala Blasters FC Reserves and Academy players Salgaocar FC players FC Bengaluru United players I-League 2 players 21st-century Indian sportsmen Goa Professional League players