Sao Paulo (INTER / AFP) - Ronaldo, a three-time FIFA World Player of the genius and his goal lead Brazil won the 2002 World Cup, confirmed his retirement from football on Monday at the age of 34 years. Club Corinthians striker who burst into tears that the decision was announced at a press conference in Sao Paulo, saying that despite leaving the football seemed like a "death," his body could no longer meet the demands of the enactment itself. "I just quit my career as a professional footballer," he said in a voice broken. "This is a wonderful career, full of amazing and emotional. "These last two years, I experienced a series of injuries which require long time for healing, from an injury or injuries to another, from one foot to another, from one muscle to another muscle. Pain that prompted me to think about the end of my career. " Ronaldo also revealed that he was having problems with gondoknya gland (thyroid) which makes it difficult to control her weight. "Four years ago, in Milan, I know that I suffered from under-active thyroid` `which slows my metabolism and have to control it, I have to throw the hormones are not allowed in football it is considered as a form of doping," he said. "Many people have been ridiculing regret my weight. But I am not angry with anyone." He made this decision last Thursday, explaining: "When I decided, I felt like I was in intensive care, in a coma. The announcement was like my first death. It is difficult to give up and stop doing what makes you so happy , very attached to you and make you love him so much. " President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff praised Ronaldo's star career, calling it as "one of the most talented footballer in the history of international football. He added in a statement: "We are all people of Brazil will always be grateful for the happiness you give to us and for what you've done for the prestige of Brazil in world sport.
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