Ronaldinho to play for Gent and Standard in exhibition match | OneFootball

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·5 September 2022

Ronaldinho to play for Gent and Standard in exhibition match

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Ronaldinho is to play for Gent and Standard in an exhibition match between the two clubs at the end of the month.

Both Gent and Standard are sponsored by Circus, a betting company that Ronaldinho is an ambassador for, and they will contest the Circus Cup, an exhibition match, at the end of the month.


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The Brazilian legend is to play for 40 minutes of it spread across the two halves, representing Gent in one of them and Standard in the other.

“In my career, I have never played in Belgium or against a Belgian club,” he said in an official statement.

“Twenty years ago I was there at the World Cup in Japan in the quarter-final against the Red Devils, so I’m looking forward to meeting the Belgian fans.

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