Ronaldinho's greatest ever pass? When Barcelona icon blew Celta Vigo away | OneFootball

Ronaldinho is one of the most extraordinarily unique footballers of the modern era.

He might not have produced the dizzying numbers of Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi, but his penchant for delivering moments of pure uniqueness and flair was second to none.

You always just felt with Ronaldinho that he was kicking every ball with a smile on his face, not necessarily going out to play with the upmost efficiency, but rather with the upmost enjoyment.

What makes Ronaldinho such a footballing icon?

As systems, tactics and formations are prioritised more and more in the modern game, so-called ‘luxury players’ like Ronaldinho are becoming fewer and farther between at the highest level.

However, if anything, that just makes football fans feel even more nostalgic about the likes of Ronaldinho, reminiscing about what it was that made them such a maverick.

From the Samba dancing goal at Chelsea to the jaw-dropping nature of his first ever Barcelona strike, Ronaldinho always had it in his boots to produce a game-changing moment out of nowhere.

But with so many moments of Ronaldinho magic having been watched so many times as to become a painfully familiar sight, it’s often his hidden gems that get the most love these days.

And of all the magic Ronaldinho memories to fly under the radar, the team at GIVEMESPORT is inclined to think that it’s his truly bonkers pass for Barcelona at Celta Vigo that takes the cake.

When did Ronaldinho produce his extraordinary pass?

Cast your minds back to the 2005/06 season and a time where Ronaldinho simply couldn’t put a foot wrong for the Blaugrana, producing one of the finest passes that we’ve ever seen.

Killing the ball dead with a stellar first-touch on the left flank, the Ballon d’Or winner then played a pass of such remarkable accuracy that it genuinely looked as though it had been mapped out by hand.

Slicing the penalty area in half and finding Henrik Larsson with unerring ease, it truly was a collector’s item for the Ronaldinho collection and one that you’d be barmy not to appreciate.

Now that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Ronaldinho always made for such compulsive viewing.

Sure, it might not have ended up in a goal, but it’s a testament to just how much of a one-off Ronaldinho truly was that even some of his ‘trivial’ moments are still remembered well over a decade later.

He might well have wound up his own managers and boy would he frustrate contemporary coaches, but he truly was a player that reminds fans why it is that they love the sport in the first place.

Football without Ronaldinho just isn’t football at all.