🤣 Striker becomes Ronaldo after getting Germany's No 9 for the World Cup | OneFootball

Ronaldo surprised the football world by taking the field for Brazil in the 2002 World Cup final against Germany with the "Cascão" haircut.

And wouldn’t you know it, a GERMAN forward decided to “take inspiration” from the Phenomenon?

The squad numbers of the four-time world champions for the tournament were revealed this Tuesday (26).

And call-up Jamie Leweling got the No. 9 shirt.

The sequence included him “turning into” the former Brazilian striker on his Instagram profile.

Ronaldo made history in that final by beating Oliver Kahn twice and securing what remains, to this day, Brazil’s most recent World Cup title.

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Leweling, 25, had the best season of his career: he scored 11 goals and provided 12 assists across 50 matches.

He helped Stuttgart secure a place in the next Champions League and reach the German Cup final, which was won by Bayern.

The German side also reached the Europa League round of 16. 

He began his professional career at Greuther Fürth and has been with Stuttgart since the 2023/24 season. He initially joined on loan from Union Berlin and was later signed permanently.

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