Ronaldinho facing financial troubles in Brazil - report


FILE PHOTO: Former soccer player Ronaldo Assis de Moreira (popularly known as Ronaldinho Gaucho) arrives to a meeting with Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro (not pictured) at the Planato Palace in Brasilia, Brazil June 17, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A court in southern Brazil has forbidden ex-Barcelona striker Ronaldinho from selling 57 of his real estate properties due to an unpaid environmental fine and other debts, a Brazilian newspaper reported on Monday.

The Folha de S.Paulo paper said the former World Player of the Year owes 9.5 million reais (£2.06 million) in unpaid environmental fines after illegally building a pier at his lake house in Porto Alegre.

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