Updated on 22 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

Ronaldo Joins Team PokerStars

Another great sporting icon has joined the ever growing roster at Team PokerStars, as Brazillian footballing legend Ronaldo becomes their newest ambassador.

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Considered by many as one of the greatest footballers of all time, he will be participating in advertising campaigns and playing live events representing PokerStars.

He joins Tennis stars Boris Becker and Rafal Nadal, field hockey player Fatima Moreira de Melo and skier Marcus Hellner as the latest sports star turned sponsored poker pro at 'Team PokerStars SportsStars'.

Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, better known as just Ronaldo, won two World Cups with Brazil and numerous honours with teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona and Inter Milan.

He is one of only three players to win the FIFA Player of the Year award three times, and in total scored 342 times for club and country.

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Barry Carter
Poker Expert

Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.