Former Barcelona and AC Milan Brazilian star Ronaldinho has lost his mother to coronavirus. The mother of the football star Dona Miguelina passed away after battling with the deadly virus which he’s contracted last 2020.
71-years-old Dona Miguelina was hospitalised after testing positive for the virus in December last year in Brazil at their home city Porto Alegre. According to reports she passed away in the late hours of Saturday.
He returned to his home country Brazil in 2011, after spending three years in Italy with AC Milan, before playing for four different clubs back in South America.
The 40-year old joined Barcelona in 2003 from Paris Saint Germain and made 207 appearances in all competitions for them. During his time at Barcelona he won won two La Liga titles and one Champions League in.
Ronaldinho also spent time in a Paraguayan prison for some time, he was charged with entering the country with a fake passport with his brother.