Ronaldinho scores UAE Golden Visa

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Ronaldo de Assis Moreira has been granted the UAE Golden Visa.

That's according to Dubai's General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs, which received the football star known as Ronaldinho. 

Major General Mohammed Al Marri, Director General of GDRFA and Major General Obaid Muhair bin Surour, Deputy Director were present when the two-time Fifa World Player of the Year was handed his golden visa. 

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