In this way the team won their group and Ronaldo was their scorer with four goals. One of the most important aspects for Mourinho at Porto was the pressure that his team had to exert. In the quarterfinals, the interest was focused on the duel between the Canarinha and the England team, who would meet in Shizuoka on June 21. In the final, the Brazilian team defeated Uruguay 3-0 with two goals from Ronaldo, who also became the tournament's top scorer, forming an attacking duo with Rivaldo. In the penalty shootout, Spain won 7-6. Xavi, Iniesta, Piqué, Ramos, Mata and Busquets scored for the Spanish team (he scored his first penalty as a professional player, the other missed). All the players moved together and at the same time in the direction of the ball, they went up and down, not only all together, but staying at the same distance from each other, without losing more than a meter. However, the call-up for the World Cup was different, because in addition to Ronaldo, Scolari called up a young soccer promise, Ronaldinho Gaucho. After becoming the top scorer in the Dutch league and winning the Dutch Cup, he declared himself in absentia with PSV Eindhoven and was hired by FC Barcelona of the Spanish Football League in 1996, in exchange for two thousand five hundred million pesetas, a record in the history of transfers up to that time, although this was later surpassed by the transfer of Alan Shearer from Blackburn Rovers to Newcastle FC in the 1996-1997 season. Playing for Barcelona, ​​he quickly stood out internationally, winning his first Fifa World Player award.

In the Spanish club he scored 34 goals in 37 league games, won the Copa del Rey de Futbol, ​​the Recopa de Europa, the Spanish Super Cup in Futbol and was runner-up in the Liga. This was the first season that the games were no longer broadcast on PPV (Pay Per View) because they decided to broadcast the games without customers paying to watch the games. His sweet journey in the Netherlands ended with an overwhelming figure: 42 goals in 46 games played that helped PSV win the Dutch Cup and earned him a Top Achiever award in the 1994/95 season. Ronaldo is already a star worldwide. Playing with Inter, he received the Ballon d'Or in 1997, thanks in part to the great season he had with Barcelona. In the second half, Brazil managed to come back from behind and won 2-1 with goals from Ronaldo and Rivaldo from a penalty. However, Brazil qualified for the round of 16, where they faced the Chile of their teammate Iván Zamorano. His time with the Sevilla team did not prevent him from returning to Betis in 1969 to get one more promotion in the 1970-71 campaign. Some time later, Luis Aragonés and Juande Ramos had the privilege of directing the two Sevillian teams.

The team completed a great game, which ended 3-3, from which Madrid came out very strengthened. In June 1998 the World Cup begins in France, the selection has Ronaldo and starts as a favorite to successfully defend his title. The team was placed in Group B along with France, Bulgaria and Romania. After the brilliant World Cup performance but at the same time opaque performance in the final against France, Ronaldo obtained the Golden Ball for the best player in the World Cup, and returned to Inter for the 1998/99 season. This season he once again eluded the Serie A title and failed to win any international titles with the club. This time in direct confrontations, Real Sociedad won both home games against Real Unión and pulled off a decisive draw in one of the two games in Irún. «Results of the sporting events of the Golden Jubilee of Real Madrid CF». Given that, after the suspension of the 2019-20 Copa del Rey final due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the finalists Real Sociedad and Athletic Club agreed to play it on a date to be determined within the 2020-21 season and with the public in the stands, which implies exceeding the deadline imposed by UEFA for the dispute of the Cup finals of its member associations, the place in the European League corresponding to the Cup winner, will be awarded to the seventh place in the League.

Ronaldo adapted to Italy where, along with players like Iván Zamorano, Álvaro Recoba and Javier Zanetti among others, he managed to win the UEFA Cup that same season, beating Lazio in the final held in Paris. The match was played in Paris on June 27; Ronaldo with a brilliant performance scored two goals in the match, which ended 4-1 in favor of the Auriverdes. After Belgium had their star Marc Wilmots' offside goal disallowed, Brazil began to improve and in the second half scored first through Rivaldo in the 67th minute and Ronaldo in the 87th minute, finishing 2- 0 in favor of Brazil. However, with the Brazilian team he continued to achieve important successes. On this occasion Brazil was outclassed tactically and was defeated by the hosts with a clear 3-0. However, there was controversy in this meeting with Ronaldo because hours before the grand final, Ronaldo suffered a series of seizures in the hotel and was at risk of not playing in the grand final. At the end of the season, he won the Copa América held in Bolivia with the Brazilian team, defeating the hosts in the final with a score of 3-1. Ronaldo scored one of the goals in that match and was declared the best player of the championship.