Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo

Ronny

Ronny in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo
Date of birth	11 May 1986
Place of birth	Fortaleza, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Hertha BSC
Number	12
Youth career
	AABB
	Fortaleza
	Juventus-SP
2003	Corinthians
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2004–2006	Corinthians	0	(0)
2006–2010	Sporting CP	38	(1)
2009–2010	→ União Leiria (loan)	17	(3)
2010–	Hertha BSC	112	(27)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 December 2015. † Appearances (goals)

Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo (born 11 May 1986), known simply as Ronny, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for German club Hertha BSC mainly as a left midfielder but also as a left back.

He signed with Sporting Clube de Portugal at the age of 20, but could never impose himself in the first team. Subsequently, he played several seasons with Hertha BSC, having joined in 2010.

Football career

Early years / Sporting

Born in Fortaleza, Ronny began his professional career with Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, spending three seasons with the club but appearing mainly for the reserve team. After his contract ended in July 2006, he moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Since joining Sporting, Ronny struggled to gain first-choice status: in the 2006–07 season, he battled with internationals Marco Caneira and Rodrigo Tello to finish with 12 Primeira Liga appearances, although he would score a memorable goal in an 88th minute 1–0 away win against Associação Naval 1º de Maio on 26 November 2006 – his free kick was unofficially measured according to some sources and YouTube at 211 km/h.^[1][2]

Ronny began the 2007–08 campaign as starter, but with the arrival in January of Leandro Grimi from A.C. Milan lost his position, playing just six games in his third year. For 2009–10, only being third or fourth-choice at Sporting, he was loaned to U.D. Leiria, freshly returned to the top division.

Hertha BSC

At the end of the loan, after helping Leiria stay up whilst contributing with three goals, Ronny transferred to German second division club Hertha BSC, where his older brother Raffael was also playing.^[3] He made his Bundesliga debut on 17 September 2011, coming on as a substitute for Patrick Ebert in the last minutes of a 2–2 home draw against FC Augsburg.^[4]

For 2012–13, Ronny moved into a more attacking midfield position, left vacant after his sibling's departure. He scored a career-best 18 goals precisely in that season,^[5][6] helping his team return to the top flight after one year out.

Personal life

Ronny's older brother, Raffael, is also a footballer. An attacking midfielder, he represented, most notably, FC Zürich and Hertha BSC, where the pair played together for two seasons.^[7]

References

1. "Has football ever started a war?". The Guardian. 21 February 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
2. "The fastest shots in football". Goal.com. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
3. "Raffael verlängert bis 2014" [Raffael extends contract to 2014] (in German). Hertha BSC. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
4. "Hertha Berlin 2–2 FC Augsburg". ESPN Soccernet. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
5. "Hertha eiskalt – Ronny überragt beim Jahn" [Hertha stone cold – Ronny surprises at Jahn] (in German). kicker. 3 February 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
6. "Hertha beat Braunschweig 3–0". Hertha BSC. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
7. "Rivais desde pequenos, irmãos Raffael e Ronny duelam no sábado" [Rivals since a young age, brothers Raffael and Ronny go at it Saturday] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

External links

• Ronny at footballzz.co.uk
• Ronny profile at ForaDeJogo
• Ronny profile at Fussballdaten
• Ronny profile at Soccerway
• Official website