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The athletes who can usually represent their countries in international football competitions are carefully selected, not only have strong physique, but also superb game skills and rich off-field experience.
However, in a recent match of the North and South American and Caribbean Football League, there was a magical scene - a player who was still old with a big belly appeared in the camera repeatedly.
Wearing the No. 61 shirt and captain's armband, he played as an attacking midfielder and played 54 minutes before being replaced.
Some netizens who are not familiar with the team also think: Is there no one to choose the team of this country?
However, the fact is that this strange player is the vice president of the South American country of Suriname, Ronnie Brunswick, and he himself is the owner of this team, a super football fan.
In the round of 16 on September 21, Ronnie's side Inter Moengotapoe represented Suriname against the Central American country of Honduras' Olympia.
This is their team's first appearance in the Sino-American league, and they did not expect that the strength was not bad, from the qualifiers all the way to the round of 16.
The tournament was held not only in the Surinamese country, but also in Ronnie's own stadium, which bears his name.
Perhaps it is a rare opportunity to see the rich and wayward Ronnie soo playing directly on his own home field. So there is the scene at the beginning of the article.
Born in 1961, Ronnie is 60 years old this year, and when he was young, he also often played football games.
Although older than other young players can run fast, it is already impressive to be able to play at this age.
He also played 54 minutes before being replaced, and his son Damian was also a player for the team, but only played 29 minutes.
The data shows that he tried 17 passes, of which 14 were successful, which can also be regarded as "the sword is not old".
But the opponent was still too strong, and in the end the team lost the game in a 0:6 defeat.
He didn't win the game, but Ronnie set a record as soon as he played the game – he set a world record for the oldest player in international football at the age of 60 years and 198 days.
Ronnie may not have intended to win in the first place, but simply wanted to satisfy his selfish desires as a football fan and participate in an international competition.
So even after losing, his mood was not affected at all. He was also photographed coming to the opposing team's lounge shirtless after the game.
Then, an even more magical scene appeared.
He happily distributed cash to each player, and honduran players surrounded him, taking money and laughing, and the atmosphere was very lively.
In the end, Ronnie happily put on the opponent's jersey and left.
After this video was posted online, it not only caused controversy among netizens, but also attracted the attention of the Chinese and North American League Football Association.
They said it made them worry about the integrity issues involved in the game, suspected that there was an interest in it, and expected the committee to investigate the matter later.
However, there are also many people who know Ronnie and say that this is a match-fixing for money, and Ronnie is just particularly "bold and generous".
It is reported that he bought new cars for everyone in his team. He has also been known in the country as "Robin Hood of Suriname".
And this person's whole life is inherently full of controversy.
Some people say that he is a legendary hero who robs the rich and helps the poor, but some people always think that he is an international drug trafficking criminal and is not benevolent to the rich.
Ronnie Brunswick came from a poor background, his father was a farmer and had to support the family's 10 children. He grew up in one of the poorest regions of the Western Hemisphere.
At that time, Suriname was a Dutch colony and did not gain independence until 1975. A few years later, at the age of 18, Ronnie joined the Surinamese National Army as a paratrooper.
Ronnie, who has been hard-working since childhood, is also very hard and serious in the training process, he climbed up step by step through his own efforts, and was sent to Cuba for commando training because of his excellent performance.
After returning home from training, he was eventually appointed personal bodyguard to former President Desi Botez of Suriname.
On one of those foreign visits, someone fired, and Ronnie, who thought the president had been assassinated, immediately rushed forward to protect Botez. It was later discovered that a soldier had accidentally fired a gun.
His loyalty and even willingness to sacrifice his life have earned him a lot of praise.
But his salary has almost never risen. And often at the president's side, he can also see the extravagant corruption of the government at that time, but he is blind to the poor and turbulent life of the people.
In 1984, Ronnie first asked for a raise. Unexpectedly, the final salary increase was unsuccessful, and he was also fired.
He did not expect that he had been born into death for many years to work hard, but when they came, they kicked him away like a stray dog.
This ignited the anger in the heart of Ronnie, the hit worker. But the gentleman's revenge, ten years is not too late.
Two years later, a gunshot at 3 a.m. on July 22, 1986 marked the beginning of the Surinamese civil war.
That day in Storksever, 12 soldiers guarding the checkpoint were captured by a jungle commando led by Ronnie.
It turned out that Ronnie used his years of accumulated experience in guerrilla warfare to organize a rebel guerrilla force of 1200 people to formally challenge the military dictatorship of the government.
During this period, Ronnie robbed a number of government-owned banks in a non-violent manner and gave all the stolen money to the poor, robbing the rich and the poor.
As a result, he received the title of "Robin Hood of Suriname" in the folk.
At that time, the Surinamese government learned that the leader of the rebels was Ronnie, and launched a large-scale search and arrest operation.
But each time Ronnie attacked, he was one step ahead of them, and he and his companions would flee to the deep mountains and jungles to hide and fight a guerrilla war with them, and they could do nothing about him.
On 29 November 1986, Surinamese troops attacked Moiwana, the village where Ronnie was born, breaking into the village under the pretext of looking for Ronnie and killing at least 39 villagers there, most of them women and children who were powerless to fight back.
Afterwards they also burned down Ronnie's house and destroyed the village. More than 100 refugees fled across the border to French Guiana. As the civil war progressed, it became a destination for other refugees.
After the Surinamese army washed the village of Moiwana in blood, the people's hearts were more inclined to Ronnie's rebel organization.
The Surinamese civil war lasted for six years until 1992, when the Surinamese government had to sign a peace treaty with Ronnie and convert the jungle guerrillas into part of the army.
Ronnie also obtained patents for gold exploration and forestry development in certain locations, which became the beginning of his fortune. It is reported that his net worth at that time was as high as $5 million.
In 1999, however, he was indicted in absentia in the Netherlands for drug trafficking and sentenced to 6 years in prison. The following year, a French court indicted him on the same charges.
Until his election as vice president last July, Interpol's arrest warrant for him remained in effect.
Therefore, for more than 20 years, he could not leave Suriname, otherwise he would be arrested by Interpol at any time.
In addition to these legendary crazy experiences, he is said to have at least 50 children.
People joke that other people say that they want to have a football team is just talking, but he really has several football teams when he loves football.
Ronnie, vice president of Suriname, said in an interview with The New York Times in January: "I give people everything I have. I've wanted to help people since I was a kid. Now I finally have the opportunity to help the whole country. ”
From the son of a peasant to an elite paratrooper, from the president's personal bodyguard to the leader of the rebels, and then from robbing the rich and helping the poor to being internationally wanted for drug trafficking,
He is now also a vice president and participates in international football matches. This legendary life is also full of peaks and twists and turns.