“recover the prestige”<\/a> of the national team when he announced his original intention to stand.<\/p>\nBrazil, record five-time winners of the World Cup, last won the competition in 2002 and reached the semi-finals in 2014.<\/p>\n
However, the former Barcelona, Inter Milan and Real Madrid striker has decided to withdraw because most of Brazil’s regional federations “support the incumbent president”.<\/p>\n
“On my first contact with the 27 regional federations, I found 23 closed doors,” Ronaldo said in a statement published on his social media channels.<\/p>\n
“The federations refused to receive me in their homes, on the grounds of their satisfaction with the current administration and support for [Rodrigues’] re-election.”<\/p>\n
Brazil’s 27 regional federations are allocated three votes each, while the 20 top-flight clubs in Brazil’s Serie A are given two votes each and the 20 second-tier Serie B sides, one vote each.<\/p>\n
Ronaldo said he “respected” the right of federation leaders to maintain their support for Rodrigues, but was disappointed there was “no openness to dialogue”.<\/p>\n
“The statute gives the federations the strongest vote, so it’s clear that there’s no way I can run,” he added.<\/p>\n
“I was unable to present my project, put forward my ideas and listen to them as I would have liked.”<\/p>\n
Rodrigues is now expected to be the sole candidate in next year’s election.<\/p>\n
Ronaldo, a World Cup winner in 1994 and 2002, is second on the competition’s all-time top scorer list behind Germany’s Miroslav Klose with 15 goals in 19 appearances.<\/p>\n
His international career spanned 17 years and included two Copa America titles and an Olympic bronze medal.<\/p>\n
Brazil have won the Copa America once since Ronaldo’s international retirement in 2011 and were knocked out of the 2022 World Cup by Croatia in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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