Brazil great Ronaldo Nazário has ended his bid for the presidency of his country's soccer confederation. The two-time World Cup winner turned businessman said Wednesday he lacked support among local soccer executives to challenge incumbent Ednaldo Rodrigues for the role of leading the Brazil Football Confederation.

Brazilian football legend Ronaldo Nazario has withdrawn from the race to become the president of Brazil’s football federation .A former Ballon d'Or winner and two-time World Cup champion had declared his candidacy in December with the

Brazil football great Ronaldo said that he was pulling out of the race to be president of his country's football association (CBF) on Wednesday after failing to gather enough support from regional federations to present a candidacy.

Two-time World Cup champion (1994, 2002) and 1997 Confederations Cup winner with the Brazilian national team, former forward Ronaldo has announced that he will not run for the position of president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).

Former Brazil striker Ronaldo has withdrawn his candidacy to be the next president of his country’s football federation (CBF). Ronaldo — who scored 62 goals for his nation as they reached three successive World Cup finals between 1994 and 2002,

Brazil legend Ronaldo announced Wednesday he was giving up on the idea of running for president of the country's football governing body due to a lack of support from regional federations.But the two-time World Cup winner said 23 of the 27 regional federations representing the various states of Brazil refused to listen to his proposals.