By Akinwale Kasali
For over five months, former World Best Footballer of the Year, Ronaldinho De Assis was in jail in Asuncion, Paraguay for entering the country with fake passport.
But Ronaldinho has now been released from the jail in Paraguay, where he was arrested in March.
The former Barcelona, AC Milan and Brazil star, Ronaldinho was finally released from jail in Paraguay after nearly five months.
Ronaldinho and his brother, Roberto Assis, were both jailed in the South American country.
The pair were moved from jail to house arrest in a Paraguayan hotel in April after serving 32 days in prison.
Ronaldinho, a key part of Brazil’s 2002 World Cup-winning squad, and his brother were released from house arrest on Monday.
While Ronaldinho paid a $90,000 fine, his brother was fined $110,000, while travel conditions were imposed on both.
The former Paris Saint-Germain midfielder won 97 caps for Brazil between 1999 and 2013, scoring 33 times.
Ronaldinho also won the Ballon d’Or in 2005.
