The arrival of Ronaldinho in 2003, and Barcelona's subsequent success in La Liga and Champions League, has been seen as crucial to an increase in the national, and worldwide, fan-base of the club.
brat (plural brats) ( 1 pejorative slang) A child; especially, one who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish. ( 2 slang) A son or daughter (at any age) of an active military service member.
Military brat is known in U.S. military culture as a term of endearment and respect. The term may also connote a military brat's experience of mobile upbringing, and may reference a sense of worldliness.