Cristiano Ronaldo Net worth, Career and Personal Life

Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional football player who plays forward and is the captain of the Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr and the Portugal national team. One of the all-time greats, Ronaldo has won the most European Golden Shoes with four, a record three UEFA Men's Player of the Year medals, five Ballon d'Or medals, and three UEFA Men's Player of the Year Awards.

Over his career, he has won 33 trophies, including the UEFA European Championship, five UEFA Champions Leagues, seven league titles, and the UEFA Nations League. Ronaldo is the record holder for the most Champions League appearances (183), goals (140), and assists (42), as well as the most goals in the European Championship (14), goals for his country (128), and appearances (206). Being the only player to have played in over 1,200 professional games—more than any other outfield player - and having scored over 880 official senior career goals for both club and country, he holds the record for most goals scored in history.

Cristiano Ronaldo Net Worth 2024

Cristiano Ronaldo net worth is between $500 million and $600 million. Cristiano Ronaldo contracts provide for most of his income, with his Juventus wage making up an important part of that total. Ronaldo was named the highest-paid sports figure of 2023 by Forbes, with an estimated $136 million in earnings, of which only $46 million came from his football deal.

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Personal Life

There are five children alive for Cristiano Ronaldo. On June 17, 2010, a son was born in the United States, marking his first fatherhood. He has full custody of the child and, by their agreement, has not disclosed the mother's identity to the public. Ronaldo and Russian beauty Irina Shayk called it quits on their five-year relationship in January 2015.

On June 8, 2017, Ronaldo became a father to twins born in the United States through surrogacy. He is dating Spanish model Georgina Rodríguez, who was born in Argentina and gave birth to a daughter on November 12, 2017. In 2022, the couple was expecting two sets of twins. While the female twin lived through birthing, the male twin died.

Cristiano Ronaldo news: Following his signing by Al Nassr, a Saudi Pro League team, Ronaldo went to Saudi Arabia with his family in January 2023. The rulers of the Kingdom, which leans Muslim, granted Ronaldo an exception from the law prohibiting unmarried couples from living together. "The laws of the Kingdom still prohibit living without a marriage contract," an unidentified Saudi lawyer told the Spanish news agency EFE, but Saudi officials have started to "turn a blind eye and stop prosecuting anyone, even though these laws are applied when there is a problem or a crime."

Early Life

Born in the São Pedro parish of Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira, on February 5, 1985, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro spent his childhood in the nearby parish of Santo António. His mother, Maria Dolores dos Santos Viveiros da Aveiro, was a cleaning lady and a cook in the hospitality business. She had four children, the youngest of whom was José Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener at Santo António's Junta de Freguesia and an occasional hitman for the football team Andorinha.

Ronaldo spent two years with Nacional after playing for Andorinha, where his father was the kit man, from 1992 to 1995 as a young player. After a three-day tryout in 1997, at the age of twelve, he was chosen by Sporting CP for a cost of £1,500. After that, he moved from Madeira to Lisbon to enrol in Sporting CP's youth program. At the age of 14, Ronaldo felt he could play semi-professionally. After struggling with his studies at his school in the Telheiras neighbourhood of Lisbon, he agreed to stop his education and devote all his time to football with his mother and Sporting CP tutor, Leonel Pontes.

Professional Career

Cristiano Ronaldo national side: 2001 Ronaldo debuted for Portugal's under-15 team. Ronaldo played for the under-15, under-17, under-20, under-21, and under-23 national teams during his international youth career. He earned 34 youth caps and scored 18 goals in all.

Ronaldo ranked second among Portugal's scorers in their 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying group with seven goals. In the competition, he scored Portugal's second World Cup goal of the group stage against Iran by a penalty kick.

In a friendly match against Brazil on February 6, 2007, Ronaldo debuted as captain of Portugal at the request of Carlos Silva, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) president, who had passed away two days previously. He was given the number 7 shirt for the first time ahead of Euro 2008. There has been a significant demand for Ronaldo replica shirts throughout his career. Cristiano Ronaldo number 7 shirt was the best-selling Premier League sports item 2008. After Messi's number 10 Barcelona shirt, Ronaldo's number 7 Real Madrid shirt sold the second-best globally in 2015.

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Social Media Presence

Cristiano Ronaldo is the person most followed on Instagram. Regarding media value for his sponsors, Ronaldo is just on a different level than any other athlete in all sports. Brands are aware of this, so they are very drawn to him. Once again proving his appeal to a global audience, the Portuguese talisman made history in February 2021 when he became the first individual to amass 500 million followers on social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Ronaldo is the highest-paid user on Instagram. With over 600 million followers, the centre forward earns an impressive $3.23 million for every post on the mentioned social media platform, making him the most followed user overall. Increasing the follower count also increases earnings. Nike reportedly made $474 million in value from its social media presence in 2018, which will be pleasing news to them.