The experts all agree: his goal-scoring accuracy is astounding, his footwork is phenomenal, his leaps inside the square are incredible, his ability to outrun his opponent is unmatched, his work rate is unbelievable, and he is unstoppable on the field.
Even though he’s well into his 30s, Ronaldo is still performing like a “freak of nature,” as FIFA once put it. Indeed, it is due to his phenomenal play on the field that he is known by millions all over the world. Although, for many what makes his story so remarkable is how he went from obscurity to wealth.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Net Worth
As of 2018, Cristiano Ronaldo’s annual salary was estimated at $50 million US Dollars. In addition, he has signed a new four-year contract with Real Madrid that would pay him $50 million per year in U.S. dollars.
Ronaldo has also secured a USD 1 billion lifetime contract with Nike. His main source of revenue is through endorsements and match winnings. In addition, Cristiano has a burgeoning brand portfolio that currently features:
CR7 SHOES
CR7 UNDERWEAR
CR7 FRAGRANCE
CR7 JEANS
CR7 HOTELS
Because of this, Cristiano Ronaldo is now unequivocally the highest-paid athlete in the world.
A look Into Cristiano Ronaldo’s life And Career
Ronaldo was born in Funchal, Madeira’s capital. His childhood was challenging with three elder siblings. Even in poverty, he loved football. After a brief time with youth clubs, he made his senior debut with Sporting Clube de Portugal in Lisbon in 2002 at age 16.
He was the club’s first player to play in the under-16, under-17, under-18, and B teams, and his first squad in a single season. Sir Alex Ferguson saw his brilliance and altered his life. Ronaldo was promptly signed by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson for USD 19 million.
Ronaldo was a Red Devil from 2003 until 2009, becoming a soccer superstar. Real Madrid paid a then-record USD 96 million for him in 2009. He continued his great play for Spain for nine seasons, till 2018. At 33, Juventus signed him for USD 100 million, the largest for the club and a player over 30.
Man United re-signed him for two years in August 2021 after three seasons. Premier League club paid Juventus USD 17.7 million plus USD 9.4 million in add-ons. Ronaldo has seven league cups. In 2019, he became the first footballer to win league cups in the Premier League, La Liga, and Serie A.
He also won three UEFA Super Cups, four FIFA Club World Cups, five UEFA Champions Leagues, and countless more cups. He led Portugal to the 2016 Euro Cup title. He’s focused on Qatar 2022. Ronaldo has been compared to Lionel Messi, the world’s richest athlete in 2022, throughout his career.
Ronaldo has five Ballon d’Ors to Messi’s seven. Ronaldo has more goals than Messi, according to football records. The Portuguese striker has 800 career goals. He’s the country’s all-time leading goalscorer with 110. Over 700 goals for his clubs. Ronaldo and Georgina Rodrguez have two children. Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. is his eldest surrogate-born kid.
Ronaldo’s Career Earnings
Forbes has declared Cristiano Ronaldo the best-paid athlete in the world two years in a row, in 2016 and 2017. In 2020, Forbes placed him at #4 on their list of the world’s highest-paid athletes. His pre-tax income of USD 105 million put him into the exclusive club of billionaire athletes.
Ronaldo became the first athlete in a team sport to have a net worth of over $1 billion, joining golfer Tiger Woods and boxer Floyd Mayweather as the only other live athletes to do so.
According to Forbes’ list of the world’s highest-paid athletes in 2022, he came in at number three. The magazine claims that Ronaldo made USD 115 million between May 1, 2021, and April 30, 2022.
Ronaldo’s On-field earnings
Seasonal earnings for Cristiano Ronaldo have fluctuated throughout his career, notably in recent years. Forbes’ 2022 list estimates that Cristiano Ronaldo earned USD 60 million in pay and bonuses while playing for Man United over the period considered for the report.
The March 2020 issue of Forbes claimed that Ronaldo had agreed to a wage cut at Juventus, reducing his annual salary and bonus earnings to an estimated USD 46 million from the USD 65 million he had earned in 2019.
Ronaldo’s Instagram Earnings
Ronaldo’s Instagram account is one of his most lucrative business ventures. More than 495 million people around the world follow the Portuguese football star. This makes him the most followed person on Instagram, with a massive lead over his closest competitor, Lionel Messi of Argentina, who currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in France’s Ligue 1.
Because of their massive fan base, they are guaranteed to make a fortune. Forbes stated in October 2019 that he made more from his Instagram posts than he did from his contract with Juventus. In exact terms, how much is it going to cost?
About $1,000,000 for each sponsored Instagram post. Forbes estimates that this generated annual revenue of $48,800,000 for him, or almost $13,000,000 more than his pay at Juventus.
Early in 2022, the UK-based Instagram planning and scheduling tool Hopper HQ reported that Ronaldo was earning roughly USD 2.4 million for each sponsored Instagram post.
Ronaldo’s Car Collection
Ronaldo owns a fleet of supercars — the combined worth of which comes to around USD 24 million. He has five Ferraris and three Bugattis in his collection. There is also at least one four-wheeler from almost every major car maker in the world, including Bentley, Maserati, Lamborghini and Mercedes.
In a 2015 appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show, Ronaldo admitted he didn’t know how many cars he owns. And he has since acquired more wheels than he had then.
- The Bugattis
- The Ferraris
Other cars
In 2020, Ronaldo’s girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez surprised him with a Mercedes G-Wagon Brabus. The vehicle’s market value at the time was approximately USD 875,000. In 2019, Ronaldo spent $1 million on a McLaren Senna, and he also had a $50,000 Chevrolet Camaro.
It is what he uses to get around his property and transport his kids. Among his four Porsches and one Porsche 911 Turbo S is a speedy Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4, estimated at USD 318,000.
His collection, however, is not limited to speed demons. He also has a fleet of extremely expensive automobiles, including a $900,000 Rolls Royce Cullinan and a $500,000 Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead, both of which he purchased early in his career.
In 2021, he spent roughly USD 313,000 on a Bentley Flying Spur to join his collection of Bentleys, which already included a Bentley Continental GT. In addition to his two Mercedes-AMGs, he also has a Maserati GranCabrio, an Aston Martin DB9, a BMW M6, a Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG Coupe, and a Mercedes-AMG GLE63s AMG.
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