Cristiano Ronaldo is currently under contract with Manchester United. Closer to the end of his career than the beginning, the Portuguese footballer with five Golden Balls is not yet ready to hang up his boots. Throughout his long career, Ronaldo has won the hearts of supporters, but also advertisers. Zoom on the career and fortune of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Cristiano Ronaldo (full name Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro) was born on February 5, 1985. The Portuguese comes from a rather poor family. He is the son of Maria Dolores dos Santos and José Dinis Aveiro. Cristiano’s father was affected by unemployment and alcoholism. His brother had problems with drugs.
As soon as the footballer had the financial means to help his family, he did so, buying his mother a house, helping his brother escape his drug addiction. However, he never managed to help his father… Too proud, the latter always categorically refused his help, José Dinis Aveiro died on September 7, 2005, from a liver tumor. If Ronaldo is recognized by the whole world for his strength of character and work as well as his fierce fight against alcohol, he owes it in part to his father.
A look back at Ronaldo’s career, the football genius
Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player, with Lionel Messi, to have obtained at least five Golden Balls. If the striker achieved this feat by astonishing football fans every weekend, it is at the cost of hard work. Zoom on the career of CR7.
The flamboyant debut of Cristiano Ronaldo
Considered a crack player, Cristiano joined the Sporting Portugal training center at the age of 11. He played in all of Sporting’s youth teams until 2002, where he took his first steps with the A team. In the Portuguese championship, Ronaldo demonstrated his technical qualities on the pitch as soon as he arrived as a professional. His exploits do not fail to impress many European teams. This is how during a Champions League match against the Manchester United club, the young Portuguese impressed the opposing coach (Sir Alex Ferguson) who did not miss the opportunity to sign the future star in his club the same year (2003).
From now on, the Portuguese plays in the best championship in the world (Première League, English championship), he must now show the football world that he lives up to the expectations placed on him. Over the seasons, Ronaldo became the key element of this team, participating in all of Manchester United’s major victories. Thanks to its performances, the Manchester club won several championships as well as the 2008 Champions League. That same year, CR7 won its first Golden Ball.
The peak of his career
During the summer transfer window of 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo became the highest paid player in the history of football, the Portuguese was transferred to Real Madrid for the tidy sum of 80 million euros. He will stay there for a decade. From 2009 to 2018, under the colors of the white tunic of Real, CR7 won all possible trophies. Several championships, National Cup, Champions League, Golden Balls. It was during this same period that he fought a long-distance duel with his lifelong rival, a certain Lionel Messi.
A more complicated end to career for Ronaldo
Now 33 years old, Cristiano has won everything in his career. He needs a new challenge. With this in mind, he decided to pack up and go to Italy, to Juventus in Turin. The Turin club bought the Portuguese for 105 million euros, so they obviously want a return on their investment. From the 2018 season to 2021, the Portuguese does what he does best: score goals. But the team, gradually in decline, fails to shake Europe. Despite this, Cristiano managed to win his team several trophies at the national level.
Disappointed by the performances of his club, CR7, 36, decides to make his comeback in England at Manchester United. But everything does not go as planned, Cristiano discovers an aging locker room, himself being closer to the end of his career than the beginning, the club and he are experiencing a more than complicated season, finishing in 6th place in the championship.
A stratospheric track record
Cristiano Ronaldo has 34 collective club trophies, including several Spanish and Italian championships, several national Cups in Spain, Italy and Portugal, as well as several European and World Cups.
Ronaldo also won 2 trophies with his national team, a Euro in 2016, as well as the UEFA Nations League in 2018/2019.
Individually, CR7 also has 5 Golden Balls and multiple awards acquired throughout his career.
The stormy relations between Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United
For several months, relations have been more than tense between Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United. Despite his salary of 40 million dollars, Cristiano Ronaldo has not been kind to his club. However, the split between the two parties worsened after the publication of an interview with CR7 in which he spoke about his club and his coach. According to him, they would have disrespected him.
An agreement has reportedly been reached between Ronaldo and Manchester United to allow him to leave the club at the end of the World Cup. However, it seems that clubs are not rushing to recruit CR7. In question? His salary is considered astronomical, but also his image which is fading over the years.
The new contract of Ronaldo and Al-Nassr FC
While relations were tense between Cristiano Ronaldo and his club, Manchester United, an agreement was reached between the two parties in order to push CR7 towards the exit. Many thought he was going to return to Real Madrid but the footballer decided otherwise. Indeed, it is at Al-Nassr FC that Ronaldo signed a contract which extends until 2025.
From now on, Cristiano Ronaldo will play for Al-Nassr FC, a Saudi football club which has established itself as number 2 in the country’s championship. The footballer was also impatient to join a brand new championship. For its part, the Saudi Arabian club explains, in a tweetthat this signature will “ not only inspire our club to reach the heights, but also our league, our country and future generations. »
Cristiano Ronaldo’s crazy new salary at Al-Nassr FC
It must be said that the signing between a football club and CR7 was not won. In question? The footballer’s salary expectations which were quite high. At Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo was paid 40 million dollars per year, or 37,290,000 euros per year.
However, Al-Nassr FC was able to line up the tickets to seduce CR7. How much is Ronaldo’s salary at Al-Nassr FC? Quite simply at $200 million for 2 and a half years. In total Ronaldo should therefore receive 40 million dollars for the end of the 2023 season, then 80 million dollars per year, or 74,580,000 euros per season.
If Cristiano Ronaldo maintains his partnerships and his extra-sporting income, CR7’s salary could reach 140 million dollars per year, making him the highest paid footballer in the world!
Cristiano Ronaldo’s exact fortune
Ronaldo is surely the footballer who has managed his image best, between astronomical salaries, partnerships with different brands, his social networks, as well as the creation of his own brand “CR7”, the Portuguese stacks the different sources of income. According to Forbes magazine, Cristiano Ronaldo is the first footballer in history to have passed the billion dollar mark earned through football.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s salary at Manchester United
According to the tabloid Forbes, since his return to Manchester United, the Portuguese footballer would be the 3rd highest paid footballer in the world, just behind Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé. Cristiano Ronaldo receives 40 million dollars annually from sporting income alone.
Ronaldo and partnerships
Sports income is not the main source of wealth for the Portuguese. Indeed, thanks to its partnerships with numerous brands such as Nike (lifetime contract linking Nike and CR7), Herbalife, Livescore and many others. Cristiano Ronaldo earns more than $60 million annually in extra-sporting income. According to Forbes, the Manchester United player thus accumulates, between sporting and non-sporting income, the sum of 100 million dollars annually.
An AS of networks
If Cristiano Ronaldo’s extra-sporting salary is the highest of all footballers, it is notably thanks to his image and his number of subscribers on social networks. Indeed, the Portuguese has nearly 486 million followers on Instagram, while Messi and Mbappe only have 364 million and 110 million respectively. According to Capitalthanks to his community Cristiano Ronaldo pockets nearly 1.6 million dollars per Instagram post.
An outstanding entrepreneur
In addition to all these sources of income, Cristiano Ronaldo is an outstanding entrepreneur. Banking on his brand image, the footballer did not hesitate to invest to earn money off the football field. Indeed, Ronaldo has his own brand called “CR7” which offers clothing, accessories, as well as sports halls and hotels around the world. In addition, the current Manchester United player has invested in several real estate properties across the planet, as well as a collection of luxury cars.
Is Cristiano Ronaldo a billionaire?
According to the magazine ForbesCristiano Ronaldo is the first footballer in history to earn $1 billion during his playing career. The Portuguese striker is only the third athlete to achieve such a feat. Thanks in particular to his performances on the football fields and his almost perfect image. Beyond breaking all sporting records, the Portuguese striker will also have broken all financial records.
Fortune, salary, last name… Facts you need to know about Cristiano Ronaldo
If you think you know Cristiano Ronaldo, here is some information you need to know about the football genius:
- Cristiano Ronaldo’s last name is not really Ronaldo. Actually, his birth name is Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro. He added the last name “Ronaldo” in homage to American President Ronald Reagan. He was indeed one of his father’s favorite personalities.
- Ronaldo is a huge tennis fan and has often been seen attending tennis matches. He also has friendships in this sector. Cristiano Ronald is indeed friends with Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic.
- Ronaldo is very involved in charitable activities and has made significant donations to international organizations such as UNICEF and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
- Ronaldo is also very attached to his family and in particular to his son Cristiano Jr., born in 2010. Cristiano Ronaldo has also chosen not to reveal the identity of his son’s mother.
- Ronaldo is known to be very particular about his diet and training regime. He avoids fatty foods and sugary drinks and follows a strict diet to keep his fitness at the highest level.
