The huge salary at Juventus plus profits from business activities help Cristiano Ronaldo become the player with the largest fortune in the world.

Moving to Juventus with a contract worth 117 million USD from Real Madrid in 2018, Ronaldo had to reduce his salary, in addition to changing the environment and adapting to Italian football. However, he is still one of the best earners in the football world.

Moving to Italy helps Ronaldo have more sponsorship contracts and develop his business. According to Forbes statistics in March 2020, CR7 is the player with the second highest annual income in the world, with 109 million USD, just behind Lionel Messi.

Ronaldo is the player who owns the largest fortune in the world. Photo: Getty Images.

How rich is Ronaldo?

He and Messi (127 million USD per year) and Neymar (105 million USD per year) are three players with an annual income of more than 100 million USD. The Portuguese superstar ranked 6th on the ranking of 100 high-income celebrities in the world in 2019, after Taylor Swift, Kylie Jenner, Kanye West, Messi and Ed Sheeran.

According to Goal, the estimated total value of Ronaldo’s current assets is about 466 million USD, topping the list of richest players and former players in the world. David Beckham, who ranks second on the list, owns a fortune of about 450 million USD, while this figure for Messi is 400 million USD.

The former Real Madrid striker owns a real estate investment portfolio with a total value of up to 33.5 million USD. In Turin, CR7 lives with his family in a villa with a gym and swimming pool, joined by two previously built villas. He also owns a villa designed by architect Juaquin Torres worth $7 million in Madrid. This villa has a gym, 2 swimming pools, 7 bedrooms and a giant portrait of Ronaldo.

Ronaldo is also said to be a neighbor of UFC champion Conor McGregor, owning a villa worth $1.6 million in the coastal city of Marbella, Spain. This is one of the places he often goes to relax with his family. In addition, the Portuguese superstar also bought a 3-bedroom apartment at Trump Tower, New York, USA with an estimated value of up to 18.5 million USD.

Ronaldo owns many expensive real estate investments. Photo: Pestana CR7.

Known as a man who has long had a passion for supercars, Ronaldo owns a collection of many luxury cars, including a Bugatti Noire Bugire worth 18.9 million USD. CR7 bought this car in Spain to add to his collection including Bugatti Chiron, Lamborghini Aventador, and Rolls Royce Cullinan. In 2015, he also bought another plane worth 16.7 million USD.

The Portuguese superstar is someone who pays attention to the way he dresses. He owns many expensive items from famous fashion brands. In 2018, during a press conference, Ronaldo impressed by wearing a custom-designed watch encrusted with 424 diamonds worth $2.2 million.

How does Ronaldo make money?

CR7’s current contract with Juventus helps him earn about 34 million USD per year and become the highest paid player in Serie A. This contract is also valid until 2022, which means 4 years in Turin. Ronaldo can earn 120 million euros.

Most of the money this player has earned so far is thanks to the professional contracts he has signed. In 2003, Ronaldo was recruited by Man Utd for a fee of 12.2 million USD from Sporting CP. Four years later, he signed an extension with the Old Trafford team for a fee of 31 million USD. In 2009, CR7 moved to Real Madrid with a contract worth 150 million USD before going to Juventus for 117 million USD.

From a young player to becoming the world’s top superstar, Ronaldo has a dream career and has also become a destination for many famous brands. Like many other professional athletes, he also earns millions of dollars from sponsorship contracts.

Among them, the most prominent is Ronaldo’s lifetime contract with Nike with a total value of up to one billion USD. He signed this agreement when he was playing for Real Madrid in 2016. At that time, CR7 had a commercial value of about 474 million USD with this fashion brand.

CR7 is the brand face of many famous fashion brands. Photo: Goal.

Ronaldo’s income comes largely from advertising revenue on social networks. According to Hookit, the Juventus striker is the first athlete to reach 200 million followers on social networks. On Instagram, he also leads in the number of followers with about 215 million as of now.

In 2019, Ronaldo earned about 48 million USD from Instagram. On average, each brand has to spend 976,000 USD to have a post on this player’s personal page. The Portuguese superstar’s social network income is comparable to famous faces like Kylie Jenner, Selena Gomez or Ariana Grande.

The former Man Utd player also owns his own fashion brand “CR7” and a hair transplant clinic in Spain called “Insparya”. In addition, Ronaldo is also the owner of two large hotels named “Pestana CR7” in his native Portugal, one in Lisbon and one in Madeira. At the end of 2016, he also combined with partners to open the gym “CR7 Fitness” in Madrid.