
As the never ending debate rages on who between lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo is the best footballer in the world.
Ronaldo football earnings. Cristiano ronaldo is the first football star to break 1 billion earnings milestone. Messi and ronaldo top the earnings and now forbes are claiming that messi resolving his contract dispute has elevated the argentine into that ten figure promised land in their latest report on. Ronaldo luís nazário de lima brazilian portuguese. Aside from traditional sponsorships ronaldo s earnings come from sources including a museum of his life and a hotel chain.
Cristiano ronaldo 127 3 million. Cristiano ronaldo career earnings estimated at 1 billion. The former takes the crown for the highest paid athlete in 2019. Cristiano ronaldo has a huge fan following that much is obvious and not just on the pitch but on social media too.
The rest comes off the pitch with forbes saying he earned around 45 million via endorsements in the past year. The world s 100 highest paid athletes annual ranking released by forbes puts the salary of the barcelona fc player earnings at 127 million from june 2018 to. ʁoˈnawdu ˈlwis nɐˈzaɾju dʒi ˈɫĩmɐ. He is also the first football star to breach the one billion mark beating his arch rival and barcelona legend lionel messi.
He may be in the final years of his career but juventus star ronaldo is still one of the biggest draws in world football. Born 18 september 1976 commonly known as ronaldo is a brazilian business owner president of la liga club real valladolid and a retired professional footballer who played as a striker popularly dubbed in portuguese o fenômeno the phenomenon he is widely considered one of the greatest. A combination of his wages and prize money for playing on the pitch and endorsements off it sees ronaldo s earnings reach a staggering 105 mn 60mn salary 45mn endorsements. Cristiano ronaldo instagram earning tops athletes charts.
Cristiano ronaldo s career earnings which stands at 1 billion makes him the highest paid footballer in the world as per forbes. According to forbes 650 million of ronaldo s career earnings have come from salary. Ronaldo s instagram popularity comes as no surprise as he is also the highest paid celebrity all categories on the platform. Hopper hq estimates ronaldo s net worth in 2020 to be around 466 million.
So it comes as a surprise that cristiano ronaldo earns more from being an instagram influencer than as a footballer.