At the age of 37, Ronaldo may no longer be the scoring “machine” as at the peak of his form, but this player still proves the class of a king of money.

In 2023, Cristiano Ronaldo left Europe to play for Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr club. This deal has made CR7 the highest-paid player in history with $ 213 million/year (5 trillion). On average, every hour, CR7 will pocket more than 24.4 thousand USD, or about 577 million VND.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the most famous athlete in the world, with more than half a billion followers on his social media platforms, including Facebook (165 million), Instagram (598 million).

“Money machine” number 7

When Ronaldo was still playing for MU, the famous striker’s shirt was immediately lined up by many fans at the team’s store outside Old Trafford stadium with the desire to own this shirt as soon as possible. body. Revenue on online sales systems in cooperation with MU also quickly recorded the record of selling Cristiano Ronaldo’s jerseys.

According to LoveTheSales.com , just 12 hours after the sale, MU and Ronaldo fans spent up to $ 45 million (equivalent to £ 32.5 million) to buy the Portuguese striker’s shirt version. This is the record for shirt sales of a player in the English Premier League.

Jacob & Co is a luxury watch brand loved by many celebrities. The Ronaldo collection associated with this brand includes 4 watches with prices ranging from 28,000 – 145,000 USD (663 million VND – 3.4 billion VND). In which, the watch engraved with the image of Ronaldo scored against MU in the Champions League season 2012/2013 immediately caused a fever.

Ronaldo joins Al Nassr club. Photo: CNBC

A post that pocketed millions of dollars

According to Forbes, in the 2021-2022 season, Ronaldo earned 115 million, becoming the 3rd highest earning athlete in the world. CR7 is also the player with the highest income from outside football in the world with $ 60 million earned from extremely expensive advertising contracts and brand ambassadors.

In addition to the $ 1 billion lifetime contract with Nike, the Portuguese striker also owns lucrative contracts with Herbalife, Tag Heuer, Clear shampoo, Armani, Castrol, Egypt Steel, Italia Independent, … turning him into a “golden face” in the world of advertising.

Ronaldo is one of the highest earning stars on Instagram. The cost for a CR7 post on this platform can be up to 1 million USD. According to information on The Guardian, MU players earn more than 40 million USD a year on Instagram alone.

At the age of 37, Ronaldo may no longer be the scoring “machine” as at the peak of his form, but this player still proves the class of a king of money.

In 2023, Cristiano Ronaldo left Europe to play for Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr club. This deal has made CR7 the highest-paid player in history with $ 213 million/year (5 trillion). On average, every hour, CR7 will pocket more than 24.4 thousand USD, or about 577 million VND.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the most famous athlete in the world, with more than half a billion followers on his social media platforms, including Facebook (165 million), Instagram (598 million).

“Money machine” number 7

When Ronaldo was still playing for MU, the famous striker’s shirt was immediately lined up by many fans at the team’s store outside Old Trafford stadium with the desire to own this shirt as soon as possible. body. Revenue on online sales systems in cooperation with MU also quickly recorded the record of selling Cristiano Ronaldo’s jerseys.

According to LoveTheSales.com , just 12 hours after the sale, MU and Ronaldo fans spent up to $ 45 million (equivalent to £ 32.5 million) to buy the Portuguese striker’s shirt version. This is the record for shirt sales of a player in the English Premier League.

Jacob & Co is a luxury watch brand loved by many celebrities. The Ronaldo collection associated with this brand includes 4 watches with prices ranging from 28,000 – 145,000 USD (663 million VND – 3.4 billion VND). In which, the watch engraved with the image of Ronaldo scored against MU in the Champions League season 2012/2013 immediately caused a fever.

Ronaldo joins Al Nassr club. Photo: CNBC

A post that pocketed millions of dollars

According to Forbes, in the 2021-2022 season, Ronaldo earned 115 million, becoming the 3rd highest earning athlete in the world. CR7 is also the player with the highest income from outside football in the world with $ 60 million earned from extremely expensive advertising contracts and brand ambassadors.

In addition to the $ 1 billion lifetime contract with Nike, the Portuguese striker also owns lucrative contracts with Herbalife, Tag Heuer, Clear shampoo, Armani, Castrol, Egypt Steel, Italia Independent, … turning him into a “golden face” in the world of advertising.

Ronaldo is one of the highest earning stars on Instagram. The cost for a CR7 post on this platform can be up to 1 million USD. According to information on The Guardian, MU players earn more than 40 million USD a year on Instagram alone.

According to research firm Hopper, Ronaldo can earn about 2.3 million USD (equivalent to 57 billion VND) for each promotional post on his Instagram account. The Portuguese superstar is also the highest paid per promotional post on this image social network.

One of the most obvious examples of Ronaldo’s influence was his refusal to drink Coca-Cola during his June press conference at Euro 2020. At the press conference before the Portugal-Hungary match, Ronaldo pushed The two Coca-Cola bottles on the table were out of his sight as he sat down on the chair.

The captain of the Portuguese team also handed a bottle of filtered water in front of the reporter and then said a sentence in his mother tongue, roughly translated: “Drink water”. This move caused Coca-Cola’s capitalization to then “evaporate” billions of dollars.

Ronaldo’s personal page is the place to make money. Screenshots

Pouring money into real estate to “make money”

In 2015, Ronaldo revealed about his huge investment project, in three locations related to his life, including Funchal (where he was born), Lisbon (where he started his career) and Madrid (where he was associated with many people). best in his career). One year before that, CR7 actively invested in sideline activities, such as developing personal fashion and footwear brands, then launching a fragrance bearing its name, opening restaurant chains, starting investment in tourism, ecology, real estate, business cooperation with partners.

“My job is to play football, but life isn’t always like that,” he said. I have to lead myself into new projects. I am young but I feel very satisfied because of this project, it is really interesting. I’m thinking about my future, my son and my family.”

By 2021, Ronaldo also built a hotel empire through his corporation called Pestana CR7. CR7’s hotel chain is present in many major cities including Madeira, Lisbon, Madrid, New York, Marrakech and Paris.

According to research firm Hopper, Ronaldo can earn about 2.3 million USD (equivalent to 57 billion VND) for each promotional post on his Instagram account. The Portuguese superstar is also the highest paid per promotional post on this image social network.

One of the most obvious examples of Ronaldo’s influence was his refusal to drink Coca-Cola during his June press conference at Euro 2020. At the press conference before the Portugal-Hungary match, Ronaldo pushed The two Coca-Cola bottles on the table were out of his sight as he sat down on the chair.

The captain of the Portuguese team also handed a bottle of filtered water in front of the reporter and then said a sentence in his mother tongue, roughly translated: “Drink water”. This move caused Coca-Cola’s capitalization to then “evaporate” billions of dollars.

Ronaldo’s personal page is the place to make money.

Pouring money into real estate to “make money”

In 2015, Ronaldo revealed about his huge investment project, in three locations related to his life, including Funchal (where he was born), Lisbon (where he started his career) and Madrid (where he was associated with many people). best in his career). One year before that, CR7 actively invested in sideline activities, such as developing personal fashion and footwear brands, then launching a fragrance bearing its name, opening restaurant chains, starting investment in tourism, ecology, real estate, business cooperation with partners.

“My job is to play football, but life isn’t always like that,” he said. I have to lead myself into new projects. I am young but I feel very satisfied because of this project, it is really interesting. I’m thinking about my future, my son and my family.”

By 2021, Ronaldo also built a hotel empire through his corporation called Pestana CR7. CR7’s hotel chain is present in many major cities including Madeira, Lisbon, Madrid, New York, Marrakech and Paris.