Cristiano Ronaldo alongside Lionel Messi are the two greatest players of this generation in the world and for best part of last 10 years they are at a different level than other footballers in the world.
Cristiano Ronaldo has a massive presence on and off the field and his social media following is the proof of it. 122 million people follow him on Facebook , 64 million followers on twitter and 119 million followers on Instagram which makes him the most followed sportsman in the world.
Salary and Contract
Ronaldo signed a new contract with Madrid in November of 2016 and is reported to earn around £365,000 a week. The new deal runs until 2021. Check out the latest on Cristiano Ronaldo networth on thesquander.com.
The Portugal captain earns slightly more than his team-mate Gareth Bale but has been overtaken as the highest-paid player in Europe by Lionel Messi, whose latest contract has been reported to be worth in excess of £500,000 a week, and Neymar, whose Paris Saint-Germain deal is said to be worth a staggering £537,000 weekly after tax.
Before those contracts were signed the only footballers who earned more than Ronaldo were Carlos Tevez, who is on a reported £615,000 a week at Shanghai Shenhua, and Oscar, who is paid £400,000 a week by Shanghai SIPG.
Endorsements
Ronaldo is also the most endorsed footballer and currently has 4th most lucrative endorsement deal in sports with Nike worth £14.1 million a year ($21m) plus number of other deals. He also has CR7 branded clothing and shoes lines plus his $80 million worth of CR7 hotel project in 4 different cities.
Ronaldo currently has a fourth most lucrative endorsement deal in world of sport with Nike, where he is getting paid around $21.7m a year. But that’s not the only endorsement deal under his belt. Furthermore, he has a huge list of international and domestic endorsement deals including with the brands like Armani, Tag Heuer, Toyota, Samsung, Herbalife, Konami and Banco Espirito Santo where is netting another $10 million a year combined.
CR7 Underwear & Shoes line
Ronaldo is not only a great footballer but he is a shrewd businessman and already planning life after football. His very own CR7 branded clothing/underwear and shoes line is getting popular which nets him another $6 to $10 million a year.
CR7 Hotels
Ronaldo made a huge investment with “Pestana Hotels”. He became the partner where they will be building four hotels valued at $80 million with CR7 branding. One of the hotels will be built in New York while the other three will be in Funchal, Madrid and his native Lisbon. The first two hotel in the project was opened in Madeira and Lisbon in 2016. CR7 Madrid hotel will be in operating followed by an early 2018 opening in New York.
Messi is clearly outscoring Ronaldo on the field in terms of trophies and glory but when it comes to mone and business Ronaldo is in the league of his own. By the time he will retire from professional football he might be the first billion dollar footballer in terms of total net worth.