Ronaldo reclaims highest paid footballer spot | Cristiano Ronaldo's net worth | Ronaldo's Annual Income
Cristiano Ronaldo may have taken a slight wage cut in swapping Juventus for Manchester United, but the Portugal star remains the biggest earner in football. Ronaldo is said to be earning around £450,000 per week at Manchester United on his current contract.
- What's the Story?
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner made his second debut for Manchester United in Saturday’s match against Newcastle, for which tickets were selling for as much as £2,500.
It’s the kind of selling power that comes from being the world’s most popular athlete—one with more than a combined half-billion followers across Facebook (149 million), Instagram (344 million), and Twitter (94.3 million)—and this has helped him reclaim the top spot on this year’s Forbes ranking of the highest-paid soccer players in the world.
Ronaldo is set to earn $125 million before taxes in the 2021-22 season, with $70 million coming from salary and bonus for his return to United, where between 2003 and 2009 he delivered three consecutive Premier League titles and a Champions League crown. The rest comes from personal endorsements and partnerships with brands including Nike, Herbalife, Clear, and his ever-expanding CR7-branded portfolio that includes perfume, underwear, eyewear, hotels, gyms, and more. Only three other active athletes make more commercially: Roger Federer ($90 million), LeBron James ($65 million), and Tiger Woods ($60 million). And Ronaldo is showing no signs of slowing down, with the 36-year-old still outperforming plenty of his opponents in Europe, most of whom are 10 years junior to him. Ronaldo marked his return to Man U’s Old Trafford by hitting the back of the net twice. He now has four goals in three games on the season in one of the world's best leagues.
Ronaldo has been ranked as the world’s third highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 2021, with eye-watering net earnings of $125 million (£86.8 million). Ronaldo is reported to have a net worth of around $500 million (£363m), but no one can really claim to have a bulletproof idea of what Ronaldo is worth except his management company.
- What's Next?
In early September, the 36-year-old set a record as the greatest goal scorer of all time in international soccer when he hit the back of the net for the 110th time in his country’s World Cup qualifying win against Ireland. Ronaldo has made over $1 billion in career earnings before taxes, the first team-sport athlete in the world to hit that milestone. Though the legend keeps breaking several records his team Manchester United is still struggling to keep their winning pace as they went down 0-1 to Aston Villa in their latest Premier League match.
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