{"id":197926,"date":"2025-10-08T15:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T15:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/cristiano-ronaldo-reportedly-becomes-first-footballer-to-join-the-billionaire-club\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T15:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T15:01:14","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-reportedly-becomes-first-footballer-to-join-the-billionaire-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/cristiano-ronaldo-reportedly-becomes-first-footballer-to-join-the-billionaire-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly becomes first footballer to join the billionaire club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-10-08\" datetime=\"1759935674\" pubdate=\"\">8 October 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo has been named football&#8217;s first billionaire, with a staggering net worth of $1.4 billion (\u00a31.04 billion).<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the world&#8217;s first billionaire footballer<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old Al-Nassr striker\u2019s fortune has been calculated by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which monitors global net worth rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Factoring in over two decades of career wages, brand deals, and investment portfolio, Bloomberg estimates Ronaldo has pocketed more than $550 million (\u00a3410 million) in wages alone between 2002 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Among his most lucrative deals is a long-standing partnership with Nike, reportedly worth $18 million (\u00a313.4 million) annually. But it was his move to Saudi Arabia\u2019s Al-Nassr in 2022 that truly redefined football\u2019s pay scale.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo\u2019s initial contract saw him become the top-paid player in football history, with an annual salary of \u00a3177 million. He\u2019s since extended his stay with a fresh two-year deal said to be worth more than $400 million (\u00a3298 million).<\/p>\n<p>\nOff the field, Ronaldo\u2019s lifestyle is just as lavish. The father-of-five recently proposed to longtime partner Georgina Rodriguez, 31, with a diamond ring estimated to be worth between $2 million and $10 million. <\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, long-time rival Lionel Messi, now playing for Inter Miami, has earned more than $600 million (\u00a3447 million) pre-tax over the course of his career. Since 2023, Messi\u2019s reported annual income sits at $20 million (\u00a315 million) \u2014 roughly a tenth of Ronaldo\u2019s earnings over the same period. Upon retirement, the 38-year-old Argentine star is anticipated to receive a stake in his MLS club, further boosting his financial legacy.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/cristiano-ronaldo-reportedly-becomes-first-footballer-join-billionaire-club-1431078.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 October 2025 Cristiano Ronaldo has been named football&#8217;s first billionaire, with a staggering net worth of $1.4 billion (\u00a31.04 billion). Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the world&#8217;s first billionaire footballer The 40-year-old Al-Nassr striker\u2019s fortune has been calculated by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which monitors global net worth rankings. Factoring in over two decades [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8272,6736],"class_list":{"0":"post-197926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-cristiano-ronaldo","9":"tag-lionel-messi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}