Ronaldo’s footballing career is a true rags-to-riches story.
Beginning at the tiny club of Andorinha, where he played for two seasons. Ronaldo eventually made the big move to Sporting Hwere he sported some incredible classic football shirts). It was during a seemingly innocuous friendly against Manchester United, in which John O’Shea was given the runaround of his life, that Sir Alex Ferguson decided to part with 12.24 million in 2003. The rest is very much history.
Now the multi Champions League winner, after a career only any of us mere mortals can dream of, has left the European top flight, and settled in at Saudi outfit Al-Nassr. Whilst the level of the football is substantially lower, the players pay packet is as big as ever.
What is Cristiano Ronaldo’s salary?
This is where things get eye watering. at one point in time Ronaldo was picking up a £15 million a year ($21.5m) salary – putting him up among Europe’s biggest earners.
In order to convince the forward that Saudi Arabia should be his next destination, Ronaldo’s salary tops $215 million (£177m) a year. Thats $4.1 million (£3.4m) a week.
To put it another way
£56 per second
£3,366 Per minute
£20,200 Per hour
£485k Per day
£3.4 million Per week
£14.75 million Per month
£177 million Per year
Funnily enough, the European Championship winner has to settle for a wage cut in order to rejoin his beloved Manchester United. Now, it seems the player has moe than made up for any missed earnings.
Cristiano Ronaldo Salary History
- On August 2003 Manchester United signed Ronaldo in summer of 2003 for £12.24m from Sporting. Ronaldo was handed a 5-year deal earning him mere £35,000 a week.
- On June 2007 Ronaldo’s last contract extension with Manchester United was back in 2007 when he signed 5-year deal worth £120,000-a-week. (£6 million annually).
- On July 2009 Ronaldo signed for Real Madrid for record £80 million fee in 2009. His initial 6-year contract included £183,000 a week a week salary and 25% increase every year to £556,000 a week in his final year.
- On September 2013 Ronaldo signed a financially improved 5-year contract extension with Real Madrid in September 2013 making him highest paid player (£288,000 after tax weekly, £15 million annually).
- November 2016 Ronaldo signed a financially improved contract extension with Real Madrid and new deal will keep him at the club till 2021-22 season (£365,000 after tax weekly and £21 million annually).
Ronaldo Endorsement Deals
Ronaldo’s lucrative endorsement deals put his Real Madrid salary to shame. He 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.
He has 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.
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.
Ronaldo recently made a huge investment with “Pestana Hotels” and 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 will be opened in Madeira and Lisbon in summer 2016 while by 2017 CR7 Madrid hotel will be in operating followed by an early 2018 opening in New York.