Cristiano Ronaldo Net Worth and Salary at Manchester United

450Million Euros
SALARY AT MANCHESTER UNITED	29Million Euros
ESTIMATED INCOME 2022	100Million Euros
Former salary at Juventus Turin	31 Millionen Euro netto
Former salary at Real Madrid	21 million euros net
Former salary at Manchester United	7.5 million euros
Date of birth	February 05, 1985 (37 years old)
Born in	Funchal, Portugal
nationality	Portugal
Marital status	dating Georgina Rodriguez (since 2016)
profession	Soccer pro, advertising star
Full name	Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
nickname	CR7
children	4 (Cristiano Jr., Eva, Mateo, Alana-Martina)
size	1.86 m
Weight	84kg

How rich is Cristiano Ronaldo?

Cristiano Ronaldo is considered one of the best and most prolific footballers in the world and generates a substantial income with his involvement with Manchester United and his numerous endorsement deals with big labels. Cristiano Ronaldo ‘s estimated net worth is €450 million . He is just behind Lionel Messi the second richest active footballer and generally one of the richest athletes in the world. Just David Beckham was able to build up almost as much wealth as a former professional soccer player. Ronaldo opened his own museum in Madeira in 2013. Many people suspect that the footballer is already a billionaire, but there is still a long way to go, although with his clever investments he will definitely crack the billion in the next few years.

Wie viel verdient Ronaldo?

Cristiano Ronaldo earns around 29 million euros with his contract with Manchester United alone. With his old contract with Juventus Turin it was even 31 million euros net, even earlier with Real Madrid 21 million euros net per year.

Lucrative advertising contracts bring him millions more into his account. The superstar earns more than twice his basic salary through his lucrative advertising deals and his Instagram account. He is said to have made 42.8 million euros last year through paid postings on Instagram alone . Cristiano Ronaldo earns a total of over 100 million euros a year. He is currently one of the highest paid and richest athletes on this planet. According to Forbes, he was also the first footballer to earn more than a billion dollars. That puts him in a league with golf legend Tiger Woods or boxer Floyd Mayweather .

How much does Ronaldo earn per Instagram post?

With over 320 million followers on Instagram (RECORD!), Ronaldo earns an incredible $1.6 million (€1.35 million) from paid promotional mail. No one can hold a candle to him with that. Only other US superstars like The Rock or Ariana Grande can keep up here in similar spheres and rankings.

Earnings from advertising deals

The star has collected many millions of euros in advertising money through a mailbox company in the Caribbean . Of course, this also saved taxes. Cristiano Ronaldo got 1.9 million euros from advertising for Toyota. In 2013, the automaker was allowed to advertise with Ronaldo’s pictures for 13 months, but only in the Middle East and in Algeria, Morocco and Afghanistan. Of course, worldwide advertising would have cost more, so it was limited to certain countries. Also in China, Cristiano Ronaldo was promoted, Honda had a contract with him at the same time. CR7 collected 2 million euros for this, the term was limited to one year.

A world footballer like Ronaldo is of course also interesting for manufacturers. This results in a lot of income from advertising contracts. He has already been an advertising star for Nike, Armani, Clear, TAG Heuer, Samsung, Herbalife, KFC, Castrol and many more. Nike keeps releasing new football boots with the CR7 logo. Cristiano collects 5 percent on the sale of the shoes. In addition, the sports company pays a nice fixed salary of 1.6 million euros per year. American food giant Herbalife is paying Cristiano Ronaldo €15.1 million for a five-year endorsement deal . Such advertising revenue makes the superstar’s cash register ring.

Fortune & Investments by CR7

Pestana CR7 hotels

In order to spread the money among different companies and invest it sensibly , Ronaldo founded his own hotel chain together with the Pestana Hotel Group under the name “Pestana Cr7 Hotels” . In the summer of 2016, the first CR7 hotel opened in Ronaldo’s hometown of Madeira, followed shortly thereafter by the hotel in Lisbon. Two more hotels will open in New York and Madrid in 2021. In addition, a hotel is to be opened on Paris’ Rive Gauche in 2021. Construction cost around 60 million euros, half of which is financed by the superstar and the other half by Pestana. A hotel in Marrakech is also being planned.

Restaurant chain – Tatel

In addition to celebrities such as Rafael Nadal , Pau Gasol and Enrique Iglesias , CR7 invested in the Tatel restaurant chain in the summer of 2017 . The company currently operates restaurants in Madrid, Miami and Ibiza. Other locations (Los Angeles and Mexico) are to follow shortly. Another lucrative source of income, which the Portuguese is of course also behind, since he has been a regular customer himself for years.

Hair transplant clinic

On March 18, 2019, a hair transplant beauty clinic called “Insparya Hair Medical Clinic” will open in Madrid. CR7 is said to have a 50% stake in the clinic (company: Insparya Group) and has already invested one million euros, which is to be increased by a further 25 million euros over the next 4 years. The Portuguese company Saude Viavel owns the other half of the company. Ronaldo’s girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez will be given a job as chief executive. 150 employees are employed on 2,500 square meters, who are to carry out 18 hair transplants per day, starting price from 4,000 euros.

His career

Cristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985 in Funchal, Madeira (Portuguese island), the youngest of four children. Cristiano comes from a humble background, his mother was a cook and his father a gardener. He received his middle name Ronaldo after the then US President Ronald Reagan, who was his father’s favorite actor. CR7 discovered his passion for football at the age of 3 . In 1997 he completed a trial at Sporting Lisbon and impressed with his performance. At Sporting Lisbon, Ronaldo went through all the youth stations to make his senior debut in 2002.

Move to England to Manchester United

In 2003, Sir Alex Ferguson (former Manchester United manager) caught the eye of Cristiano Ronaldo in a friendly against Sporting Lisbon and became the first Portuguese in club history to sign him for the equivalent of € 17.5m . The coach was so confident in his new signing that he promptly handed him the special number 7 shirt. Previously, only club legends such as Best, Robson, Cantona and Beckham wore the number 7. The nickname CR7 was born. (CR7 – Cristiano Ronaldo 7)

With Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo has won the English Championship three times (2007, 2008, 2009), the English Cup once (2004), the League Cup twice (2006, 2009), the Super Cup twice (2007, 2008) and the Die Champions League (2008) with final victory in the FIFA Club World Cup. The 2008 season also brought him the important award World Footballer of the Year and with it the coveted Ballon d’Or trophy. The crowd favorite Cristiano Ronaldo earned the equivalent of EUR 7.5 million a year at Man Utd, but that was to remain a small sum, as the market value only became clear later…

Move to Spain to Real Madrid as the most expensive footballer of all time at the time

The transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009 became the most expensive in football history with a transfer fee of 93.9 million euros . Only in 2013 could Gareth Bale, who plays as a teammate of CR7, achieve a higher value (100 million). The currently most expensive transfer, however, is Neymar Jr. for 222 million euros from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain . In 2011, Ronaldo clinched his first title with Real Madrid as cup winners. In 2012 he became Spanish champion and Supercup winner.

Ronaldo’s former salary at Real Madrid

The contract with Real Madrid was prematurely extended beyond 2015 to 2018 and gave Ronaldo earnings of initially 15 million, then 20 million and then, due to another early contract extension in 2016, a total of 21 million euros net per season . He is one of the highest paid footballers in the world and earned more than exceptional players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic or Wayne Rooney . Only Lionel Messi and Neymar earned more than Ronaldo at the time.

Ronaldo’s former salary at Juventus Turin

By moving to Juventus Turin in the 2018/2019 season, CR7 was able to make another salary jump. He earned 31 million euros net per season with the Italians until the summer of 2021 , far eclipsing teammates such as Paulo Dybala, Miralem Pjanic and Sami Khedira . However, the traditional Italian club is said to have doubled its debt to around 300 million euros due to the mega transfer. The transfer fee to Real Madrid is said to have been 112,000,000 euros. (100 million euros fee and 12 million euros solidarity contribution). Although Juventus stock rose as a result of the deal, it is questionable whether the club can reduce this debt in the long term. The salary definitely has another share of CR7’s fortune.

Ronaldo’s salary at Manchester United

At the start of the season, Ronaldo was unhappy at Juventus and forced a move away from the Italians. There has been a lot of speculation surrounding clubs like PSG or Manchester City. But at the last moment, Manchester United made the race for the Portuguese and only paid 25 million euros. He is back at his old place of work and will enrich the English Premier League and his old heart club. According to initial speculation, he will immediately rise to become the top earner in the Premier League with a salary of around £25m (€29.2m). The signed contract is to run for two years.

European Champion 2016 with Portugal

In the Euro 2016 fairy tale in Paris, Cristiano Ronaldo finally got the crown on his head. He was finally able to fulfill his long-standing dream of becoming European champion with the Portuguese national team . Although he had to leave the pitch prematurely in the first half of the final due to injury, his team was able to score the decisive final goal against France. There was also an explosive incident at the EM 2016. Even though Ronaldo is used to having many fans anyway, it was almost a bit too intrusive. During the group stage match between Austria and Portugal, a speedster ran onto the field to get a photo with his superstar CR 7. Casual as he is, the professional soccer player even allowed the photo to be taken, after which the speedster was taken away by the securities.

Cristiano Ronaldo and his greatest titles:

5x Champions League Winner 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
2x Italian Champion 2019, 2020
2x Spanish Champion 2012, 2017
3x English Champion 2007, 2008, 2009
1x English Cup Winner 2004
2x Spanish Cup Winner 2011, 2014
1x European Champion 2016

5-time world footballer 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017

The year 2013 should be a very special one for Cristiano Ronaldo. With 69 goals in 2013, he secured the coveted Ballon d’Or for the second time after 2008, beating his rivals Franck Ribery and Lionel Messi. The visibly moved CR7 published the following tweet after the award . In 2014 he was able to prevail against his rivals Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuer and was voted FIFA World Player of the Year again. In 2015, Messi was back in the lead before Cristiano Ronaldo clinched the Ballon d’Or again in 2016 and 2017.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s cars

The superstar owns a considerable car collection, which he is constantly expanding with his gigantic fortune. He can call the following sports and luxury bodies his own: