Cristiano Ronaldo’s 2021, wrapped: everything we learned about football’s first billionaire, from his luxury life with girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez to selling his Trump Tower apartment
- In October, soon after moving from Juventus in Italy back to England’s Manchester United, Ronaldo and his girlfriend announced that they are expecting twins
- Born in Funchal, Madeira, where his new museum CR7 Museu is located, he owns a flat in New York that he bought for US$18.5 million and is now trying to sell
It’s no surprise that world-renowned, record-breaking footballer Cristiano Ronaldo made headlines in 2021. This year, we saw just exactly how wealthy he is and how he lives his life in luxury, spoiling himself and those around him.
Here are the five biggest Ronaldo headlines to hit STYLE in 2021.
1. Meet Cristiano’s girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez
In October, Ronaldo and his girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez, announced that they are expecting twins. The football star shared the news on Instagram with a photo of himself and Rodriguez holding up a sonogram.
Rodriguez is a 27-year-old Spanish model and dancer, and she clearly makes 36-year-old Ronaldo’s heart spin. But while we are all for the relationship itself, we can’t help but be intrigued by the extravagant ways they express their affection. The pampering, constant shower of expensive gifts and the lavish lifestyle they enjoy together all have us hooked.
We took a closer look at what happens when love meets luxury.
2. How Cristiano became football’s first billionaire
Ronaldo topped Forbes’ “World’s Highest-Paid Soccer Players 2021” list, with the Portuguese athlete raking in US$125 million in total earnings over the past 12 months. But making the rich list is nothing new to the star football player – after all, he is the first team sport athlete in the world to make over US$1 billion in career earnings before taxes.
But how does one of football’s hottest players earn the big bucks? Besides his huge salary of many millions of dollars, he also leverages his social media power, ensuring he never has any problem balancing the books.
3. Inside Cristiano’s fabulous life
