Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the richest athletes in history!

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best athletes in history. Since his career began in October 2002, when he was barely 17 years and 8 months old, Cristiano Ronaldo has been climbing through his different teams, and has won everything a footballer can win.

With 25 years of career as a professional, Cristiano Ronaldo has been accumulating a gigantic fortune within the reach of very few people around the world. Today, we break down, year by year, how the Portuguese’s fortune has grown.

In 1999, when he was 14 years old, Cristiano Ronaldo had a total of 0 euros in his pocket, well, he was still a child although he already stood out in youth soccer. In 2002, at the age of 17, Cristiano Ronaldo debuted with Sporting Lisbon, and his fortune began to grow, with 100 thousand euros in his first contract.

A year later, already at Manchester United, Ronaldo’s fortune rose to 2 million euros. In 2004 they were already big words, as Ronald accumulated up to two million euros. Fast forward about 4 years, to 2006, Ronaldo managed to have 48 million euros in the bank, this, after shining at Manchester United.

Cristiano Ronaldo won the Ballon d’Or at Manchester United in 2008, and by that date, the Portuguese already had 100 million euros in the bank, a figure he barely achieved at the age of 23! At Real Madrid, his fortune began to grow much more… because in his first year he already had 154 million.

By 2012, Cristiano Ronaldo had already accumulated up to 268 million euros! More than many footballers in his entire career, and he is barely 27 years old. In 2018, Cristiano Ronalfo left Real Madrid, but by then he already had 720 million euros.

How much does Ronaldo have today?

Fast forward six years, taking us to 2024, Cristiano Ronaldo today has around 1.4 billion euros in the bank.