VIDEO SHOWS: FILE FOOTAGE OF CRISTIANO RONALDO RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: LISBON, PORTUGAL (FILE – AUGUST 7, 2003) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 1. STILL – CRISTIANO RONALDO PLAYING FOR SPORTING LISBON SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (FILE – JULY 19, 2007) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS – Access all) 2. RONALDO PLAYING IN PRACTICE MATCH FOR MANCHESTER UNITED MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE – MAY 20, 2008) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS – Access all) 3. THEN-MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER SIR ALEX FERGUSON WATCHING PLAYERS TRAIN BEFORE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 4. RONALDO AND PAUL SCHOLES TRAINING MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE – MAY 21, 2008) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 5. STILL – RONALDO SCORING TO PUT MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 UP IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL AGAINST CHELSEA 6. STILL – RONALDO CELEBRATING 7. STILL – RONALDO CELEBRATING WITH CLUB CAPTAIN GARY NEVILLE 8. STILL – MANCHESTER UNITED TEAM WITH TROPHY NEUCHATEL, SWITZERLAND (FILE – JUNE 14, 2008) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS – Access all) 9. RONALDO TRAINING WITH PORTUGAL 10. TRAINING SESSION PARIS, FRANCE (FILE – DECEMBER 7, 2008) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (TF1 – Access all) 11. VARIOUS OF RONALDO BEING PRESENTED WITH THE BALLON D'OR MADRID, SPAIN (FILE – JULY 6, 2009) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS – Access all) 12. RONALDO ARRIVING IN BERNABEU FOR UNVEILING AT REAL MADRID 13. RONALDO EMBRACED BY REAL PRESIDENT FIORENTINO PEREZ, REAL LEGEND ALFREDO DI STEFANO AND FORMER PORTUGAL STAR EUSEBIO MADRID, SPAIN (FILE – AUGUST 19, 2010) (REUTERS – Access all) 14. REAL MADRID PLAYERS TRAINING AT VALDEBEBAS GROUND 15. RONALDO TRAINING WITH REAL MADRID 16. THEN-MANAGER JOSE MOURINHO WALKING MADRID, SPAIN (FILE – MAY 3, 2012) (REUTERS – Access all) 17. REAL MADRID, AFTER WINNING LALIGA, ON BUS ARRIVING AT CIBELES FOUNTAIN 18. FANS 19. RONALDO CELEBRATING WITH OTHER REAL PLAYERS MADRID, SPAIN (FILE – MAY 28, 2016) (REUTERS – Access all)(MUTE) 20. STILLS – RONALDO SCORING PENALTY TO WIN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AGAINST ATLETICO MADRID 21. STILL – RONALDO CELEBRATING 22. STILL – REAL MADRID TEAMMATES CELEBRATING 23. STILL – REAL MADRID WITH CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHY MADRID, SPAIN (FILE – MAY 30, 2016) (REUTERS – Access all) 24. INSIDE OF BERNABEU STADIUM 25. VARIOUS OF RONALDO CELEBRATING SAINT-DENIS, FRANCE (FILE – JULY 10, 2016) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 26. STILL – RONALDO LIFTING THE EURO 2016 TROPHY AND CELEBRATING WITH TEAMMATES 27. STILL – RONALDO CELEBRATING ON THE PITCH 28. STILL – PORTUGAL SQUAD CELEBRATING ON THE PITCH AND POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS FUNCHAL, PORTUGAL (FILE – MARCH 27, 2017) (REUTERS – Access all) 29. VARIOUS OF PLANE CARRYING PORTUGAL'S NATIONAL TEAM LANDING AT FUNCHAL AIRPORT 30. RONALDO AND PEPE COMING OUT OF PLANE WITH EURO CUP / SHOWING IT TO FANS CARDIFF, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – JUNE 2, 2017) (REUTERS – Access all) 31. REAL MADRID PLAYERS ON PITCH 32. THEN-REAL COACH ZINEDINE ZIDANE 33. RONALDO WARMING UP CARDIFF, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – JUNE 3, 2017) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 34. STILL – RONALDO SCORING FIRST GOAL IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL AGAINST JUVENTUS 35. STILL – RONALDO CELEBRATING 36. STILL – RONALDO SCORING HIS SECOND OF THE NIGHT (REAL'S THIRD) 37. STILL – REAL CAPTAIN SERGIO RAMOS LIFTING CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHY CARDIFF, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – JUNE 3, 2017) (REUTERS – Access all) 38. RONALDO AND HIS FORMER MANAGER AT MANCHESTER UNITED FERGUSON WITH MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD TURIN, ITALY (FILE – JULY 16, 2018) (REUTERS – Access all) 39. RONALDO AT PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER SIGNING FOR JUVENTUS 40. MEDIA 41. RONALDO WITH JUVENTUS SHIRT RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (FILE – DECEMBER 21, 2019) (REUTERS – Access all) 42. RONALDO, TRAINING AMONG JUVENTUS TEAMMATES 43. PLAYERS IN CIRCLE PASSING BALL 44. RONALDO PASSING BALL BERN, SWITZERLAND (FILE – SEPTEMBER 13, 2021) (REUTERS – Access all) 45. RONALDO WALKS ON TO PITCH FOR TRAINING SESSION AFTER RESIGNING FOR MANCHESTER UNITED 46. THEN-MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER 47. RONALDO JOGGING WITH MANCHESTER UNITED SQUAD RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (FILE – JANUARY 3, 2023) (REUTERS – Access all) 48. RONALDO WALKING ONTO MRSOOL PARK HAVING JOINED AL NASSR 49. CROWD WITH FLARES AT MRSOOL PARK 50. RONALDO WAVING TO THE CROWD RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (FILE – JANUARY 19, 2023) (REUTERS – Access all) 51. INSIDE OF STADIUM 52. VARIOUS OF RONALDO WARMING UP MUNICH, GERMANY (FILE – JUNE 7, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 53. RONALDO JOGGING AT PORTUGAL TRAINING 54. RONALDO WARMING UP MUNICH, GERMANY (FILE – JUNE 9, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 55. STILLS – RONALDO LIFTING UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE TROPHY 56. STILL OF RONALDO CELEBRATING WITH PORTUGAL FORWARDS, JOAO FELIX, AND FRANCISCO CONCEICAO STORY: Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first footballer to reach billionaire status, according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which has valued the Portugal great's net worth at an estimated $1.4 billion. The 40-year-old striker's financial ascent comes after he signed a new contract with Saudi side Al-Nassr in June reportedly worth more than $400 million. Bloomberg said that Ronaldo earned more than $550 million in salary between 2002 and 2023, supplemented by a decade-long Nike deal worth nearly $18 million annually, and lucrative endorsements with Armani, Castrol and others that added more than $175 million to his fortune. Ronaldo's move to Al-Nassr from Manchester United in 2023 had already made him the highest-paid player in football history, with an annual salary of 177 million pounds ($237.52 million), plus bonuses and a reported 15% share in his Saudi Arabia club. Argentina and Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi has earned more than $600 million in pre-tax salary during his career. Ronaldo's billionaire status places him among a rare group of athletes that includes basketball greats Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and LeBron James, golfer Tiger Woods and tennis player Roger Federer. ($1 = 0.7452 pounds) (Production: Andy Ragg)
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