June 5, 2020
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Ronaldo Becomes Football’s First Billionaire

International football ace Cristiano Ronaldo has drawn comments from Twitter users after a picture of him using a retro iPod Shuffle. Ronaldo was seen using an iPod shuffle as he arrived at the stadium here before Juventus' Serie A clash against Cagliari.

Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has become football’s first-ever billionaire one spot above his rival in the sport and Argentine star Lionel Messi, according to Forbes.

Juventus and Portugal forward Ronaldo, 35, is only the third athlete to hit the mark while still playing, following Tiger Woods and Floyd Mayweather, the report said.

“Ronaldo, the first to reach the earnings milestone in a team sport, has made $650 million on the pitch during his 17 years as a pro and is expected to reach $765 million in career salary with his current contract, which ends in June 2022,” the report on forbes.com read.

“Messi, who began playing at the senior level three years after Ronaldo, has earned a total of $605 million in salary since 2005. The only team athlete to even come within striking distance of those figures was former New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, who retired in 2016 after 22 years in Major League Baseball having earned $450 million in salary.

International football ace Cristiano Ronaldo has drawn comments from Twitter users after a picture of him using a retro iPod Shuffle. Ronaldo was seen using an iPod shuffle as he arrived at the stadium here before Juventus’ Serie A clash against Cagliari.

“Not even soccer legend David Beckham came close, ending his career with total earnings of $500 million, half of which came from off-the-pitch endorsements.”

“Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest players of all time, in the world’s most popular sport, in an era when football has never been so rich,” said Sporting Intelligence’s Nick Harris, whose Global Sports Salaries Survey ranks teams worldwide based on total salary expense. “He’s box office.”

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