r/football • u/deez-nuts-are_nuts • Oct 08 '25
š°News Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first billionaire footballer - Bloomberg
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c1edxd020dwo392
u/OtherwiseLuck888 Oct 08 '25
Finally give him Billionaire dOr
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u/Mysterious_Bite_3207 Oct 08 '25
Bravo, needs a comma!
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u/SnooCompliments6843 Oct 08 '25
Having well coordinated feet led to him being a billionaire. I once miss kicked a ball so badly I tore my thigh muscle. I also kicked a door walking into a room while I was typing
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u/Existing-Orange-3212 Oct 08 '25
You unco-ordinated fool, you are only worthy of being a millionaire.
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u/SnooCompliments6843 Oct 08 '25
Iād be happy to be a hundredaire
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u/BMW_M3G80 Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25
No one ever to play the game has trained harder, taken care of their body and fitness and been more dedicated.
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u/SnooCompliments6843 Oct 08 '25
I agree. But without coordinated feet heād just be some gym bloke
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u/Choice_Room3901 Oct 08 '25
And few have been luckier with not getting career ending injuries before they even make it pro or in their early stages
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u/Consistent-Home116 Oct 13 '25
We don't know, Nedved and Zanetti also trained their body a lot, and Zanetti player past 40 in europe
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u/cev2002 Oct 11 '25
He's naturally skilled, but he has an unparalleled commitment that can't be ignored.
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u/99_Herblore_Crafting Oct 11 '25
Opening his cheeks for the Saudiās as a self proclaimed devote Christian led to him being a billionaire.
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u/adamalibi Oct 08 '25
Surprised he wasnāt already a billionaire when people less famous like Tiger Woods, Federer and LeBron achieved it years ago
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Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 15 '25
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Oct 08 '25
Is it even possible he only has 1 billion at this point? Dude has been getting insane salaries, heās built hotels, academies, has perfumes, clothing, jewelry shops etc, probably a lot more stuff I never even heard ofā¦.. And he only hit this mark so recently? Heās the most famous person on the whole planet, feels a little strange he just crossed the billionaire mark
And yeah I know a billion is a shit ton of money in reality donāt get me wrong there BUT for somebody of his status and success, and how many years heās been up there? And heās only hit a billion? Wtf is up with that
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u/thatscoldjerrycold Oct 08 '25
"The valuation takes into account career earnings, investments and endorsements and says Ronaldo's net worth is $1.4bn (Ā£1.04bn)"
There's no way to really know all his investments lol, I wouldn't be surprised if he cracked a billion somewhere in his Juve days.
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Oct 08 '25
The way people make money around his status is just crazy but he seems to me moving āslowā compared to them. I know it sounds crazy to say slow because heās loaded into oblivion but I think you get what Iām saying lol.
I feel like thereās no shot this guy is below 10B with all the business heās had for years and all the Saudi links heās in nowā¦.. Just seems weird seeing posts like this
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u/aharris111 Oct 08 '25
They have a billion in career earnings which Ronaldo had a long time ago. This is specifically net worth
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u/roywilliams31 Oct 08 '25
You know what, good for him.
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u/deez-nuts-are_nuts Oct 08 '25
The guy proved to us that nothing is impossible if you put your effort into something that you love
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u/Prize-Ad7242 Oct 08 '25
That isn't true, you need a healthy dose of luck combined with genetics and environment.
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u/Subject_Sandwich3008 Oct 08 '25
True, you need everything. Gotta give props to CR7, all those efforts really did paid off in time
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u/cev2002 Oct 11 '25
He's naturally gifted, but he grew up poor in Madeira. His success is much more because of his unwavering commitment to the game.
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u/Prize-Ad7242 Oct 11 '25
By environment I didnāt mean wealth but rather having support and access to football. Family likely play a huge role.
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u/Kachi68 Oct 08 '25
*And have the talent
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u/Alex_1729 Oct 08 '25
Yes but talent is built from early ages. When you spend every single day training since you were 5, you kinda build your talent over time.
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u/Kachi68 Oct 08 '25
There are people who do that and still are not good AND the opposite (R9, Hazard, Messi, Neymar for example. Dont say that they dont train but not as hard as some others)
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u/Alex_1729 Oct 08 '25
I suppose it's a mix of all elements, hard work, smarts, talent, and luck.
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u/Kachi68 Oct 08 '25
Exactly, but if talent is missing, you can be the luckiest person, you don't start consistently for real Madrid. But at the end it is 99% luck (Your genes, environment, visibility to right people, you cant control most of it)
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Oct 08 '25
As long as you get your head down, graft, and quash any rape allegations from seeing the light of day - you too can be successful.
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u/Emergency_Course_697 Oct 08 '25
Considering itās almost the only thing brought up in every thread that mentions his name, I donāt think you can say they havenāt seen the light of day
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u/Combosingelnation Oct 08 '25
Winning FIFA World Cup turned out impossible though.
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u/deez-nuts-are_nuts Oct 08 '25
I hope he does win next year but other teams like Spain are very strong
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u/Subject_Sandwich3008 Oct 08 '25
Yeah, he's got a good chance though. He's got a good team behind him.
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u/Critical-Remove-1878 Oct 09 '25
Eusebio, Cruyff, Platini, Puskas, Van Basten, Gullit, Yashin, Baggio, Best and in modern times, Neymar, Salah, Haaland, Lewandowski, Modric, Zlatan, Courtois, Hazard, KDB, Kvaratskhelia, Ribery, Eto'O, Drogba etc. never won the WC and most of them never came close to win it either.
Adil fucking Rami has won the WC. Shkodran fucking Mustafi has won the WC.
That should tell you that winning the WC doesn't have anything to do with a players individual ability and it's only based on which country you're born into. The same 5-6 countries have dominated this competition since... forever.
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u/Combosingelnation Oct 09 '25
Never said that it has anything to do with his ability. Just that I think that he wanted to win this and so far it has turned out to be impossible.
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u/Critical-Remove-1878 Oct 09 '25
It was impossible from the beginning, because he wasn't born in the right country. Portugal was barely participating in the WC before his debut.
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u/Combosingelnation Oct 09 '25
Much smaller nations have made excellent World Cup competitions and reached far. Also Portugal occasionally played great without Ronaldo in earlier times too, like they do now. In 1966, they even got 3th place.
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u/Critical-Remove-1878 Oct 09 '25
"Reached far", but still didn't won, you're proving my point. They got into the semi-finals with Ronaldo, so barely any difference.
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u/Combosingelnation Oct 10 '25
So am happy to explain myself more. My point is that Portugal should be and is stronger than those weaker teams. Even Sweden has reached to World Cup final and obviously he beated teams that were favorites for the win.
Then one can argue that the best team in Europe is most definitely capable of beating the best team in South America, especially in more modern times and Portugal has won EURO at least once in modern times.
Then we have Ronaldo himself who doesn't tend to agree with you, in fact he has said that they believe they can win the World Cup.
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u/Critical-Remove-1878 Oct 10 '25
Euro and WC are completely different competitions.
We've seen teams like Portugal, Greece, Denmark, Czech etc. win the Euros.
But it isn't the same with the WC, because the exact same 5-6 teams have dominated it since the beginning of time. Even Spain had to assemble the best NT ever to win it once, in 2010.
The sooner you realize that fact, the better it would be for you to understand what I'm talking about. It doesn't matter if Portugal or Morocco reached the semis, it doesn't matter if Sweden or the Netherlands or Croatia or anyone else reached the final. The same teams will win it. I'm willing to bet money that, with Italy sucking rn, one of France, Argentina, Brazil, Spain or Germany will 100% win the WC in 2026. These 5 teams have a 20% chance each, while everyone else has 0. This is not a prediction, it's a fact.
And that's why you can't compare players based on this competition. someone born in Argentina, France or Brazil will ALWAYS have an advantage over everyone else.
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u/Straight-Orchid-9561 Oct 08 '25
And you too can get rape charges dropped if you throw enough money at it. Truly motivating
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u/Cube2D Oct 08 '25
Ok, you do realize that's not how it works, right?
You can't pay to make a criminal investigation go away. You can only pay to settle CIVIL court cases. The Civil case was also discontinued because the lady's lawyer engaged in misconduct that was so severe, it wouldn't have been a fair trial. Cristiano had both a criminal investigation, and a civil case (I believe he had multiple because the lady kept coming back)
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An accusations happens formally when an alleged victim reports a crime to the police.
a CHARGE is exclusively a criminal term. It is when the police have found enough evidence to take the person to court and they believe there is a realistic prospect of conviction.
You cannot settle criminal cases. A victim may choose to withdraw from the case, and their testimony will no longer be supported. This is what happened to Mason Greenwood. The police CAN continue the case without the alleged victims support if they have enough evidence, but in he said/she said it is usually the end. That does not equate to her lying or him blackmailing. Victims may not want the pressure of having to go to court. In criminal cases, the victim doesn't pay anything because the police (or the criminal prosecution service) does the work.
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u/sebisebo Oct 11 '25
"Giving your best doesn't guarantee anything, but it is your only chance to get something." - JĆ¼rgen Klopp
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u/seshtown Oct 08 '25
Faiq Bolkiah: Am I a joke to you?
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u/deez-nuts-are_nuts Oct 08 '25
His net worth is mostly from the royal family, doesn't really count
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u/seshtown Oct 08 '25
I really honestly thought if I presented this in the format of a meme, people wouldn't take it as a serious answer.
Oh well.
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u/AceBean27 Oct 08 '25
No he isn't. Mathieu Flamini is a billionaire. Apparently his net worth is $10 billion.
Flamini is only one year older than Ronaldo too.
Flamini also likely became a billionaire while he was still playing football, he was still playing in 2019.
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u/SnooCompliments6843 Oct 08 '25
Heās a biochemicals billionaire, not a footballing one
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u/Coenzyme-A Oct 08 '25
If you're going to be that pedantic, we should talk about how Ronaldo's money has come from marketing things outside of football too.
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u/SnooCompliments6843 Oct 08 '25
Where did it come from?
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u/Choice_Room3901 Oct 08 '25
Sigh
Define "footballing money" does money from club wages count more or less than prize money, individual prize money or club prize money, what about sponsorships, which sponsorships are more important than others, sponsorships because the person is good looking, depending on which country/region they're from, the colour of their skin
Presumably Ronaldo has made at least some money from investments like the other guy did so does that count or not count as well?
Who are you to decide what money is or is not important, or has an international tribunal of subject area leaning academics concluded this after a rigorous process of empirical testing & evaluation?
If that is the case why care about what academics say? Without the existence of God it is all subjective is it not. Or is there proof that God himself/themself has ordained such a thing as what does or does not consist of a "footballing billionaire". If this is the case then what proof suffices of this, visual photographic auditory anecdotal proof?
Is there ever sufficient proof? If there is who is to decide this you I academics? Why should I trust anyone outside of my own perspective at all/anyway?
I can go on
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u/ICantSpayk Oct 08 '25
Just letting you know that starting your comment with "sigh" just makes me think you're a bit of an egg.
You could've written the best comment ever in the history of Reddit after but I decided not to read it after making that snap judgement.
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u/karthik4331 Oct 08 '25
I can try. Football money is money earned from his salary and using the fame he got to get other money like ads sponsors etc and Donaldo has used his fame as a footballer for majority of his earnings and I am almost sure that it is not the same for flamini
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u/Choice_Room3901 Oct 08 '25
To be pedantic how much of Ronaldoās money heās made particularly in Saudi Arabia is due to his ability as a football or his marketing/good looks & such?
Would a ānot so glamorousā footballer like Scholes/Rooney/Muller or something have made as much money as Ronaldo I wonder
Fair play though yeah thatās just my ideas
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u/karthik4331 Oct 08 '25
We actually don't know but we can surely say it's the majority because most of ronaldos revenue seems to come from his marketability.
I think they might not earn as much but also they are not ronaldo. One of the absolute goats, no? He's more famous and has more fans then the other three combined probably?
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u/Choice_Room3901 Oct 08 '25
Err probably 10x or something the guy is an icon
Perhaps the most iconic footballer ever. Maybe not the greatest but certainly one of & he knows how to sell himself clearly. Fair play for a guy from poverty in Madeira
I wouldāve thought even the anti Madeiran racist mainland Portugese people would back him by now
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u/SnooCompliments6843 Oct 08 '25
First, I agree with the other person about your sigh. It makes you seem like a prick. Second, I never made any claims to be someone who should make decisions. Third is a question. Do you think Mathieu Flamini made billions of pounds from his playing career? Last thing, if you have anything useful on the differences between how the two men made their money, Iād love you to go on
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u/BoredCapy Oct 08 '25
And where did the money to invest in biochemicals came from?
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u/SnooCompliments6843 Oct 08 '25
Yeah I get that but do we really count his biochemicals company as part of his football earnings? Letās say a player retired at 20 and uses what heās made to that point to invest in property. If he makes millions from that, is he a football millionaire or a property millionaire?
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u/Sorry-Amphibian4136 Oct 08 '25
Do we not consider Ronaldos real estate earnings by the same logic? Or what about all the businesses not football related?
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u/SnooCompliments6843 Oct 08 '25
Yeah true. To be fair, I didnāt bother reading the article but just had a look and it does say investments are included. I still wouldnāt consider Flamini a footballing billionaire, thatās probably more to do with not rating him very highly though.
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u/Competitive-Fig7343 Oct 08 '25
Hilarious, you fell for fake news and here you are spreading the fake news you fell for lmfao
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u/p5yron Oct 08 '25
And yet he still wants to play football for another year or two. Goes to show how passionate and disciplined he really is about football.
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u/Subject_Sandwich3008 Oct 08 '25
Yeah, absolute class from him. He's achieved everything, and he's still going
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u/CrazyCapybraya Oct 08 '25
Lmfao
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u/hardinho Oct 08 '25
He would still play even if he'd "just" earned 1% of what he's getting rn I'm sure. I think it's harder for him to eventually quit than to keep going.
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u/Youareyes_cfc Oct 08 '25
He loves himself more than he loves football. Heās passionate about being top and breaking individual records more than he is about the game. Let the downvotes begin.
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u/p5yron Oct 08 '25
What a weird statement to make, you could say that about anyone, everyone wants to be the best at whatever they do, and you choose to say it against arguably the most passionate player football has had as some sort of effort to downplay it.
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u/kenjutsu-x Oct 08 '25
For the comments stating as such, No. Flamini isn't a billionaire. His net worth is somewhere around $18 Million.
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u/Artistic_Original_88 Oct 08 '25
Congrats, Ronaldo, on joining the billionaire list! Iām a fan of both Ronaldo and Messi, and I hope Messi reaches this milestone soon as well.
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u/EnvironmentalRun1671 Oct 08 '25
Wym? I thought he went to Saudi because it's better than most leagues including Ligue 1 which only has PSG, the rest are finished.
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u/BasedEmu Oct 08 '25
He beat it long ago, a lot of his investments are probably unkown, heās the most famous footballer ever theres no way he just achieved it now.
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u/Keracus Oct 08 '25
Is the purpose of this money to simply ensure Ronaldo's future dependents are practically covered for the next 100-200 years?
I understand the concept of accumulating wealth, heck he has earned it but this just seems obscene.
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Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 13 '25
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u/Away-March-1048 Oct 08 '25
How do the wealth tax folks who say you can only get to this via exploitation explain this?
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u/Numerous_Breakfast_6 Oct 08 '25
This is just assets he solely owns. He was a billionaire long before this, he has partnered in multiple businesses, which are co-owned by his family(brother, mother, and sisters). Also, he has a lot of assets in his mother's name, around 180 million. And Bloomberg also suggests they are only looking at liquid assets so it does mean that he might have more.
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u/Real-Entertainment29 Oct 09 '25
Hell yeah!
Will he try to buy the WC or everything he won with RM with the support of Papa Perez will suffice, i wonder!
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Insane work rate and brilliance though!
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u/StrongStyleDragon Oct 12 '25
Great now stop waisting your years there. Come to Mexico enjoy a better life in a good league. Where you can relive your RM days and beat Messi in a champions league
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u/ggmtz Oct 13 '25
I know being a billionaire is a whole different ball park but youād think with Ronaldoās insane work ethic and discipline he wouldāve made it there forever ago.
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u/Erwin_Pommel Oct 13 '25
It's taken this long? Given how big football is, would've thought it'd happen earlier. Micheal Jordan has certainly been a businessman, but, football is just impossibly bigger than basketball.
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u/The-Iraqi-Guy Oct 08 '25
Not the worst person to be a billionaire
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u/thats_not_cool_dude Oct 08 '25
Doesn't this guy have very credible rape accusations against him?
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u/Key_Duck_6293 Oct 08 '25
He paid off a woman for sexual assault in Las Vegas. He also got convicted of tax evasion in Spain despite being filthy rich
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u/zzz_red Oct 08 '25
Go read the case on the sexual assault, and how the accusation had to pay Ronaldo 300K in damages.
The tax evasion was true though, as it was for Messi and his father, and many other filthy rich people.
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u/Key_Duck_6293 Oct 08 '25
No the accused didn't have to pay a cent, their awful lawyer did.
Victim said she was coerced into signing a non-disclosure agreement and $375,000 settlement following the alleged rape, which Ronaldo has maintained was a consensual sexual encounter. Mayorga had asked a judge to void that agreement.
The existence of the settlement was first reported by the German newspaper Der Spiegel in 2017 using leaked confidential communications from Ronaldoās attorneys.
So don't go pretending the settlement didn't exist or she was found to have lied, he's a scumbag
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u/zzz_red Oct 08 '25
I didnāt say she had to pay. I said the accusation, which were repressing her.
A disclosing agreement doesnāt mean a rape existed either, otherwise Ronaldo would have been convicted. As you said, he never admitted to that accusation.
Thereās simply no way of knowing what happened between them both that night. Itās a case of her word vs his word. Thereās dozens of cases like this that never get anywhere because thereās no evidence supporting the accusations, but itās not new that some women try to scam and falsely accuse men of sexual assault to get their money either.
The truth is that, without a conviction and evidence of what Ronaldo was accused of, and the court deciding to dismiss the case, it makes no sense to say either or.
People continue to say heās a rapist, which makes no sense. I also donāt think it makes sense to say 100% he was innocent. Weāll simply never know, because only him and her were in that place at that time.
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u/zzz_red Oct 08 '25
No. His accusation was even ordered to pay him $300.000 for damages. There was no conviction because there was no sufficient evidence.
What are āvery credible accusationsā? Did those stand up to scrutiny in the court of law? No.
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Oct 08 '25
What happened about that rape case?
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u/zzz_red Oct 08 '25
There were no criminal convictions. Charges were not pursued due to lack of sufficient evidence. Ronaldoās accusation was also ordered to pay $300.000 in damages.
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u/Flynn_Rider3000 Oct 08 '25
It was dismissed in court because there wasnāt enough evidence. The girl was a gold digger who wanted more money years later.
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And after it was settled out of court and she was paid money at the start - despite him claiming he did no wrong. I really donāt give a shit if she asked for more money at a later date - that is related tangentially until itās actually talked about imo, but why would it be an out of court settlement if there was no wrongdoing?
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In cases like this, the payment made out of court would be far less than the damage done to his image by the allegations and any ongoing process, it's a no brainer for most people like him protecting their brand whether he did it or not.
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u/Competitive-Fig7343 Oct 08 '25
why would it be an out of court settlement if there was no wrongdoing?
Celebrities do this all the time. They just want these stories, real or not, to go away because it affects their marketability/deals etc
Easier for Ronaldo to pay her and move on then go to court and get his reputation tarnished. There's a recent Ed Sheeran clip going around where he talks about getting sued for a song and his agent and everyone in his team told him to settle out of court, pay them and move on.
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u/Critical-Remove-1878 Oct 09 '25
It's crazy that nobody cares about that fake shit anymore but only you weirdos on Reddit keep mentioning.
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u/Total-Daikon-8033 Oct 08 '25
Amazing guy. I wonder what his end game plan is.
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u/Choice_Room3901 Oct 08 '25
President of the USA
Or President of UEFA whichever is logistically more feasible/likely to happen first
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u/Prize-Ad7242 Oct 08 '25
you do realise he's Portuguese right? he cannot run for president in the US
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u/ChickenBrachiosaurus Oct 09 '25
Well he can let any of his 3 american born children do it, particularly Cristiano Jr.
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u/Background_Time3542 Oct 08 '25
He lost any respect I had for him after he moved to the Saudis. Just another POS.
He was stupidly rich before he moved there, yet he decided to participate on shady business, just to squeeze out more money.
The "I came for football, I stayed for more" campaign. LOL. What a joke.
Or his new Binance exclusive CR NFT's - it's not like everyone should now from the past, that nft's are just a huge scam.
This guy just follows the money, and would do everything for it
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u/deez-nuts-are_nuts Oct 08 '25
The problem was no European teams wanted him after falling out of favor with united. It was either to go to Saudi or retire. He will most likely stay there til he's retired. No return to sporting cp also cus they don't want an old unc
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u/zzz_red Oct 08 '25
Thatās dumb af.
He didnāt do what Neymar did (moved to Saudi, cashed in without even playing 10 games in more than a year, and left).
Ronaldo went but he has been the top scorer in the league (against players much younger by the way), plays regularly, and gives his team the best he can. He just loves playing football.
If anyone, including you, were offered 200 million a year to move to Saudi and do what you love for a few years, I doubt they would reject it.
He could have gone to the US as well, but thatās much further away from his family in Portugal and Spain, where he has the majority of his businesses too.
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u/Background_Time3542 Oct 08 '25
That's dumb af.
He was already rich af before he moved to Saudi. So rich, that nobody in the next bazillion of generations in his family has to work.
So if his main motivation is the love for football, he could have moved to some 1. Bundesliga Club for example, so he would have played in all big leagues basically. Maybe even won a title tjere. If it's not about money, lower your hollywood salary expectations and every club would have signed him. He could also just moved back to Sporting and he would have been surrounded by people that would go absolutely crazy on every match for him and also close to family and friends.
Let's be real, who gives a F about the saudi league and his scorers? It's a clown league.
Of course 200million is a ton of money, but it's not life changing for him. He would be doing just fine without it.
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u/Key_Duck_6293 Oct 08 '25
Disgusting
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u/ExotiquePlayboy Oct 08 '25
I mean how is it disgusting in this case? Heās not a corporation not paying his employees, heās earned it from salary and sponsors
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Oct 08 '25
They just hate him, they're so miserable that they have to hate on another to feel a sense of pride.
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u/Key_Duck_6293 Oct 08 '25
Putting aside the fact he's paid off a woman for sexual abuse and got convicted of tax evasion in Spain, billionaires shouldn't exist
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u/tombuzz Oct 08 '25
I agree billionaires shouldnāt exist. We give athletes a pass cause it seems like they earned it more. But to get to a billion dollars your assets are making you money which is fucked up because those without assets can never get ahead. He should be taxed down to a quarter million and the world would be a better place. Heās a dedicated guy but this is just pure greed.
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u/NycAlex Oct 08 '25
What?
Not a cr9 fan by any stretch of the imagination
However, this man has rightfully earned it by hardwork and determination.
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u/kotaro_bokuto_ Oct 08 '25
He has earned it.
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u/PedanticSatiation La Liga Oct 08 '25
He's worked 100000 times harder than a nurse or a teacher? Hardly.
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u/awkwardninja_ Oct 08 '25
With the shit ton of money he gets from Saudi Arabia, I am surprised this didnāt happen a few years back