In the recent Forbes ranking revealing the best paid sports purse, Cristiano Ronaldo appeared for the period from June 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020 in second place (105 million dollars; 93 million euros). Outpaced by Roger Federer (106.3 million dollars; (95.5 million euros). Gains that allow him, according to Forbes , to become the first billionaire footballer.
$ 650 million earned in the field
Forbes describes: "Ronaldo, the first to reach the earnings cap in a team sport, has earned $ 650 million on the field in his 17 years as a pro and is expected to reach $ 765 million in career salary with his current contract, which expires in June 2022. Messi, who started playing at the senior level three years after Ronaldo, has earned a total of $ 605 million in wages since 2005. The only athlete on a team Closer to these numbers was former New York Yankees drummer Alex Rodriguez, who retired in 2016 after 22 years in the Major League Baseball after earning $ 450 million in wages. Even football legend David Beckham was close, ending his career with a total profit of $ 500 million, half of which was extra-sport earnings. "
The Portuguese, whose rest of the fortune is made thanks to his sponsors (since 2016, he has a lifetime contract with Nike which pays him 20 M $ per year), thus joins a very closed club of billionaires during their sports career composed of Tiger Woods, from 2009, and Floyd Mayweather in 2017 (thanks in particular to the benefits of the “pay-per-view”). Lionel Messi and Roger Federer could be the next billionaires.
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