Hi there, welcome back to GoalNiza channel. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi – the two
most mentioned names in the world of football in 21st century. They have always competed fiercely,
from on-field performances to the number of goals or individual titles scored over the last ten
years. Not only this, but the two football superstar are also fiercely competitive in
terms of commercial and worldwide popularity. Plus, the huge salary they receive helps them
become influential figures all over the world. But who is richer? Let’s find out in this video.
As football players, their primary source of income is the salary they receive at the end of
each season. Now let’s come first with Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese football superstar is
expected to earn $60 million in 2022. During the 2020/21 season, he earned $630,000 per week in
Manchester United, making him the highest-paid player in the English Premier League. Despite
the fact that his salary for this season has been reduced by 25% due to United's failure
to qualify for the Champions League, he will still be the league's second-highest earner,
trailing Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne. However, this figure is not as much
as Lionel Messi’s. His annual salary at Paris Saint-Germain is up to $75 million - more than
any other athlete on the planet and of course, more than CR7. Messi is reportedly paid $35
million/ year, which equates to $738,000/week or $105,000/day. According to the Evening Standard,
the Argentine received a $25 million signing bonus when he joined the French team last summer.
It was also reported that Messi was willing to accept a 50% pay cut to stay at Barcelona,
but the Catalans couldn't afford him even at half his salary and were unable
to retain their greatest-ever player. So for the on-field earnings, Messi wins!
Both of them make money in a lot of ways, Ronaldo Cristiano has a lot of clout when it comes to
securing lucrative sponsorship deals because he is the most followed person on Instagram,
with 484 million followers. According to a social media analytics firm, a single social
media post from his account could be worth up to $1.6 million due to his impressive reach.
In addition to his $1 billion lifetime contract with Nike,
the Portuguese icon has lucrative deals with Herbalife, Tag Heuer, Clear shampoo, EA Sports,
Poker Stars, Castrol, Egyptian Steel and Armani. In addition to endorsement deals, Ronaldo also
builds his own brands “CR7” by himself. That is a lingerie company for adults and children, a
jeans company (CR7 Denim) and a joint venture with Denali to make CR7 Blanket. He also collaborated
with a British perfume manufacturer and gave birth to Eden Perfume Cristiano Ronaldo Fragrance.
Moreover, Ronaldo signed a deal with Crunch Franchise in 2016 to open CR7 Crunch Fitness.
Next, Ronaldo owns 50% of Insparya hair clinic’s shares and appoints his girlfriend,
Georgina Rodriguez as the executor. Insparya focuses on hair transplantation and has several
branches in Portugal. The group own 10 clinics in Portugal and have made roughly 35,000 transplants.
Their treatments typically last around six hours and cost between €4,000 to €7,000. Not over year,
the football super star also has two hotels in Portugal, one in Madeira and another in Lisbon.
Despite coming over his career peak, Ronaldo still makes a lot of money,
so it’s understandable that his net worth is estimated at $1 billion as of 2022.
And as for Messi, the figure of his off-field earnings is also the same with Ronaldo,
reaching tens of millions of dollars over the last year.
His endorsement portfolio includes deals with Adidas, Budweiser, and PepsiCo,
in addition to a $20 million-per-year partnership with cryptocurrency "fan token" platform Socios.
He also became Hard Rock International's first athlete brand ambassador in June
2021. Although Messi doesn’t open up about his other kinds of businesses,
the amount of money he gets from his endorsemt deals alone is worth to compare with CR7’s.
As of 2022, Messi has earned $1.15 billion during his career on and off the field,
according to Forbes. Only 3 currently active athletes have ever earned more: LeBron James,
Cristiano Ronaldo, and Tiger Woods. So for this round, one point for each!
With a lot of money, CR7 spends his fortune in numerous ways including collecting super
cars. Ronaldo owns more than 20 luxury cars worth approximately $24 million, which is more
than his rival Lionel Messi's collection. Among the highlights of the collection are a Mercedes
G-Wagon Brabus, five Ferraris, and an ultra-rare McLaren Senna. His favorite car is a Rolls Royce
Cullinan, which he purchased in 2019 for $360,000, while his most expensive car in the collection is
a Bugatti Centodieci, which he purchased for $12 million on his 36th birthday. This car can
accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 2.4 seconds and has a top speed of 236 mph. More to say, his $2,4
million Bugatti Veyron made headlines recently after his bodyguard crashed the car into a brick
wall while the United forward and his family were on vacation in Majorca. The driver was unharmed,
but the front of the 1,200-horsepower supercar suffered significant damage.
Like Ronaldo, Messi has also been collecting a lot of fancy cars. His
impressive car collection includes more than 10 fancy cars which is worth over $3 million.
His car collection has a $2 million Pagani Zonda Tricolore, a Ferrari F430 Spyder,
a Dodge Charger SRT8, and a Maserati Gran Turismo. Besides, the Argentine is rumored
to have bought the most expensive car ever, a 1957 Ferrari 335 Sport Spider Scaglietti,
for $37 million in 2016. He appeared to deny the speculation, however, by way of an Instagram post
in which he shared a photo of himself holding up a toy car with the caption, "My new car."
Ronaldo is the proud owner of many valuable properties across the country and oversea.
Notably, his $9.7 million seven-story mansion in his native Madeira is the place where he and his
small family are living. It is a seven-story apartment with an incredible sea view,
as well as its amenities. Besides, there are two gyms, a swimming pool on the rooftop,
a five-car garage and even a small football pitch where he practices with Cristiano Jr.
Apart from the space he’s living with family, CR7 also splashes money on real estate such as
the house he bought in 2003 which was worth $3.5 million. The home in Alderley Edge,
Cheshire, has five large bedrooms, two dressing rooms with en-suite bathrooms, a large garden,
and charming terraces. The property also has an indoor pool, a steam room, a jacuzzi, a gym,
and a cinema room. Plus, CR7 also owns a large pad in Madrid's affluent La Finca neighborhood, which
was worth $5 million at the time of purchase. The pad has both an indoor and outdoor swimming pool,
which Ronaldo used to regularly exercise in. The house also has a cutting-edge gym with treadmills,
a weights section, and a stretching zone. Outside, the large plot includes
a football pitch, an outdoor swimming pool, and a relaxation area with sun loungers and chairs.
Beside these properties, he also owns the most valuable apartment in Lisbon,
which is valued at $7.3 million and a $1.6 million villa villa in Marbella.
Strong investing in the living space is really necessary, especially when we have kids,
and Messi sees that. His home remains one of the most prestigious properties in the world. It is
located 26 kilometers outside of Barcelona in the exclusive, no-fly zone suburb of Castelldefels,
with views of the Catalan mountains and the nearby beach. The property, according to
Architectural Digest, includes a football pitch, pool, indoor gym, playground, theater, and spa.
They estimated its value to be around $7 million in 2018. Besides, Messi also owns an "eco-house"
themed around his career, a mansion in his home town of Rosario, Argentina, and the entire floor
of a luxury condominium in Saint Isles Beach, Florida, which he paid $7.3 million for in 2021.
As for the real estate, since 2017, Messi has owned the hotel chain MiM Hotels,
operated by Majestic Hotel Group, which has resorts in Ibiza, Majorca, and Barcelona.
In 2021, the chain opened its first winter resort in the heart of the Pyrenees,
in the Aran Valley. According to Forbes, the four-star hotel has 141 rooms and includes a spa,
an indoor swimming pool, a fitness center, and mountain guide services.
Ronaldo's Gulfstream G200 has served him well with the striker often jetting off on
holiday around Europe with partner Georgina Rodriguez and kids. The striker also uses
the aircraft to fly back and forth to Portugal regularly thanks to its top speed of 560mph.
It has a price tag of $6 million. And Gulfstream V is the one owned by Messi. He purchased for $15
million in 2014. The plane is recognized by the number 10 on its tail and the names of his wife
Antonella and their children - Thiago, Ciro, and Mateo - on the steps. According to Soccer
Gator, the luxury jet has two kitchens and bathrooms and can seat up to sixteen people.
When it comes to appearance, Ronaldo always appears in high-end clothes
from famous fashion houses in the world, but there’s one thing he always wear is watch.
Ronaldo is a big fan of the watch brand Rolex, one of the most luxurious watch brands in the
world. He has seen wearing a lot of different models of Rolex watch in which includes the
classic steel Rolex Daytona with black dial, a yellow gold Rolex Daytona with mother of
pearl dial and diamond indices which was sold for between $500,000 and $750,000.
Besides the Daytona, CR7 has also been spotted wearing perhaps the most iced out factory Rolex
in existence, the Rolex GMT-Master II. This white gold GMT-Master is set with 30 carats of
cut factory diamonds on the dial, case, bezel, and bracelet. This is the most expensive watch
ever made by Rolex at the retail price of $485,000 when it was first released.
In addition to Rolex, Ronaldo also owns a couple Hublot watches such as Hublot
titanium Hublot Spirit of Big Bang in blue which was sold for $23,000, and the Hublot
“Masterpiece” MP-09 Tourbillon Bi-Axis King Gold which is said to cost him around $1 million.
Apart from these brands, Ronaldo also has collected some watches from other brands
such as The Bvlgari Octo, The Cartier Santos, JACOB & CO and Franck Muller.
Like CR7, Messi is also into wearing luxurious watches. As we know, Messi has a rose gold Rolex
Yacht-Master, a Rolex Daytona, a Rolex Oyster Perpetual, a two-tone Rolex Datejust, and a Rolex
Submariner Ref. 116659SABR which is the most expensive watch in his collection. This piece
retails for $92,000 but is currently available on the secondary market for just under $200,000.
Besides Rolex, Messi is also often seen wearing watches from other famous
brands such as Audemars Piguet, Jacob & Co. and Patek Philippe.
Ronaldo's yacht is the Azimut Grande 27 Metri, an exclusive yacht that he
purchased for $6 million in 2020. It has five luxurious cabins and six exquisitely decorated
bathrooms. There is also a modern kitchen, two relaxation areas, a large lounge, and a lavish
dining room onboard. The Portugal football international even has an exercise bike on
hand to ensure he stays in shape. And for Messi, he prefers to rent a yacht rather purchasing it.
Well, to sum up, neither Ronaldo nor Messi had the best of campaigns for
their respective clubs didn't have a big impact on their overall earnings. However, the figures
could go down this year or the next one if the footballing superstars' careers continue on the
downward spiral. As far as the past one year is concerned, this is how much they had earned:
It's clearly visible that Messi and Ronaldo have similar off-field earnings.
However, it's the on-field earnings where Messi usurped Ronaldo!
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