Footballer Ronaldo became the highest paid athlete according to Forbes
Forward of the Portuguese national team and Al-Nasr Cristiano Ronaldo took first place in the list of the highest paid athletes of the year according to Forbes. This is reported on the publication’s website.
The football player earned $260 million. Of this, he received 200 million from the club as a salary. Second place in the ranking was taken by Spanish golfer Jon Rahm (218 million). In third place is Inter Miami and Argentina national team forward Lionel Messi. He earned 135 million, which means Ronaldo doubled him.
Last year, Ronaldo also became the highest paid athlete. Then he earned 275 million dollars.
Ronaldo is a five-time Ballon d’Or winner. He has five Champions League victories to his name, as well as league titles in England, Spain and Italy. Together with the Portuguese national team, the footballer became the 2016 European champion, silver and bronze medalist of the continental championship.
Source: Lenta
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