Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo established themselves during the last 15 years as the most successful footballers in the world, which for them translated into exorbitant economic income and millionaire contracts everywhere.
A few months ago it was known that both greatly exceeded 100 million dollars in profits during 2020. The Argentine entered his coffers 126 million dollars in the last year (92 million for his salary at Barcelona and another 34 for advertising contracts), while the Portuguese received 117 million dollars (70 million of annual salary in Juventus and 47 million for advertising).
The money that both athletes have received throughout their professional careers is so much that for years they have invested a good part of their income in businesses of all kinds, although they have also allocated another important amount to give themselves luxuries and eccentricities that they well deserve.
Among world football fans there is a recurring interest in knowing how much the fortunes of Messi and Cristiano climb, and which of the two wins head-to-head. The Portuguese has a slightly higher heritage than the Argentine and we explain why.
Messi’s fortune
Specialized media have estimated that Lionel Messi has earned more than $ 800 million over his 16-year career. Clearly, not all that amount of money is what makes up your wealth, since much was invested or spent over the years.
The Barcelona captain has a hotel chain with four hotels distributed in the Spanish towns of Ibiza, Mallorca and Sitges and Baqueira Beret.
Similarly, as Forbes Argentina magazine learned, Messi invested part of his money in a theme park in China and he owns a skyscraper in his country that is more than 125 meters high and has an infrastructure with 40 floors of apartments.
The ’10’ also owns a mansion 25 kilometers from Barcelona that costs several million dollars and the media does not end up identifying with certainty all the properties or investments that the left-handed attacker has made in recent years.
Anyway, this year Forbes Argentina calculated that Messi’s fortune or net worth is close to $ 400 million.
Cristiano Ronaldo fortune
The comparison of the fortunes of Messi and ‘CR7’ begins in favor of the Juventus attacker with no less data. This year, according to the calculations of the American magazine Forbes, Cristiano became the first footballer in history to exceed $ 1 billion in earnings throughout his career. In large part, it is his advertising contracts that have made a considerable difference to Messi’s income.
Since he established himself as one of the best footballers in the world, Ronaldo faced his success with a business vocation that few have. That is why over the last few years he and his agent, the Portuguese Jorge Mendes, have worked hand in hand to make the best use of the goalscorer’s wealth.
There are numerous investments that ‘CR7’ has made. That list, reviewed by GQ magazine, is made up of a hotel chain, a sector in which Messi has also been involved, a hair clinic, its own perfume and underwear brand, a chain of gyms with locations in Portugal and Spain and up to two of its own video games for cell phones.
So how much is Cristiano Ronaldo’s fortune? In September of last year, an interview that the Portuguese gave to a British journalist went around the world in which He assured that he calculated that his assets were around 500 million dollars.
Here is a video that summarizes the luxurious life that ‘CR7’ lives thanks to the millions it has reaped throughout its career, and some of the investments it has made:
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