It is clear that soccer leaves great income for athletes.
And, although, many sports stars have stayed only with that facet, others have opted for launch into business and further expand your business.
At an international level, Cristiano Ronaldo, for example, has had a hair transplant clinic for two years; Messi has dedicated himself to investing in the real estate sector and launched his clothing and wine brand, and Gerard Piqué owns Kosmos Global Holding, the company that owns the rights to the Davis Cup.
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This phenomenon also occurs in Colombia with the players of the National Team. Get to know the alternative businesses of some of them.
James Rodriguez
The midfielder from Everton, England, created his own brand of mineral water, called 10Gold.
After almost 6 years in the market, it has managed to position itself as one of the most prominent in Latin America. It is offered, for example, at the Hilton Hotel and the Café Dos Molinos, in Ibagué.
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This business contributes with resources to its foundation Colombia Somos Todos, described as an accelerator of social talents that aims to create change through football and sports.
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‘Forbes’ revealed that the ’10’ of the National Team earns up to $ 26,000 a day for belonging to Everton. That is to say: invoice more than 90 million pesos every 24 hours.
Radamel Falcao Garcia
The ‘Tiger’ Falcao García is another player who bet on business for some time.
Business Tiger is a company dedicated to the dissemination of your image for advertising in any medium, sporting events or marketing of sportswear.
According to EL TIEMPO, it was created in 2011 by Luis Fabricio Vargas Restrepo and Roman Zárate Olaya, Falcao’s maternal uncle. After a while, the player became the sole shareholder and president of the company, while his wife Lorelei Dahiana Tarón was appointed legal representative.
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At the end of last year the British newspaper ‘The Sun’ published the list of the teams that received the most income in the decade. Atlético Madrid, of Spain, and Monaco, of France, clubs in which Falcao was during two brilliant moments of his career, are in second and fifth position.
The same newspaper highlighted that the signing of Falcao from Atlético to Monaco cost 51 million euros (that is, around 220 billion pesos), which also makes him one of the highest paid players.
Juan Guillermo Cuadrado
According to ‘Forbes’, the player receives a payment of 6 million dollars a year from Juventus, which is equivalent to about 22 billion pesos.
Cuadrado, who plays under number 11 in the National Team, also has a clothing brand called Juan Cuadrado Store, whose headquarters are in Medellín.
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Additionally, the Colombian released an autobiographical book on May 26, which curiously is the same day as his birthday.
‘Square, panita, this is my story’ tells in 210 pages how he managed to get there to the biggest stadiums after leaving his native Necoclí.
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“The idea is that people can get into my shoes, I had difficult times, but it can serve as an example to young people and others so that they know that no matter how complicated things are, there is always a way out”he declared at a press conference.
Juan Fernando Quintero
The player had given clues about his undertaking in a post on his Instagram, as he wrote “Soon, I’ll tell you” and attached a photo of himself with a bottle of wine.
It is a special edition of the drink of the Argentine brand Gloria Eterna, which has an illustration of his goal against Boca Juniors in the final of the 2018 Copa Libertadores, played, for unusual reasons, in Madrid (Spain).
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David ospina
Goalkeeper David Ospina also has a business alternative, but he is not far from sport.
Ospina created an academy of archers called Cerberus, in which, as he promises: “We transform archers into fantastic heroes, out of another world.” The school is located in Envigado and Medellín.
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The ‘cracks’ and advertising
Similarly, the rise of social networks and collaboration with various brands provide additional income to the players of the National Team.
According to figures known to ‘Forbes’, James Rodríguez’s advertising campaigns can cost up to $ 400,000 and those of Yerry Mina more than $ 160,000. While Falcao García can collect 542,000 million dollars a year and Santiago Arias almost 430,000 million.
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