Cristiano Ronaldo: profile, earnings and record · Chronopin
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Cristiano Ronaldo
Professional footballer, forward and captain of Al-Nassr and Portugal[1]
41 years old
Portuguese forward who is an active player and captains both Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr and the Portugal national team; in an August 2026 Vogue interview he said the 2026-27 season will probably be his last. He holds the men's international records for appearances (234) and goals (146) and appeared on Forbes' 2026 billionaires list with a $1.2 billion net worth.
What each year added up to: salary, plus outside income, royalties, endorsements, prizes and investment income where a source reports them. A financial disclosure gives ranges, shown as such.
One octagon for each phase of the life of Cristiano Ronaldo. Each of the eight axes is scored 0 to 5 against a written rubric from documented evidence, with its source; an axis without evidence is a gap, not a zero. There is no total and no ideal shape: it is a profile, not a ranking. Appearance and personality are not axes, because they cannot be scored from evidence.
Overview2003–Each axis from the most recent phase that scored it. Phases: Manchester United and Real Madrid (2003–2018); Juventus, Manchester United return, Al Nassr (2018–).Only 2 of the 8 axes have documented evidence, so no shape is drawn yet.
No total and no ideal shape: a longer spoke means more of that axis, so a long Misconduct spoke is more documented misconduct.
Scores, rubric and sources
01EducationNo evidence
Highest attainment by then: 1 secondary school, 2 some college, 3 bachelor's degree, 4 master's or professional degree, 5 doctorate.
02WealthNo evidence
Net worth or income against the national thresholds of the time: 1 below the median household, 3 top 5%, 5 top 0.1%.
03Position3 of 5
Low confidenceCaptain of Al Nassr and Portugal.[1]Scope of the role held: 1 entry level, 3 senior manager or legislator, 5 head of state or government, or the top role of a major institution.
04Public standingNo evidence
Public approval or favourability where it was measured: 1 under 20%, 3 35 to 50%, 5 over 65%.
05HealthNo evidence
Documented health where an examination or disclosure exists: 5 no documented concern, 1 a serious documented condition.
06Misconduct4 of 5
High confidence3 documented matter(s) in the reviewed legal record, counted as the misconduct meter counts them.[8]The documented legal and ethics record within the phase, as in the misconduct meter: 0 none documented, 1 only matters resolved in their favour, 2 an open matter, 3 one finding, 4 two or three, 5 four or more. More is more documented misconduct.
07Social goodNo evidence
Assessed effects of what they did in the phase on health, safety, education, rights and the environment, from official statistics or peer-reviewed evidence: 0 clearly harmful, 2.5 mixed, 5 clearly beneficial.
08Economic goodNo evidence
Assessed effects of what they did in the phase on efficiency, growth and fiscal sustainability, from CBO and peer-reviewed evidence, as in the good-for-society reading: 0 clearly harmful, 2.5 mixed, 5 clearly beneficial.
Work and contributions7
Awards1
Five Ballons d'Or[1]Wikipedia: Cristiano RonaldowinnerDecember 2, 2008Won the Ballon d'Or five times, the first in 2008 at age 23 after the 2007-08 Champions League season with Manchester United.
Work2
Five UEFA Champions League titles[1]Wikipedia: Cristiano RonaldoplayerMay 21, 2008Won the Champions League with Manchester United (2007-08) and four times with Real Madrid, where he became the club's all-time top scorer.
Joined Al-Nassr[1]Wikipedia: Cristiano RonaldoplayerDecember 30, 2022Agreed to join Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr on 30 December 2022 and led the club to the Saudi Pro League title in 2026.
Records and titles3
Top goalscorer in football history[1]Wikipedia: Cristiano Ronaldorecord holderHas scored over 970 official senior goals for club and country and made over 1,300 professional appearances.
Won UEFA Euro 2016 with Portugal[1]Wikipedia: Cristiano RonaldocaptainJuly 10, 2016Captained Portugal to its first major international trophy, beating France in the final.
International appearance and goal records[1]Wikipedia: Cristiano Ronaldorecord holderHolds the men's international records for appearances (234), goals (146) and victories (141).
Other1
Said 2026-27 will probably be his last season[5]WRDW report of the Vogue interview, 17 August 2026playerAugust 17, 2026Told Vogue that this is probably his last year of football; his Al-Nassr contract expires in June 2027, and he has not formally announced retirement.
Legal and ethics record3
Actions by courts, regulators and ethics bodies, each with where it stands. Reviewed October 10, 2026. Only documented official actions are counted: findings, penalties and settlements, and cases still open. A charge or an investigation is not a finding, cases that ended in the person's favour are listed as such, and it is not a judgment of character.
2 findings or penalties1 resolved in their favour
DismissedOtherMayorga v. Ronaldo (Las Vegas) civil suit dismissed; no criminal charges[6]U.S. District Court, District of Nevada (Judge Jennifer Dorsey); Clark County District AttorneyDecided June 10, 2022Federal judge dismissed Kathryn Mayorga's civil suit with prejudice as a sanction for her attorney's bad-faith use of leaked documents, not on the merits. Clark County DA had declined criminal charges in 2019. Ronaldo has maintained the encounter was consensual.
Pleaded guiltyTaxSpanish tax fraud case (image-rights income), 2011-2014[7]Provincial court, Madrid, Spain (Spanish prosecutors)Decided January 22, 2019Penalty: 23-month prison sentence (not served, as first offence under 2 years) and a EUR 18.8 million fineRonaldo accepted a plea agreement with Spanish prosecutors and was sentenced by a Madrid court for four tax offences relating to image-rights income; the prison term was not to be served.
Pleaded guiltyTaxSpain tax fraud case over image-rights income, 2011-2014[8]Spanish court, Madrid (Pozuelo de Alarcon investigating court and Madrid court)Penalty: 23-month suspended prison sentence and fines reported as EUR 18.8 million in totalA Madrid state prosecutor accused Cristiano Ronaldo in June 2017 of four counts of tax fraud for 2011-2014, valued at EUR 14.7 million; he denied the accusation at a 31 July 2017 court hearing. Under a pre-agreed deal with the Spanish tax authorities, a Madrid court on 22 January 2019 accepted his guilty plea and a 23-month suspended prison sentence, with a total payment reported as EUR 18.8 million.
Sources8
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