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C. Ronaldo Officially The First-Ever Football Player To Become A Billionaire

The prolific 35-year-old attacker joined Floyd Mayweather and Tiger Woods as the only athletes to accumulate $1 billion Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first footballer in history to become a billionaire during his career. According to Forbes, the Juventus star made $105 million (£83m) before tax in the last year, taking his total worth over the $1 billion (£789m) mark. The 35-year-old attacker has been named the fourth-highest earning celebrity in 2020 by the magazine, behind tennis legend Roger Federer, rapper Kanye West and Kylie Jenner. Meanwhile, Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi, who Forbes said earned $104m (£82m) in the last year, came in fifth while PSG forward Neymar took seventh place with $95.5m (£75m). After golf icon Tiger Woods and former boxer Floyd Mayweather, Ronaldo follows suit as the third athlete ever to accumulate such wealth and the first to do so in a team sport. The Portugal international is said to have made $650m (£513m) in wages over his 17 years as a profe