Where Does Cristiano Ronaldo Live? The World’s Highest-Paid Athlete Owns Property in Multiple Countries

Cristiano Ronaldo is currently playing for Portugal in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.Photo: Lars Baron - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images

He is the world’s highest-paid athlete, but where does Cristiano Ronaldo live? This planet becomes your playground when you’re one of soccer’s all-time greatest players and you’re raking in as much cash as some small countries. In 2020, Ronaldo became the first active team-sport athlete to surpass $1 billion in career earnings, with dollars continuing to pour in. The 40-year-old earned $630,000 per week as a player for Manchester United in 2021, inked a $1 billion lifetime deal with Nike, and is the face of brands like Tag Heuer, Whoop, and CR7, his own line of clothing, accessories, hotels, and gyms. According to Forbes, he raked in $300 million in the last year.

In December of 2022, the Portugal native signed a historic contract with Saudi Arabian soccer club Al-Nassr, receiving roughly $474 million for a two-and-a-half-year stint with the Middle Eastern team. In 2025, he renewed his contract with the team, securing around $245 million per year plus bonuses. Since 2003, he has also played for Portugal’s national football team, and he is currently participating in his sixth World Cup with them.

When he’s not on the pitch, Ronaldo, his partner, Georgina Rodriguez, and their five children have their pick of properties across the globe—let’s take a look.

Posh Manchester digs

A view of the beautiful countryside near Alderley Edge.

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Ronaldo bought his first home in England for around $5.3 million a couple of years after he signed with elite soccer club Manchester United in 2003. Located 15 miles from Manchester in Alderley Edge, a posh village known to attract deep-pocketed homebuyers and famous soccer players (David and Victoria Beckham lived there from 2001 to 2005), the three-story, red-brick, contemporary-style new build had five bedrooms, an indoor pool, a steam room, theater room, and a gym at the time of the star player’s tenure. There are conflicting reports about the exact year Ronaldo bought the property, but title documents place the purchase in 2007. Attempts to find a buyer for the manse failed in 2009, when the in-demand player transferred to Spanish team Real Madrid; it was instead rented out, most notably to Man U player Luke Shaw in 2014 for $11,500 a month. Ronaldo was finally able to sell the house in 2019, but at an over $800,000 loss.

Spanish home base

In 2009, Ronaldo jumped ship from Manchester United to Spanish club Real Madrid and stayed there until 2018. During that time, the father of five bought an 8,600-square-foot mansion in La Finca, one of Madrid’s most prestigious gated neighborhoods, where fellow footballers Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham have reportedly also resided. Designed by Spanish architect Joaquín Torres, the house has seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms. There’s also a spa, a cryochamber, an indoor pool, and a private soccer field. Ronaldo’s initials are carved into the front door’s sleek silver-metal detailing.

In 2015, Ronaldo shared a video tour of the home. “I spend nearly half a day here,” he said while showing off his bed, “because to perform good and be at a good level you have to rest good.” An aquarium and a robust walk-in closet can also be seen in the sprawling primary suite before the athlete moves on to show off his TV room and black lacquered dining table where, he says, he eats most of his meals, prepared by his private chefs.

Ronaldo reportedly still owns this property. According to Robb Report, he offered it up for rent in 2023 for $11,000 a month.

Spa-town manse

Nature-loving Ronaldo once owned a riverside mansion tucked away in the northern mountains of Portugal’s Gerês, a region that is home to historic spas and a national park. After landing in trouble for building a tennis court and two annexes that were deemed illegal on the property, Ronaldo tore down the structures and donated the used materials to those in need. Reports are that he eventually sold the property to Pepe, a former Real Madrid teammate, but property documents still show Ronaldo as the owner.

The Trump Tower apartment

Trump Tower in New York City.

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Rumors about Ronaldo joining the United States soccer league swirled heavily in 2015 and were fueled when he paid $18 million for a 2,509-square-foot apartment in the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Alas, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner never joined MLS, but he kept the apartment until 2022, when the Manhattan pad sold after languishing on the market for three years. It was listed for $9 million and bought for a meager $7.18 million.

Madeira, Portugal dwelling

Ronaldo still finds comfort in owning a home in the capital of his native Madeira, an island region off of mainland Portugal. The captain of the Portuguese national football team converted a former warehouse and nightclub near the city of Funchal’s port into a seven-story modern palace for around $8 million in 2015. The project was completed in 2019, according to The Sun. With four floors above ground, there is a rooftop pool and, of course, killer ocean views. Elsewhere in the home are two state-of-the-art gyms, an indoor pool, and an underground garage. The unique pad, near an outpost of Ronaldo’s hotel venture, Pestana CR7, is where his family reportedly quarantined during the COVID-19 lockdown. Ronaldo’s brother and mother are said to live there full-time.

Unsurprisingly, the people of Madeira are proud of their most famous resident. Since 2016, the local airport has been known as Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport. The town square on which his hotel sits is also named after him and hosts a museum devoted to the athlete (run by his brother) and a bronze statue of his likeness. “I was born and raised on the island. It's given me so much. This is why I want to make myself available to help in whatever possible way,” Ronaldo said in 2010, when he played in a charity match to raise funds following severe flooding in the area.

Home on the Portuguese Champs-Élysées

Also in 2015, Ronaldo reportedly picked up an apartment in Lisbon for around $2 million. This place is not the most private of the famous footballer’s properties as it is located on Avenida da Liberdade, the city’s most expensive shopping corridor whose design is inspired by Paris’s Champs-Élysées.

Exclusive Turinese villas

In the Netflix docuseries I Am Georgina, Ronaldo and his partner, Georgina Rodriguez, opened the doors to their homes in Italy (pictured) and Spain.

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Joining preeminent Italian soccer club Juventus in 2018 meant living in Turin for Ronaldo and his family. Located at the top of a hill in Strada San Vito Revigliasco, an exclusive Turinese enclave, the top scorer’s property there is made up of two modern villas. Many sections of the homes’ façades are wrapped with large glass windows and doors, which provide ample views of the city below. Interiors make generous use of luxurious polished marble, and of course, the house comes with the requisite gym, spa, indoor pool, and large backyard and garden. Though he no longer plays for Juventus, Ronaldo reportedly still maintains the home which he has rented to Juventus forward Dušan Vlahović.

Lisbon’s priciest pad

That same year, Ronaldo paid $7 million for the most expensive apartment ever sold in Lisbon at the time. Located not far from his other pad in the Portuguese capital, the three-bedroom modern masterpiece spans 3,100 square feet and includes a spa, gym, an indoor and rooftop pool, and a long terrace with a glass balustrade that overlooks the city and nearby gardens.

Spanish seaside villa

The Ronaldo family also picked up a $1.6 million villa in Costa del Sol, in Marbella, an area also known as “the superstars’ cul-de-sac” because of the numerous celebs who own property there, including UFC fighter Conor McGregor. The four-bedroom holiday home is located in a gated community and sits on the edge of a golf course with breathtaking views of the Mediterranean Sea. Ronaldo’s luxury villa is a white modern-style two-story building with high ceilings, glass walls, a pool, wine cellar, gym, and home theater.

Cheshire, England rental

Ronaldo was lured back to Manchester United in 2021 and moved into a seven-bedroom, $7-million modern brick house in Cheshire, England, which sits on 23 acres of land. But his family did not stay long, relocating after only one week. Allegedly, the move happened because of a public footpath that ran through the property, and naturally, for someone as high-profile as Ronaldo, safety is always a major concern. His new mansion, which is believed to also be in Cheshire, has more of a traditional design and reportedly comes with a pool, theater, a four-car garage, and high security.

Mansion on the Portuguese Riviera

The Ronaldo family will be fully ready for the patriarch’s return to Portugal, if he should choose to return in retirement, as their latest mansion is being built from the ground up in Quinta da Marinha, an area fondly known as the Portuguese Riviera. The UNICEF ambassador purchased a 2.47 acre plot of land overlooking the Atlantic Ocean for about $7.2 million dollars. According to Robb Report, the mansion is now worth an estimated $30 million to $38 million, reportedly making it the most expensive home in Portugal, and will feature indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a movie theater, a tennis court, a gym, and a 30-car garage once completed. The New York Post alleged that it will span 10,000 square feet, 3,200 of which are devoted solely to the primary suite. The tabloid also reports that the home has a custom Louis Vuitton mural, swaths of Italian marble, and solid-gold taps.

It likely won’t be long before Ronaldo retires to the extravagant dwelling. This World Cup will “definitely” be the last one he participates in, he told CNN last November, explaining that he will probably retire in “one [or] two years.” The legendary player added, “I gave everything for football. I’ve been in the game for the last 25 years. I did everything. I have many records in the different scenarios in the clubs and also in the national teams. I’m really proud, so let’s enjoy the moment, live the moment.”

Homes in the Gulf

In 2024, the footballer bought a plot of land on Jumeirah Bay Island, Dubai—known by the moniker “Billionaire’s Island” because of the high number of wealthy residents—where he reportedly built a home from the ground up. According to Robb Report, he also owns two villas at Ritz-Carlton Reserve island property Nujuma.