FOOTBALL icons Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are still at the top of their game and have lives that would make anyone envious.
The Portuguese legend, 36, recently celebrated overtaking Pele’s goal record with a hat-trick against Cagliari – and now has a staggering 740 career goals to his name.
Cristiano Ronaldo is still top of his game
Like Ronaldo, Lionel Messi is a football billionaire and has an amazing lifestyle
Because of their brilliance over the years, the pair have seen their bank accounts swell and boast vast fortunes.
And according to Forbes, they are the ONLY two footballers who have become billionaires.
So what do they spend their money on?
HOMES
Cristiano has lived in some amazing homes through the years – and has a come a long since his humble beginnings in Madeira.
After making it at Old Trafford, Ronaldo splashed £3m on an incredible estate in Alderley Edge.
Then, when he moved to Real Madrid in 2009 for £80million he bought a stunning £4.8million mansion in the exclusive La Finca neighbourhood.
Currently he lives in Turin in two adjoining villas found on a private road guarded by security, which leads to an entrance gate.
The villas themselves have separate entrances, and are surrounded by lush gardens and vegetation.
The property is so high up, ‘it’s as if Turin were at the feet of CR7, a tribute of the city to the long-awaited and newly-arrived champion,’ La Gazzetta dello Sport reported at the time of purchase.
Ronaldo’s home in Turin features two adjoining villas
The property boasts amazing views of the city of Turin
The property boasts plenty of space for the whole Ronaldo family
Ronaldo relaxes in one of the many lounge areas of the home
Ronaldo works out in the state-of-the-art gym
There’s a state-of-the-art gym that he and former shop assistant Georgina love to use together. And there’s also a swimming pool, which Ronaldo cools down in by doing a few laps following a strenuous session lifting weights.
Ronaldo also has a £1.4million holiday home in the Costa del Sol, as well as a £7million home in Madeira his mum and brother live in.
Messi’s modern £5.5million Barcelona mansion he lives in with Antonella Roccuzzo features incredible views of the Balearic Sea, and due to environmental restrictions a no-fly zone is in place over the Castelldefels property.
Just 12 miles away from the Camp Nou, Messi’s abode also has a small football pitch, a swimming pool, an indoor gym and a playground for his three children.
Earlier this year, Messi was also said to have splashed £7.25m on a luxury apartment in the Porsche Design Tower in Miami.
Amazingly, the building boasts three car lifts allowing residents to park their vehicle on the same floor as their suite.
The Messis live in a stunning mansion in the exclusive suburb of Castelldefels
The home boasts a stunning and spacious lounge
Messi has a room dedicated to a collection of shirts in his home
Lionel Messi reportedly bought an apartment at the Porsche Design Tower – which boasts stunning views of the Miami coastline
Each suite has a lift that allows residents to park their cars on the same floor as their home
A spacious living room and open plan kitchen can be seen in this showhome
CARS
Ronaldo is a car collector, and SunSport has estimated in the past his garage is worth £16million.
The two standouts of his collection are his Bugatti Centodieci that cost £8.5million, and is one of only 10 in the world.
He also owns a Bugatti Chiron worth £2.5million and a £1.7million Bugatti Veyron.
For his 35th birthday, his gorgeous Wag Georgina Rodriguez gifted him a Mercedes G-Class Brabus, an SUV that can cost up to £600,000.
A £260,000 Lamborghini Aventador and a Ferrari F12 TDF that would’ve set CR7 back £350,000 are also kept in pristine condition in his collection.
Ronaldo is believed to be one of 10 people lucky enough to buy the incredible new Bugatti Centodieci, which costs
£8.5m
Cristiano Ronaldo poses outside his former Madrid home on his £1.7m Bugatti Veyron
The Ferrari F12 is one of Ronaldo’s favourites
Messi also loves luxury cars – although he isn’t in the same bracket as Ronaldo in terms of being a collector.
The six-time Ballon d’Or winner has a £1.5million Pagani Zonda, which is the most expensive in his collection.
He has a penchant for Maserati, with a £100,000 GranTurismo S and a GranTurismo MC Stradale among his fleet.
Messi has also been seen driving a Ferrari F43 Spider worth £173,000 around Barcelona.
Before Barcelona’s deal with Audi expired, he wasn’t afraid to drive their sponsored cars too.
Although with Barcelona’s deal with Audi ending last year, there were no more freebies from the German car giants.
A rare Pagani Zonda worth £1.5million is the jewel of Messi’s car collection
Messi loves Maseratis and has two different GranTurismos
Barcelona’s sponsorship deal with Audi has expired, so Messi doesn’t get a company car anymore I
Both Ronaldo and Messi enjoy a jet-set lifestyle, so it’s no wonder they have their own planes.
In 2015, CR7 reportedly paid £20million for a a Gulfstream G200 twin-engine jet.
Originally named the ‘Astra Galaxy’, the G200 is capable of reaching a top speed of 560mph.
Its range is up to 3,910 miles with four passengers in tow, so it’s ideal for quick flights from Italy to hubs around Europe.
And the G200 offers a generous seating configuration, and can fit as many as eight to 10 passengers for one flight.
Ronaldo reportedly owns a Gulfstream G200
Ronaldo and partner Georgina Rodriguez often use their private jet to zoom around Europe
Family games are easy for the Ronaldos onboard the spacious aircraft
Messi leases a £12million Gulfstream V jet, which he first started using in 2018.
The plane was infamously forced to make an emergency landing in Brussels due to a technical fault last year.
It boasts a number of incredible features, including its very own kitchen. There are two bathrooms and enough seats for 16 people.
Messi even has the names of his family adorned on the jet, with wife Antonella, plus children Thiago, Ciro and Mateo all having their names etched on the steps.
Lionel Messi has got a luxury plane too
There are names on the steps and a No 10 on the tail
The plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Brussels after a technical fault was reported last yearYACHT
In 2019, Ronaldo took to the seas to expand on his empire of amazing things.
He added a £5.5million superyacht to his life, and why not?
Built in the Versilia shipyards of Azimut-Benett, it boasts five luxury cabins and six stunningly decorated bathrooms.
There’s also a modern kitchen onboard, as well as two relaxation areas, a huge lounge, and a lavish dining room.
Ronaldo is the proud owner of the Azimut Grande.
The superyacht cost around £5.5million
It has five luxury cabins
Ronaldo releaxes on board his yacht with Wag Georgina
No stranger to a life at sea, Messi doesn’t own a yacht – but often holiday with pals including Luis Suarez and Cesc Fabregas onboard the Seven C yacht in
Measuring nearly 92ft long, it was first built in 2003 before having a refit in 2011.
Boasting luxury interiors throughout, the vessel sleeps ten guests in four rooms, including a master suite, a VIP stateroom and two twin cabins.
Her sizeable deck area offers plenty of room for sunbathing and relaxing, while there’s an outdoor bar to cater for guest’s thirsts.
Astonishingly, it costs £40,000 a week to rent.
Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Cesc Fabregas regularly rent this stunning yacht in Formentera
Suarez and Messi spent time on board the luxury Seven C yacht while in the Mediterranean with their Wags
You can live like a king in the luxurious master bedroom
No expense is spared with the luxurious interiors onboard the Seven CHOTELS
With an eye on retirement, Ronaldo and Messi are both hoteliers now.
The Argentine’s business MiM is run by brother, Rodrigo and features three hotels in Spain.
There’s his Hotel MiM Sitges, in a coastal area of Barcelona which SunSport had the pleasure to visit, which he bought in 2017.
Messi added an Art-Deco Ibiza resort to his portfolio the same year – with rooms costing £250-per-night.
His reasonable MiM Mallorca costs £70-per-night, and was snapped up in 2019.
While the most recent addition to the group is the Himalaia hotel at the Spanish ski resort Baqueira-Beret.
Ronaldo is slowly building his hotel empire.
Messi owns the Hotel MiM Sitges, a coastal town of Barcelona
The same year Messi purchased Hotel Es Vive in Ibiza
The recently-renovated hotel is situated along the stunning Figueretas beach
There are 52 rooms in Messi’s Ibiza hotel, which boasts a luxury pool, rooftop bar and burlesque rooms
Ronaldo opened his first hotel in Funchal, Madeira in 2016
Rooms at the Pestana CR7 Funchal can cost as little as £79-per night
The Pestana CR7 Funchal is located on the waterfront and boasts views of Madeira’s mountainous landscape
Ronaldo opened his second hotel in Portugal in the capital Lisbon
Designs for Ronaldo’s Marrakech hotel show it’ll be a place for the jet set when it launches
Through the Pestana CR7 Group, the forward already has budget places to stay in Funchal and Lisbon.
