Cristiano Ronaldo bets on another sport besides football

The Portuguese football star is estimated to earn around €200 million a year, including club wages, image rights and sponsorships.

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Padel is Portugal star’s new bet cristiano ronaldowhich is part of a consortium that will Portugalthe complex will involve an investment of 5 million euros and is expected to be completed in early 2025.

The “Paddle City” to be built in the Lisbon suburb of Oeiras will become the “reference point and calling card” of this model Portugal “It will help make training and the path to the national team stronger,” he explained. Effie Ricardo Oliveira, President of the Portuguese Paddle Board Federation (FPP).

The federation announced this week that the project will be built by a company composed of Lusofinança Lda, whose majority shareholder is businessman Filipe de Botton (former representative of Banco Sabadell), and CR7, SA, a company formed by Christianity

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meaning Christianity The FPP chairman said the CR7 brand “adds exceptional value to national cricket” and he hoped to “capitalize on the increasing investment from brands in their development”.

In addition, he also emphasized Christianity “He is a role model for everyone” and can also be a role model for paddle tennis players because, in his opinion, “there is no more dedicated and committed professional in world sport.”

“We are all aware of his popularity and the interest generated by all his actions and efforts,” he added.

Oliveira said Portugal’s Padel was “going through a great moment” even without the Portuguese star’s influence.

According to data provided by the federation, from 11 clubs and dozens of athletes that existed 11 years ago, there are now more than 300 teams, about 11,000 federation athletes and more than 250,000 practitioners.

He said that given this exponential growth, the complex “can make a decisive contribution to the development of the sport” as it will “centralize a series of fundamental processes”.

Shorten the distance to Spain

By promoting this model PortugalThe city of Padel could be a step towards shortening the distance from Spain.

“The Spanish Padel is really years ahead of us, it’s decades ahead of us, but we believe that the advantages of this complex can close the gap with those who started racing before us,” Oliveira said. .

Despite the distance, the federation president stressed Portugal It is the second country to organize the most World Padel Tour events since 2013, after its neighbor Iberia, and the “third largest country” in terms of athlete performance.

“With the structure of the young federation we are able to do things with very little money, but we are focused on raising funds that allow us to continually expand our reach and ability to support our affiliates, clubs and athletes,” he noted.

With the city of Padel, “more and more young athletes will be introduced to this sport, because this is the only way to produce champions who can compete at the highest international level”.

“While we have done a lot, we know there is still more to do,” he concluded.

Padel joins Cristiano’s squad

As a result, Pádel joins the ranks of numerous investments and ventures. cristiano ronaldo He also had other venues, such as hotels named after him in cities such as Madrid and New York, hair transplant clinics or bottles of water, among others.

Experts consulted by EFE estimate that the Portuguese football star earns about 200 million euros a year, including club wages, image rights and sponsorship fees.