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How Cristiano Ronaldo, the world's highest-paid sports star and Ballon D'Or winner, makes and spends his millions

Cork Gaines   

How Cristiano Ronaldo, the world's highest-paid sports star and Ballon D'Or winner, makes and spends his millions
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Cristiano Ronaldo was already the highest-paid athlete of any sport, and now he's in the running to be crowned the greatest footballer of all time.

The Real Madrid player beat Barcelona F.C. forward Lionel Messi to win the 2016 Ballon D'Or - awarded to the best player of the year by a panel of over 200 journalists - for a fourth time on Monday. Only Messi, with five awards to his name, stands in his way.

Ronaldo is one of the wealthiest athletes in history. He recently signed a new deal with Real Madrid that will keep him with the club for at least the next five seasons. That deal, along with some of the biggest endorsement deals in football, give him a ludicrous amount of cash to burn.

In December, Ronaldo's tax form was released, revealing that he declared £191 million of overseas assets last year.

Find out how he earns his money and what he spends all that cash on below.

Tony Manfred and Melissa Stranger originally contributed to this story.

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