In the grand scheme of his career, Cristiano Ronaldo, arguably one of the top players ever to set foot on a football pitch, hasn’t been long out of Spain. He’s barely been at his new club Juventus for a year. But his heart still clearly lies on the Iberian peninsula, as indicated by his recent desire purchase of a brand new pad set to host his family on their holidays to Spain’s glittering Costa Del Sol coastline.
The house reportedly set Ronaldo back a rather modest (relatively speaking) $2.3 million AUD, and was built by the Otero Group, a luxury villa developer. That may seem like a rather small figure for a footballer who has routinely featured in Forbes‘ list of the world’s highest paid athletes for the last decade. The Portuguese forward reportedly pulled in $109 million alone last year.
But according to those in the know, the holiday house forms just a small part of a $47 million property portfolio owned by Ronaldo, which also includes a home in his club’s home town of Turin, an apartment in New York City’s Trump Tower, and a pad in La Finca, where he lived during his days at Real Madrid
The Sun (so take this with a grain of salt) reports that Ronaldo now has his heart set on the Villa you see here, which sits in ‘The Heights’: a luxury development adjacent to La Resina golf and country club estate. Dubbed ‘The Superstar’s Cul De Sac,’ the area is also reportedly home to Conor McGregor.
Otero, a renowned luxury developer, are known for kitting out their villas with all the mod cons. It’s likely that Ronaldo’s new villa would have features like a built-in theatre, LED driveways and an infinity pool. Inside, it’s of course a picture of sleek, modern luxury, with an open-plan living, kitchen and dining area, an outdoor dining area, a spacious garden, and vast bedrooms with walk-in wardrobes.
It’s also just a short distance from the actual Mediterranean Sea, if Ronaldo feels like kicking it with the flocks of obese English tourists that descend on the Costa Del Sol every European summer.
To find out more about the property, check out Otero’s website. Check out the rest of the property below.
In more from the lifestyles of sport’s rich and famous, check out Rafa Nadal’s recently purchased Yacht and Tim Cahill’s former New Jersey mansion. Also, be sure to have a look at the ten highest-paid athletes on Instagram this year.
In more from the lifestyles of sport’s rich and famous, check out Rafa Nadal’s recently purchased Yacht and Tim Cahill’s former New Jersey mansion. Also, be sure to have a look at the ten highest-paid athletes on Instagram this year.