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==Outside football== ===Personal life=== [[File:Ronaldinho06Jun2005Abr.jpeg|thumb|Ronaldo during a 2005 meeting at the [[Ministry of Education (Brazil)|Brazilian Ministry of Education]]]] In 1997, Ronaldo met the Brazilian model and actress [[Susana Werner]] on the set of the Brazilian [[telenovela]] ''[[Malhação]]'' when they acted together in three episodes.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Ronaldo's profile at IMDB | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1046596/ | publisher = [[Internet Movie Database]] | access-date = 24 February 2009 | archive-date = 12 March 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090312031839/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1046596/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | title = Susana Werner's profile at IMDB | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921482/ | publisher = [[Internet Movie Database]] | access-date = 11 June 2009 | archive-date = 4 December 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091204031337/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921482/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Although they never married, they began a long-term relationship and lived together in [[Milan]] until the beginning of 1999.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Susana Werner, love in Milan | url = http://www.lancenet.com.br/noticias/09-01-29/477266.stm?susana-werner-amor-em-milao | publisher = [[Lance!]] | date = 29 January 2009 | access-date = 24 February 2009 | language = pt | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090304002515/http://lancenet.com.br/noticias/09-01-29/477266.stm?susana-werner-amor-em-milao | archive-date = 4 March 2009 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In December 1999, Ronaldo married [[Brazil women's national football team|Brazilian footballer]] [[Milene Domingues]], at the time pregnant with the couple's first son, Ronald, who was born in [[Milan]], on 6 April 2000.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2002/08/31/ronaldo_facts_reuters |title= Fast facts on Ronaldo |publisher= [[CNN Sports Illustrated]] |date= 31 August 2002 |access-date= 1 May 2010 |archive-date= 21 December 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101221041309/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2002/08/31/ronaldo_facts_reuters/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> The marriage lasted four years. In 2005, Ronaldo became engaged to Brazilian model and [[MTV Brasil|MTV]] VJ [[Daniella Cicarelli]], who became pregnant but suffered a miscarriage; the relationship lasted only three months after their luxurious wedding at the [[Château de Chantilly]]. The ceremony reportedly cost £700,000 (€896,000).<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/12/content_441435.htm |title= Ronaldo splits up with fiancée |work= China Daily |date= 12 May 2005 |access-date= 5 May 2009 |archive-date= 24 October 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121024075135/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/12/content_441435.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> [[File:Pelé's jersey donated to Pope Francis.JPG|thumb|left|upright=0.79|A practicing Catholic, Ronaldo donated a signed football to [[Pope Francis]]. Accompanied with a signed Brazil jersey from [[Pelé]], it is located in one of the [[Vatican Museums]].]] Despite his fame – a 2003 poll by [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] listed him the world's most famous sportsperson (and third most famous person overall) – Ronaldo is protective of his privacy, including with teammates, stating in an interview with ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', "each [player] has his own private life, and no one thinks about anyone else's private life. Or talks about it."<ref name="Edworthy">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/2423493/Beckham-has-won-everyones-respect.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/2423493/Beckham-has-won-everyones-respect.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title='Beckham has won everyone's respect'|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=6 September 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> By 2003 he was fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and Italian, and had a good understanding of English.<ref name="Edworthy"/> In a 2005 interview with ''[[Folha de S.Paulo]]'', Ronaldo revealed that, somewhat unexpectedly, he identified racially as [[White Brazilians|white]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rangel |first1=Sérgio |title=Descontente com a CBF, Ronaldo pede descanso da seleção |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/esporte/ult92u89582.shtml |access-date=6 June 2018 |work=[[Folha de S.Paulo]] |language=pt |date=25 May 2005 |archive-date=13 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813174818/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/esporte/ult92u89582.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> generating a wider conversation about the complex role of [[race in Brazil]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldblatt |first1=David |title=Brazil's World Cup party can't hide the country's tensions |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/brazil-world-cup-football-tensions |access-date=6 June 2018 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=24 May 2014 |language=en |archive-date=13 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813175018/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/brazil-world-cup-football-tensions |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Branco">{{cite news |last1=Afrikano |title=Ronaldo afirma que é "Branco" !!! |url=http://identidadeafricana.blogspot.com/2005/05/ronaldo-afirma-que-branco.html |access-date=6 June 2018 |work=Identidade Africana |date=30 May 2005 |language=pt |archive-date=13 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813210246/http://identidadeafricana.blogspot.com/2005/05/ronaldo-afirma-que-branco.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Brazil: The ideology of "whitening" and the struggle for a black identity |url=https://blackwomenofbrazil.co/2012/02/09/brazil-the-ideology-of-whitening-and-the-struggle-for-a-black-identity/ |access-date=6 June 2018 |work=Black Women of Brazil |date=9 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813175005/https://blackwomenofbrazil.co/2012/02/09/brazil-the-ideology-of-whitening-and-the-struggle-for-a-black-identity/ |archive-date=13 August 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Ronaldo's father, Nelio Nazario, stated, "He knows full well that he's black. Actually, at the time, I thought it was some philosophy, something to that effect. Because he knows he's black."<ref name="Branco"/> According to a study led by geneticist Sérgio Pena of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, most Brazilians often have a misconception about their roots. "The maternal ancestry of the Brazilian white was one-third African, one third Amerindian, and one third European. An individual who considers himself white may be genomically more African than an individual who considers himself to be brown or black."<ref name="Branco"/> In April 2008, Ronaldo was involved in a scandal involving three [[Travesti (gender identity)|travesti]] prostitutes whom he met in a nightclub in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref name="bbc_tran">{{Cite news | title = Ronaldo's in transvestite scandal | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7374317.stm | publisher = BBC | date = 29 April 2008 | access-date = 28 March 2009 | archive-date = 11 May 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110511142200/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7374317.stm | url-status = live }}</ref> Ronaldo claimed that upon discovering that they were legally male, he offered them $600 to leave.<ref name="reuters_tran">{{cite news | title = Police probe Ronaldo-transvestite incident | url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldFootballNews/idUKN2820144020080429 | work = Reuters | date = 29 April 2008 | access-date = 28 March 2009 | archive-date = 16 February 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090216213818/http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldFootballNews/idUKN2820144020080429 | url-status = dead }}</ref> One of the three attempted to blackmail Ronaldo, while the other two admitted to lying about having sex with him.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/two-of-the-transvestite-prostitutes-admit-ronaldo-allegations-are-false-6691009.html |title= Two of the transvestite prostitutes admit Ronaldo allegations are false |date= 7 May 2008 |website= standard.co.uk |location= London |access-date= 28 June 2019 |archive-date= 23 January 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200123162904/https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/two-of-the-transvestite-prostitutes-admit-ronaldo-allegations-are-false-6691009.html |url-status= live }}</ref> Ronaldo's engagement to Maria Beatriz Antony was immediately halted,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/14/content_8165085.htm |title=Ronaldo's family confirms former fiancee's pregnancy |agency=Xinhua |publisher=www.chinaview.cn |date=14 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411003108/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/14/content_8165085.htm |archive-date=11 April 2016}}</ref> but resumed shortly after and they married in the same year. Maria Beatriz Antony gave birth to their first daughter, named Maria Sophia, in Rio de Janeiro, on 24 December 2008. In April 2009, the family moved to a new [[Penthouse apartment|penthouse]] in São Paulo.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/edicoes/504/artigo133118-1.htm|title=Ronaldo and Maria Beatriz Antony's new penthouse in São Paulo|work=Isto É Gente magazine|date=11 May 2009|language=pt|access-date=11 June 2009|archive-date=29 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429051651/http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/edicoes/504/artigo133118-1.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 6 April 2010, Maria Beatriz Antony gave birth to their second daughter. The girl, born in São Paulo, was named Maria Alice, and was born exactly 10 years after her older brother Ronald.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ap-ronaldo-daughter | title=Ronaldo's wife gives birth to another girl | work=[[Yahoo! Sports]] | date=6 April 2010 | access-date=15 January 2017 | archive-date=1 May 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501060225/http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ap-ronaldo-daughter | url-status=dead }}</ref> In December 2010, Ronaldo and his family moved to a new mansion in São Paulo.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://revistaquem.globo.com/Revista/Quem/0,,EMI196542-9531,00-RONALDO+SE+MUDA+PARA+MANSAO+DE+R+MILHOES+DIZ+JORNAL.html|title=Ronaldo moves to a R$ 17 million mansion|publisher=Quem magazine|date=17 December 2010|language=pt|access-date=25 December 2010|archive-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701120847/http://revistaquem.globo.com/Revista/Quem/0,,EMI196542-9531,00-RONALDO+SE+MUDA+PARA+MANSAO+DE+R+MILHOES+DIZ+JORNAL.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also in December, Ronaldo took a paternity test and was confirmed to be the father of a boy named Alexander, born in April 2005. The boy was born after a brief relationship between Ronaldo and Michele Umezu, a Brazilian waitress who Ronaldo first met in Tokyo in 2002.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://revistaquem.globo.com/Revista/Quem/0,,EMI193960-9531,00-NAS+BANCAS+TUDO+SOBRE+O+PRIMEIRO+ENCONTRO+DE+RONALDO+COM+ALEX.html|title=In the newsstands: Everything about the first meeting between Ronaldo and Alex|publisher=Quem Magazine|date=8 December 2010|language=pt|access-date=25 December 2010|archive-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701122807/http://revistaquem.globo.com/Revista/Quem/0,,EMI193960-9531,00-NAS+BANCAS+TUDO+SOBRE+O+PRIMEIRO+ENCONTRO+DE+RONALDO+COM+ALEX.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://revistaquem.globo.com/Revista/Quem/0,,EMI193942-9531,00-RONALDO+ALEX+E+MEU+FILHO.html|title=Ronaldo: "Alex is my son"|publisher=Quem Magazine|date=8 December 2010|language=pt|access-date=25 December 2010|archive-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701150755/http://revistaquem.globo.com/Revista/Quem/0,,EMI193942-9531,00-RONALDO+ALEX+E+MEU+FILHO.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the confirmation of his fourth child, Ronaldo stated on 6 December 2010 that he had had a vasectomy, feeling that having four children was enough.<ref>[http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1293410162/after-fourth-child-ronaldo-performes-vasectomy Antara News : After fourth child, Ronaldo performs vasectomy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233939/http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1293410162/after-fourth-child-ronaldo-performes-vasectomy|date=4 March 2016}}. Beta.antaranews.com (27 December 2010). Retrieved on 3 December 2011.</ref> Ronaldo and Maria Beatriz Antony divorced in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/ronaldo-nazario-engaged-girlfriend-madrid-28944261|title=Ronaldo announces engagement to model girlfriend during Caribbean getaway|access-date=10 September 2023|archive-date=14 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914230449/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/ronaldo-nazario-engaged-girlfriend-madrid-28944261|url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2011 interview with the [[BBC]], former Real Madrid teammate [[Steve McManaman]] spoke about Ronaldo's personality. "He could go in a restaurant, and I could go in with him, and you're not just there with close friends. He invites everybody. You'd be at a table with him and it'd be a judge sitting opposite talking to a politician with someone off the street listening in. So he just had this amazing aura, where everyone wanted to join him. Sometimes there'd be 20 to 30 people sitting at meal times with him. He was a wonderful person. Everybody would second that, no matter what club he played for."<ref>{{cite news |title=Steve McManaman on retired Brazilian legend Ronaldo |work=BBC sport |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9401153.stm |date=11 February 2011 |access-date=4 September 2018 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819034302/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9401153.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:2019 - SportsTrade - Day 1 SM0 9751 (49019979202).jpg|thumb|right|Ronaldo with his Innovation in Sport Award at the [[Web Summit]] in 2019]] Ronaldo was the co-owner of [[A1 Team Brazil]], along with former [[Formula One|F1]] driver [[Emerson Fittipaldi]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.tsn.ca/auto_racing/story/?id=129254&hubname= |title=Ronaldo, Fittipaldi Launch A1 Team Brazil |agency=TSN |date=30 June 2005 |access-date=7 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910055031/http://www.tsn.ca/auto_racing/story/?id=129254&hubname= |archive-date=10 September 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Ronaldo co-owns the sports marketing company 9INE, with his friend, mixed martial artist [[Anderson Silva]], one of his clients.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/garethadavies/100015839/ronaldo-brazilian-soccer-legend-signs-ufc-star-anderson-silva-as-first-client-in-new-management-agency/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322234720/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/garethadavies/100015839/ronaldo-brazilian-soccer-legend-signs-ufc-star-anderson-silva-as-first-client-in-new-management-agency/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 March 2011 |title=Ronaldo Brazilian football legend signs UFC star Anderson Silva as first client in new management agency |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=6 September 2011 |date=19 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Silva-Signs-with-Soccer-Superstar-Ronaldos-Marketing-Company-29862 |title=Silva Signs with Soccer Superstar Ronaldo's Marketing Company |website=Sherdog |access-date=7 September 2011 |archive-date=18 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118170048/http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Silva-Signs-with-Soccer-Superstar-Ronaldos-Marketing-Company-29862 |url-status=live }}</ref> A keen poker player, in April 2013 Ronaldo became a member of [[PokerStars]] SportStar, and in 2014 he played a charity poker tournament against tennis star [[Rafael Nadal]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Daily Bagel: Nadal accepts Ronaldo's poker game challenge |url=https://www.si.com/tennis/2014/09/18/daily-bagel-rafa-nadal-ronaldo-poker-game |access-date=31 August 2018 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |archive-date=31 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174627/https://www.si.com/tennis/2014/09/18/daily-bagel-rafa-nadal-ronaldo-poker-game |url-status=live }}</ref> On 11 December 2014, Ronaldo became a minority owner of the [[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (2006–2016)|Fort Lauderdale Strikers]] of the [[North American Soccer League (2011–2017)|North American Soccer League]].<ref>[https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2014/12/11/ronaldo-fort-lauderdale-strikers-nasl-brazil "Brazil icon Ronaldo becomes minority owner of Fort Lauderdale Strikers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710122043/https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2014/12/11/ronaldo-fort-lauderdale-strikers-nasl-brazil |date=10 July 2017 }}. ''Sports Illustrated''. Retrieved 11 December 2014</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.strikers.com/news/detail/uuid/1d669nvnletl1sw0qozzyyf53/ronaldo-joins-fort-lauderdale-strikers-ownership#.VIoH8tLF-rQ= |title=Ronaldo Joins Fort Lauderdale Strikers Ownership |date=11 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213014728/http://www.strikers.com/news/detail/uuid/1d669nvnletl1sw0qozzyyf53/ronaldo-joins-fort-lauderdale-strikers-ownership#.VIoH8tLF-rQ= |archive-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> In 2015, Ronaldo opened eight new branches of his youth football school – the Ronaldo Academy – in China, the U.S. and Brazil, with 100 expected to be opened worldwide by 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Youth football in China |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/world/china-watch/sport/youth-football-in-china/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424175331/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/world/china-watch/sport/youth-football-in-china/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 April 2017 |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ronaldo to Open Three Football Schools in China by December |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/football/ronaldo-to-open-three-football-schools-in-china-by-december-1490878 |access-date=30 August 2018 |agency=NDTV |archive-date=31 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831035325/https://sports.ndtv.com/football/ronaldo-to-open-three-football-schools-in-china-by-december-1490878 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, Ronaldo's son, Ronald, was selected for the junior football team representing Brazil in the [[2017 Maccabiah Games]].<ref name="Macc">[http://www.timesofisrael.com/soccer-legend-ronaldos-son-to-play-in-israels-maccabiah-games/ "Soccer legend Ronaldo's son to play in Maccabiah"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728173406/https://www.timesofisrael.com/soccer-legend-ronaldos-son-to-play-in-israels-maccabiah-games/ |date=28 July 2019 }}. Times of Israel. Retrieved 8 September 2017</ref> The Maccabiah is described as "the Jewish Olympics"; Ronald is not Jewish, but some participating countries have more relaxed rules about eligibility and Ronald is a member of a Jewish football club.<ref name="Macc"/> In January 2023, Ronaldo announced his fifth engagement, to model and businesswoman Celina Locks.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://en.as.com/soccer/ronaldo-announces-engagement-n/|title= Ronaldo announces engagement|access-date= 10 September 2023|archive-date= 14 September 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230914230449/https://en.as.com/soccer/ronaldo-announces-engagement-n/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CnSpPnaIfGC/?|title=Celina Locks on Instagram: YES, I do! ♾️ 💍 Te amo, para sempre @ronaldo #love #happiness #family 📷 @brunaboechat|access-date=10 September 2023|archive-date=14 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914230449/https://www.instagram.com/p/CnSpPnaIfGC/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ronaldo and Locks went on to marry in July of the same year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/ronaldo-and-celina-locks-wedding|title=Inside Soccer Star Ronaldo Nazário and Model Celina Locks's Weeklong Wedding Celebration at Their Home in Ibiza|access-date=13 October 2023|archive-date=13 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013160058/https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/ronaldo-and-celina-locks-wedding|url-status=live}}</ref> ==== Religion ==== A practicing [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], Ronaldo was baptized into the faith in 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Soccer legend Ronaldo baptized in Catholic church - Futbol on FanNation |language=en |work=Futbol on FanNation |url=https://www.si.com/fannation/soccer/futbol/news/soccer-legend-ronaldo-baptized-in-catholic-church |access-date=14 September 2023 |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030215937/https://www.si.com/fannation/soccer/futbol/news/soccer-legend-ronaldo-baptized-in-catholic-church |url-status=live }}</ref> He donated a signed football to [[Pope Francis]] in 2014, which is now housed in the [[Vatican Museums]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 June 2018 |title=For Pope Francis, soccer's both a passion and a Gospel strategy |url=https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2018/06/for-pope-francis-soccers-both-a-passion-and-a-gospel-strategy/ |access-date=14 September 2023 |website=Crux |language=en |archive-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218055419/https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2018/06/for-pope-francis-soccers-both-a-passion-and-a-gospel-strategy |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Media=== Ronaldo appeared in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' [[The Simpsons (season 18)|season 18]] episode "[[Marge Gamer]]" broadcast in April 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20060724fox03 |title=Guest Voices Next Season on 'The Simpsons' |access-date=29 August 2018 |author=Fox Broadcasting Company |date=24 July 2006 |website=The Futon Critic}}</ref> Simon Crerar of ''[[The Times]]'' listed Ronaldo's performance as one of the thirty-three funniest cameos in the history of the show.<ref name="Crerar">{{cite news |last=Crerar |first=Simon |title=The 33 funniest Simpsons cameos ever |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/the-33-funniest-simpsons-cameos-ever-vg9jgq67gxr |access-date=29 August 2018 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=5 July 2007 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=17 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517054959/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2021776.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> Ronaldo made a cameo appearance in ''[[Mike Bassett: England Manager]]'' (2001) and each film of the ''[[Goal! (film series)|Goal!]]'' film trilogy, ''[[Goal! (film)|Goal!]]'' (2005), ''[[Goal II: Living the Dream]]'' (2007) and ''[[Goal III: Taking on the World]]'' (2009).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2722730-how-goal-went-from-a-wild-idea-to-a-cult-movie-franchise-for-football-fans |title=How 'Goal!' Went from a Wild Idea to a Cult Movie Franchise for Football Fans |work=Bleacher Report |date=20 July 2017 |access-date=29 August 2018 |archive-date=12 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712085713/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2722730-how-goal-went-from-a-wild-idea-to-a-cult-movie-franchise-for-football-fans |url-status=live }}</ref> Archive footage of Ronaldo features in the music video "[[We Are One (Ole Ola)]]", the official song of the 2014 World Cup by [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]] and [[Jennifer Lopez]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Moreno|first=Carolina|title=Pitbull Debuts 'We Are One (Ole Ola)' Ft. J.Lo For Brazil World Cup (AUDIO)|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/08/pitbull-we-are-one-ole-ola_n_5110542.html|work=[[Huffington Post]]|access-date=29 August 2018|date=8 April 2014|archive-date=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818191359/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/08/pitbull-we-are-one-ole-ola_n_5110542.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Ronaldo has appeared in various commercials, from [[Snickers]] chocolate bar to [[Pirelli]] tyres.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brazilian Ronaldo Featured In Snickers Campaign |url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Global/Issues/2018/03/30/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Cristiano-Ronaldo-Snickers.aspx |access-date=18 September 2018 |agency=Sports Business Daily |archive-date=7 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907071205/https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Global/Issues/2018/03/30/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Cristiano-Ronaldo-Snickers.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Pirelli"/> Ronaldo's usual [[goal celebration]] of both arms outstretched – especially from his early career – was the basis for Pirelli's 1998 commercial where he replaced the figure of Christ from the [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|''Christ the Redeemer'']] statue that towers over his home city of [[Rio de Janeiro]] while in an Inter Milan strip.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pirelli e le metamorfosi della pubblicità |url=https://www.corriere.it/cultura/17_giugno_21/pubblicita-con-la-maiuscola-fondazione-pirelli-corraini-5efebe1c-569c-11e7-a35b-7a875278503a.shtml |access-date=19 September 2018 |work=Corriere Della Sera |archive-date=19 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919171612/https://www.corriere.it/cultura/17_giugno_21/pubblicita-con-la-maiuscola-fondazione-pirelli-corraini-5efebe1c-569c-11e7-a35b-7a875278503a.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> It was controversial with the Catholic Church.<ref name="Pirelli">{{cite news |title=World Cup 2014: Brazil furious over Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro in Italian football colours |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/10886269/World-Cup-2014-Brazil-furious-over-Christ-the-Redeemer-statue-in-Rio-de-Janeiro-in-Italian-football-colours.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609135741/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/10886269/World-Cup-2014-Brazil-furious-over-Christ-the-Redeemer-statue-in-Rio-de-Janeiro-in-Italian-football-colours.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 June 2014 |access-date=18 September 2018 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]}}</ref> Released in 2000 for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] and [[Game Boy Color]], the video game ''[[Ronaldo V-Football]]'' was exclusively endorsed by Ronaldo.<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/ronaldo-v-football Ronaldo v Football at MobyGames.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222075225/http://www.mobygames.com/game/ronaldo-v-football |date=22 February 2011 }}</ref> In 2017 Ronaldo was added as an icon to the Ultimate Team in [[EA Sports]]' [[FIFA (video game series)|''FIFA'']] video game ''[[FIFA 18]]'', receiving a 95 rating along with Brazilian compatriot [[Pelé]], Argentine playmaker [[Diego Maradona]], former Russian goalkeeper [[Lev Yashin]] and former French star [[Thierry Henry]].<ref>[https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/ea-sports-add-diego-maradona-to-fifa-18-with-95rated-card-a3599761.html "FIFA 18 to include 95-rated icon Diego Maradona as EA Sports adds footballing legend to Ultimate Team"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210613/https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/ea-sports-add-diego-maradona-to-fifa-18-with-95rated-card-a3599761.html |date=12 June 2018 }}. ''Evening Standard''. Retrieved 8 September 2017</ref> Ronaldo also appears as the cover athlete on the Icon edition of the game.<ref>{{cite news |title=FIFA 18 release date and pre-order price info for PS4 and Xbox One in UK |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/fifa-18-release-date-pre-order-price-info-ps4-xbox-one-uk-a3628561.html |access-date=1 September 2018 |work=Evening Standard |archive-date=2 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902091214/https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/fifa-18-release-date-pre-order-price-info-ps4-xbox-one-uk-a3628561.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=FIFA 18 ICONS - Ultimate Team |url=https://www.easports.com/fifa/ultimate-team/fut-icons |access-date=2 September 2018 |agency=EA Sports |archive-date=2 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902091231/https://www.easports.com/fifa/ultimate-team/fut-icons |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2021, [[DAZN]] released the first of a six-part series titled ''Ronaldo: El Presidente''. The series takes viewers inside the day-to-day running of Real Valladolid, revealing every challenge and triumph in Valladolid's first full season under their Brazilian president, intercut with parallel narratives detailing the highs and lows of Ronaldo's own playing career.<ref>{{cite news |title=DAZN Details Ronaldo Development Deal |url=https://variety.com/2021/streaming/news/ronaldo-dazn-el-presidente-la-guerra-1234966481/ |access-date=12 October 2021 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028164610/https://variety.com/2021/streaming/news/ronaldo-dazn-el-presidente-la-guerra-1234966481/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Nike sponsorship=== {{Quote box|width=28%|align=left|quote="Ronaldo is the most global of all athletes today, bar none."|source=—Joaquin Hidalgo, director of Nike's Brazilian marketing unit, 1998.<ref name="Wash post"/>}} Ronaldo has been sponsored by sportswear company [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] since the early part of his career. In 1996, Nike signed Ronaldo to a 10-year contract and to a lifetime endorsement deal worth over $180 million.<ref>{{cite book |last=Chadwick|first=Simon|date=2009|title=Managing Football: An International Perspective|location=London |publisher=Routledge |page=114 |isbn=9781856175449}}</ref> Nicknamed R9 (his initial and shirt number),<ref name="Nicknames"/> Ronaldo is closely associated with the original Nike Mercurial R9 that was designed for him for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.<ref name="Nike R9"/><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Nike Pay Tribute to Iconic Boots Worn by Ronaldo With New Mercurial Puro Fenomeno|url=https://www.si.com/soccer/2017/12/21/photos-nike-pay-tribute-iconic-boots-worn-ronaldo-new-mercurial-puro-fenomeno|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=22 March 2018|access-date=22 March 2018|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806205107/https://www.si.com/soccer/2017/12/21/photos-nike-pay-tribute-iconic-boots-worn-ronaldo-new-mercurial-puro-fenomeno|url-status=live}}</ref> To celebrate 15 years of the boot, Nike created a Mercurial Vapor IX inspired by the 1998 design, with Phil McCartney, VP of Football Footwear for Nike, stating; "Ronaldo's impact on the game 15 years ago was immense, and in the run up to 2014, we wanted to celebrate that boot and the man himself. We thought a modern construction of his 1998 boot would be a great commemoration of that moment."<ref name="Nike R9">{{cite web|title=Nike Celebrates 15 Years Of Mercurial With Recreated '98 El Fenomeno Boot|url=http://news.nike.com/news/nike-celebrates-15-years-of-mercurial-with-recreated-98-el-fenomeno-boot|website=Nike.com|access-date=26 May 2015|archive-date=25 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725110812/https://news.nike.com/news/nike-celebrates-15-years-of-mercurial-with-recreated-98-el-fenomeno-boot|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, Ronaldo's R9 Mercurial boots inspired the Nike Mercurial Superfly VI boots commissioned for [[Kylian Mbappé]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Kylian Mbappé Just Leaked an Amazing New R9-Inspired Nike Mercurial Superfly VI |url=https://versus.uk.com/2018/04/kylian-mbappe-just-leaked-amazing-new-r9-inspired-nike-mercurial-superfly-vi/ |agency=Versus |date=29 June 2018 |access-date=2 September 2018 |archive-date=29 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729011315/https://versus.uk.com/2018/04/kylian-mbappe-just-leaked-amazing-new-r9-inspired-nike-mercurial-superfly-vi/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Unveiled in 2000, a bronze statue of Ronaldo is located next to Ronaldo Field at Nike headquarters in [[Beaverton, Oregon]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Curitiba and Portland: Architecture, City Making, and Urban Governance in the Era of Globalization, Volume 2 |date=2002 |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |page=279}}</ref> Ronaldo has appeared in a series of Nike commercials. He starred in the 1996 Nike commercial titled "Good vs Evil" in a gladiatorial game set in a [[Roman amphitheatre]]. Appearing alongside football players from around the world, including [[Paolo Maldini]], [[Eric Cantona]], [[Luís Figo]], [[Patrick Kluivert]] and [[Jorge Campos]], they defend "[[The Beautiful Game|the beautiful game]]" against a team of demonic warriors, destroying evil by winning the match.<ref name="Jackson">{{cite book|last1=Jackson|first1=Steven J.|title=Sport, Culture and Advertising: Identities, Commodities and the Politics of Representation|date=10 November 2004|publisher=Routledge|page=186}}</ref> In 1998, he featured in a Nike commercial set in an airport with a number of stars from the Brazil national team, including [[Romário]] and [[Roberto Carlos]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Inside the greatest ad ever: Nike's brilliant 1998 Brazil airport commercial – by those who made it |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/inside-greatest-ad-ever-nikes-brilliant-1998-brazil-airport-commercial-those-who-made-it |access-date=2 September 2018 |work=FourFourTwo |archive-date=3 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903050046/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/inside-greatest-ad-ever-nikes-brilliant-1998-brazil-airport-commercial-those-who-made-it |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the run-up to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, he starred in Nike's "[[Secret Tournament]]" commercial (branded "Scopion KO") directed by [[Terry Gilliam]], appearing alongside football players such as [[Thierry Henry]], [[Fabio Cannavaro]], [[Francesco Totti]], [[Ronaldinho]] and [[Hidetoshi Nakata]], with former player [[Eric Cantona]] as the tournament "referee".<ref>{{cite news |title=A lighter shoe, cooler kits, a faster ball, a Secret Tournament – every touch counts |url=http://www.nikebiz.com/story/stry_scorpion.shtml |work=NikeBiz |publisher=Nike |access-date=21 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602055510/http://www.nikebiz.com/story/stry_scorpion.shtml |archive-date=2 June 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Claire |last=Cozens |title=Cantona hosts World Cup with a difference |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/apr/03/advertising.worldcupfootball2002?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media |date=3 April 2002 |access-date=21 July 2012 |archive-date=1 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701165023/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/apr/03/advertising.worldcupfootball2002?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the run-up to the 2014 World Cup, Ronaldo starred as a mentor in Nike's [[Risk Everything]] animated commercial with a host of current players in the Nike stable.<ref>{{cite news |title=Risk everything! Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and David Luiz take fight to 'unbeatable' clones in animated advert |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/risk-everything-wayne-rooney-cristiano-ronaldo-and-david-luiz-take-fight-to-unbeatable-clones-in-9528849.html |access-date=29 August 2018 |work=Evening Standard |archive-date=30 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830010509/https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/risk-everything-wayne-rooney-cristiano-ronaldo-and-david-luiz-take-fight-to-unbeatable-clones-in-9528849.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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