If you were to take a guess at who is the world’s most marketable athlete, where would you start? Lebron James? Tim Tebow, Tom Brady, Tiger Woods? Well, you’d be entirely wrong.
The world’s most marketable athlete is actually Cristiano Ronaldo, arguably the best soccer player of all time. First off, he is playing professional soccer which is the most popular sport internationally. Secondly, this guy constantly has millions of dollars coming his way whether it is when he scores a goal for his national team Portugal or is even modeling for Armani.
According to Kurt Baudenhausen of Forbes.com, Ronaldo has made almost $43 million in the past 12 months alone. Oh yeah how about that shirt deal with Adidas? That’s only about $50 million dollars a year. Ronaldo is only 27 years old and is breaking every record there is.
