The Portuguese star increased his income thanks to new sponsorships off the pitch, and his millions of followers on social networks. Cristiano Ronaldo topped the Forbes list for the third consecutive year and it is the fifth time in his career that he has done so,

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Forbes magazine has published its annual report on the income of the world’s biggest athletes and the Portugal forward has come out on top