Global football icon Cristiano Ronaldo has officially tied the knot with his long-term partner Georgina Rodríguez, a renowned model and social media influencer, in an intimate civil wedding ceremony held in Portugal. The Portuguese football star broke the news to his hundreds of millions of fans via his official Instagram account, where he shared a striking photo featuring two intertwined hands — his resting atop Rodríguez’s — both glinting with newly placed wedding bands.
Local Portuguese media outlets have quickly hailed the event as the ‘wedding of the year’, confirming that the couple exchanged vows on 11 August in Cascais, a scenic coastal town located just outside Portugal’s capital Lisbon. The ceremony was attended by the pair’s five children, marking a private family celebration of their decade-long relationship. The announcement sent shockwaves across social media, racking up more than 3 million likes in just 30 minutes after Ronaldo posted the image, a testament to the massive public interest in the football star’s personal life.
The couple first crossed paths a decade ago, when Ronaldo was playing for Spanish giant Real Madrid. Their first meeting took place at a Gucci retail store in Madrid, where Rodríguez was working as a sales assistant at the time. After building their relationship for nine years, the pair publicly announced their engagement on the same date one year prior — 11 August 2023. To mark the engagement, Rodríguez shared a photo of her oversized engagement ring on her own social media account, writing a romantic message in her native Spanish that read: ‘Yes I do. In this and in all my lives.’
Beyond his high-profile personal life, Ronaldo boasts one of the most decorated careers in the history of professional football. Over decades of play, he has netted nearly 1,000 goals across club and international competitions, featuring for top-tier teams including Sporting CP (Lisbon), Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus, and current club Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia. This past winter, he made history alongside Argentine legend Lionel Messi by competing in his sixth men’s FIFA World Cup, a new record for the most appearances in the tournament’s men’s finals.