Cristiano Ronaldo’s partner Georgina Rodriguez is a Spanish model. Photo: @georginagio/Instagram
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Meet Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez: the Manchester United star met the model when she was a Gucci shop assistant – now she’s his Insta-famous baby mama
- The billionaire football player recently announced on Instagram that he is expecting twins with his partner Georgina Rodriguez, a dancer and model
- Rodriguez might don Gucci and Chanel fashion today, but she comes from humble beginnings and even worked at Massimo Dutti and as an au pair
Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodriguez recently announced on Instagram that they are expecting twins. Photo: @georginagio/Instagram
Cristiano Ronaldo, the world’s first billionaire football player, has an Instagram following of 358 million – more than the population of the US. But he follows only one account. It’s not his football club as some might expect, but his stunning partner, Georgina Rodriguez.
And recently, the couple made an exciting announcement – they are expecting twins! The football star shared the news Instagram with a photo of himself and Rodriguez holding up a sonogram.
Rodriguez is a 27-year-old Spanish model and dancer, and she clearly makes 36-year-old Ronaldo’s heart spin faster than the Ronaldo chop. But while we are all for the relationship itself, we can’t help but be intrigued by the extravagant ways they express their affection. The pampering, constant shower of expensive gifts and the coveted lifestyle they enjoy together all have us hooked.
Cristiano Ronaldo is known for lavishing his partner Georgina Rodriguez with expensive gifts. Photo: @georginagio/Instagram
Let’s take a closer look at what happens when love meets luxury.
Who is Georgina Rodriguez?
Georgina Rodriguez met Cristiano Ronaldo while working as a shop assistant. Photo: @georginagio/Instagram
Rodriguez is a shop assistant-turned-model-turned-famous-flame. She has been Ronaldo’s constant for the past few years, and together they have a beautiful three-year-old daughter, Alana Martina dos Santos Aveiro. Before entering the world of fashion, Argentina-born Rodriguez was a dancer who studied English in London before pursuing her career in modelling full-time.
Georgina Rodriguez briefly worked as an au pair for a family in Bristol in her early life. Photo: @georginagio/Instagram
Rodriguez didn’t have an easy life growing up. As soon as she was old enough to start working, she moved to Huesca, Spain, where she got her first job as a waitress. A stint at Massimo Dutti followed. “I wanted to work in luxury and I understood that for that, I had to speak English,” Rodriguez told XLSemanal. While studying English in London, she also got a job as an au pair for a family in Bristol, England, earning around US$14 per hour.
Before Georgina Rodriguez debuted as a model, she worked as a shop assistant, au pair and professional dancer. Photo: @georginagio/Instagram
Once her English improved, it was back to Madrid, Spain, where Rodriguez got her dream job working in a Gucci store in 2016. That’s where she met the love of her life, Cristiano Ronaldo. In an interview with Grazia, Rodriguez said, “His height, his body, his beauty caught my attention. I was trembling in front of him, but a spark ignited.” She added: “I am very shy [but Ronaldo was] a person who, with one glance, had touched me deeply. Then after, the way Cristiano treats me, cares for me and loves me did the rest.”
Georgina Rodriguez arrives for the screening of the film France at the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, on July 15. Photo: AFP
Her life changed overnight; she went from working in a store earning about US$350 a week, to raising a family with one of the most popular football players on the planet, often dressed head to toe in Gucci and Chanel. She now has over 28 million followers on Instagram.
How Rodriguez met Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo with his partner Georgina Rodriguez. Photo: @georginagio/Instagram
In November 2016, the rumour mill was abuzz about a possible relationship between the two after they took a dreamy trip to Disneyland Paris, where they roamed around arm-in-arm and didn’t shy away from PDA.
But unlike most celebrity couples who meet at gatherings or through common friends, their story is a modern-day fairy tale or the perfect meet-cute. After that first chance encounter at the Gucci store Rodriguez worked at, they ran into each other again in the VIP area of a Dolce & Gabbana event. This time the two could talk in a relaxed atmosphere outside of a work environment. “It was love at first sight for both,” Rodriguez told The Sun.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez on a family trip. Photo: @georginagio/Instagram
Ronaldo opened up about his feelings to Good Morning Britain co-host Piers Morgan in 2019, saying that he “open[s] the heart for her and she opens the heart for me”. When grilled by Morgan about the possibility of marrying Rodriguez, the footballer said, “Why not [get married]. Not now! Not in this interview. Why not, one day … We’ll one day for sure. It’s my mum’s dream.”
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez are raising four children together. Photo: @georginagio/Instagram
For now, they are a happy couple raising Ronaldo’s four children: twins Eva and Mateo, four, 11-year-old Cristiano Jr. and the three-year-old Alana Martina, of course. The twins were born with the help of a surrogate mother, but the birth mother’s identity has been kept a secret.