Cascais, Portugal, Aug 12, 2026 — After ten years together, five children, and one very public proposal, Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez have finally made it official. The football icon and the model exchanged vows in a civil ceremony on Tuesday, August 11, in the seaside town of Cascais, just outside Lisbon.
A Quiet Ceremony for a Very Public Couple
Despite Ronaldo’s global fame, the wedding itself was kept low-key. Representatives for the couple described the event as a private and intimate gathering, with only their five children present to witness it. Neither side released details on guests, venue specifics, or attire — a departure from the media spectacle that often surrounds the couple’s public life.
Both Ronaldo and Rodríguez marked the occasion on Instagram, sharing a close-up photo of their joined hands, wedding bands visible. The post drew millions of likes within minutes, underscoring the scale of public interest in the couple’s relationship.
From a Chance Meeting to a Decade-Long Partnership
The pair’s story began in Madrid in 2017, when Rodríguez was working at a Gucci store and Ronaldo was starring for Real Madrid. What started as a chance encounter turned into one of football’s most talked-about relationships, with the couple going public later that year and staying together through Ronaldo’s moves across clubs and continents.
Their engagement was announced exactly one year before the wedding — on August 11, 2025 — when Rodríguez posted a photo of her engagement ring on social media, captioning it with a Spanish declaration of devotion that translates to a promise to say yes “in this life and all others.”
A Blended Family of Five
Ronaldo and Rodríguez are raising five children together, including twins born in 2017, a daughter born in 2018, and their youngest daughter, born in 2022. Ronaldo also has a teenage son from a previous relationship, whom Rodríguez has helped raise as part of the family. The couple faced tragedy in 2022 when Ronaldo announced the death of their daughter’s newborn twin brother shortly after birth. The family is currently based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
On the Pitch, a Career Still Winding Down
At 41, Ronaldo remains one of football’s most recognisable figures. He recently featured in his sixth World Cup for Portugal, a record he shares with Argentina’s Lionel Messi, and continues to captain the Portuguese national team. Over a career spanning clubs including Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus and now Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr, he has scored close to 1,000 career goals and claimed five Ballon d’Or awards — second only to Messi’s tally of eight.
Ronaldo signed a contract extension with Al Nassr that keeps him at the club through 2027, and the Riyadh-based side opens its new domestic season this coming Saturday. Off the pitch, he became football’s first confirmed billionaire, with his fortune estimated at roughly $1.4 billion.