Cristiano Ronaldo is inherently always living his life in the public eye but has kept his personal relationships relatively under wraps since he rose to football stardom.
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In one of his most widely publicised relationships, the Juventus forward dated Russian model Irina Shayk for nearly five years until January 2015 following which the Portuguese stud was linked to a number of other women. The Spanish model Georgina Rodriguez, however, came up as the one with whom Ronaldo was engaged in a serious affair.
The bombshell is said to have worked as a waitress in her hometown before moving in with a family in Bristol, England, as an au pair. According to Spanish daily sports newspaper AS, Ronaldo and Rodriguez met at a Gucci store in Madrid, where she was working as a shop assistant.
His height, his body, his beauty caught my attention. I was trembling in front of him, but a spark ignited,” she said. “I am very shy and perhaps this stirred me more in front of a person who, with one glance, had touched me deeply. Then after, the way Cristiano treats, loves and cares me did the rest.”
The relationship progressed steadily from there with item in the constant glare of the paparazzi through late 2016. In a funny moment that year, Ronaldo was caught in a wig and sunglasses in an attempt to disguise himself during a trip to Disneyland Paris. Rodriguez has been seen attending everything from matches while Ronaldo was at Real Madrid and now at Juventus and, of course, awards ceremonies.
There was no real announcement of the relationship in photos posted on Ronaldo and Rodriguez’s Instagram accounts, but it became plainly evident that they had become an item. They have a baby girl together – Rodriguez’s first with Ronaldo and the Juventus star’s fourth child.