How Cristiano Ronaldo turned a Madeira nightclub into an $8 million home

Cristiano Ronaldo’s property portfolio stretches across several countries, from luxury residences in Spain and Italy to homes in England and Saudi Arabia. But two properties in Portugal offer a closer look at his connection to his home country.

In Lisbon, the footballer made headlines in 2018 after purchasing an apartment that set a record for the highest price ever paid for a property in the Portuguese capital. As reported by Architectural Digest, a year later, he acquired a very different kind of residence in Madeira, the island where he grew up.

The seven-storey building, created from a former warehouse and nightclub, is now reportedly home to his mother and brother.The Lisbon property that became Ronaldo’s most expensive Portuguese apartmentRonaldo's purchase in Lisbon in 2018 attracted attention beyond the football world.