Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez are officially husband and wife. The couple shared the news on Instagram on Tuesday night with a simple photo of their hands wearing their wedding bands. The caption, “C ❤️ G”, finally made their marriage official after months of anticipation.
After nearly a decade together, the Saudi Arabia-based couple have finally made things official. Ronaldo and Rodríguez first met in Madrid in 2016, when Rodríguez was working as a sales assistant at a Gucci store. What started as a chance meeting grew into a family, a very public relationship and, now, a marriage.
The couple have two daughters, Alana Martina and Bella Esmeralda, while Rodríguez has also helped raise Ronaldo’s other children, Cristiano Jr. and twins Eva and Mateo. In 2022, they also suffered the heartbreaking loss of their newborn son, Ángel.
From their first public appearance to their move to Saudi Arabia and their eventual marriage, here’s the full timeline of their relationship.
2016: They First Meet in Madrid
Ronaldo and Rodríguez first met at a Gucci store in Madrid, where Rodríguez was working as a sales assistant. The meeting marked the beginning of their relationship. Rodríguez later looked back on those early days in her Netflix series ‘I Am Georgina’, calling it a “very special start”. Ronaldo has also said he didn’t expect the relationship to become so serious at first, but eventually realised she was the person he wanted to spend his life with.
January 2017: They Make Their First Public Appearance
The pair made their first major public appearance together at the Best FIFA Football Awards in Zurich, where Ronaldo was joined by Rodríguez and his eldest son, Cristiano Jr. It marked the first major public confirmation of their relationship.
March 2017: They Go Instagram Official
Ronaldo shared a photo of himself and Rodríguez cuddled up on a sofa, captioning it with a single red heart. At this point, the relationship was no longer a secret.
June 2017: Ronaldo Welcomes Twins
Ronaldo welcomed twins Eva and Mateo via surrogacy. Rodríguez soon became part of their growing family, with Ronaldo later sharing photos of the couple with the newborns.
July 2017: They Announce a Pregnancy
Just weeks after the twins were born, the couple announced that Rodríguez was pregnant with Ronaldo’s fourth child. Ronaldo confirmed the news to Spanish newspaper El Mundo, saying he was very excited to become a father again.
November 2017: Alana Martina Is Born
On November 12, 2017, the couple welcomed their daughter, Alana Martina. Ronaldo shared the news on social media with a photo of himself, Cristiano Jr. and Rodríguez alongside their newborn daughter, writing, “Both Geo and Alana are doing well!”
2018: The Family Moves to Italy
When Ronaldo transferred from Real Madrid to Juventus in 2018, Rodríguez and the children moved with him to Italy. Ronaldo marked the new chapter by sharing a photo of the family in matching Juventus shirts. By then, Rodríguez had become a familiar presence alongside one of football’s biggest stars, while also building her own career in fashion and modelling.
2018–2021: Engagement Rumours Begin
Engagement rumours followed the couple for years. In 2018, Rodríguez was spotted wearing a large diamond ring, sparking speculation that Ronaldo had proposed. Neither confirmed the rumours, and they continued their relationship without announcing any wedding plans.
2021: They Announce Another Pregnancy
In October 2021, Ronaldo and Rodríguez announced that they were expecting twins. The couple shared a photo holding a sonogram, writing that their hearts were “full of love.” Two months later, they revealed that they were expecting a boy and a girl, with their children helping to share the news in a video.
January 27, 2022: Ronaldo lights up the Burj Khalifa for Georgina’s 28th birthday
For Georgina’s 28th birthday, Ronaldo went all out, lighting up Dubai’s Burj Khalifa with a surprise laser show dedicated to her. The display featured clips and images from her Netflix series ‘I Am Georgina’, which had premiered around the same time, before ending with a giant “Happy Birthday, Gio” across the building.
Ronaldo shared a video of the surprise on Instagram, writing, “Happy birthday, my love.” Georgina later thanked him for the gesture, sharing photos from the family’s celebration.
January 2022: I Am Georgina Gives a Look Inside Their Relationship
Rodríguez’s Netflix reality series ‘I Am Georgina’ premiered in January 2022, giving viewers a much closer look at her life, family and relationship with Ronaldo. The couple also opened up about how they met and fell in love.
“I didn’t think at the beginning that [the relationship] would be this strong,” Ronaldo said in the series. “But after a while I felt that she was the woman of my life.”
April 2022: They Welcome Bella and Lose Ángel
April 2022 brought the most heartbreaking chapter of their relationship. The couple welcomed their daughter, Bella Esmeralda, but announced that her twin brother, Ángel, had died during childbirth.
“It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that our baby boy has passed away,” the couple said in a joint statement at the time. They later shared a photo of their family together after bringing Bella home.
November 2022: They Continue to Build Their Family
In a later interview with Piers Morgan, Ronaldo opened up about the grief he and Rodríguez experienced after losing their newborn son. He recalled having to explain Ángel’s death to their other children, who initially kept asking where their baby brother was.
After a week, Ronaldo said they decided to be honest with the children and told them that Ángel had gone to heaven. He also said the family still talks about him every day, with the children often mentioning him and pointing towards the sky. “I am not gonna lie to my kids, I say the truth,” Ronaldo said, describing it as a difficult process.
January 2023: The Family Moves to Saudi Arabia
In January 2023, Ronaldo and his family moved to Saudi Arabia after he signed with Al Nassr. He reportedly signed a deal worth $200 million, with the club describing the move as “history in the making”. Since then, the Ronaldo-Rodríguez family have regularly been seen out and about in Riyadh, holidaying in AlUla and making trips to nearby Dubai.
2024: Rodríguez Steps Further Into Fashion
Rodríguez continued to make appearances at major fashion events, including Paris Fashion Week. In March 2024, she walked the Vetements runway in a red dress featuring Ronaldo’s iconic number seven, a cheeky reference to Ronaldo.
August 2025: They Finally Get Engaged
In August 2025, Rodríguez shared a photo of her engagement ring on Instagram for the first time, captioning the post, “Yes I do. In this and in all my lives,” in a message translated to English. The couple have not shared details about the ring, but jewellery experts told ‘PEOPLE’ that the large oval diamond could weigh around 37 carats and be worth as much as $5 million.
August 2026: They Get Married
Exactly one year after announcing their engagement, Ronaldo and Rodríguez are married. The couple tied the knot in an intimate civil ceremony in Cascais, Portugal, on August 11, 2026, surrounded by their children and close family. Rather than turning it into a huge celebrity spectacle, they kept the occasion relatively private before announcing the news themselves with a photograph of their wedding bands.
After meeting in a Gucci store in Madrid, building a family together, moving from country to country, facing some of life’s hardest moments and growing up together in the public eye, Ronaldo and Rodríguez have finally reached this new chapter.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez are officially husband and wife.
