Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo reveals plans to become a movie star once he is retired from football
Los Blancos talisman has one eye on Hollywood as the 31-year-old plans for life beyond football
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CRISTIANO RONALDO is the main man at Real Madrid at the moment but in future we could see him as the star of a Hollywood movie.
The Portuguese superstar is favourite to claim this year's Ballon d'Or after winning the Champions League with Real Madrid and Euro 2016 with Portugal.
Ronaldo has reportedly already been selected as the 2016 Ballon d'Or winner ahead of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann.
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But as CR7 is set to win his fourth Ballon d'Or, the 31-year-old has revealed he is that once he has retired he will look have a crack at Hollywood.
In an interview with FourFourTwo he said: "Life is only about football. After playing I’d like to go into the movies."
Madrid's superstar made the revelation in FourFourTwo's 2016 review of the year edition and he featured on the front cover alongside some of the best players in the world.
With Ronaldo in the centre of the cover - he has Borussia Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Bayern Munich's Jerome Boateng, Leicester's Riyad Mahrez and Barcelona's Luis Suarez stood alongside him.
And with no Messi on the cover - Ronaldo appears to be the main man in the football magazine's eyes.
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Ronaldo has won the prestigious award three times so far in his career whilst Messi has received the award a staggering five times.
The Barcelona hero stole a march on the Madrid man after winning it four years in a row from 2009 to 2012.
The pair who are always being compared to one another have shared the award since 2008.
Ronaldo has continued to maintain his glistening goal to game ratio this season after scoring 19 goals in 19 matches for both Portugal and Zinedine Zidane's side - who remain unbeaten this season.
Whilst Messi has topped Ronaldo's goal to game ratio this term by bagging 20 goals in 18 matches for just Barcelona.
But Messi slipped behind the favourite, Ronaldo, to win the Ballon d'Or after he lost the Copa America final to Chile last summer - which is the fourth major international tournement he has lost, without winning any with his country.
Whilst another man who is in contention to pick up the Ballon d'Or is Antoine Griezmann - who lost two finals to Ronaldo last summer.
As Atletico Madrid lost in the Champions League final to Madrid before France finished as runners up at Euro 2016 behind Portugal.