As half the world knows—and in a World Cup year, maybe more than half—Cristiano Ronaldo’s lucky number is seven. He and his partner, Georgina Rodríguez, call me on Zoom from their new summer house in Cascais, Portugal, five days before their wedding. They moved in back in July—the seventh month of the year. It took seven years to build. “It’s perfect,” Georgina says. “All number sevens are signs.”
But their wedding will happen on another meaningful date: August 11, the 10th anniversary of the day they first met at the Gucci store in Madrid. For weeks, the internet has been full of rumors: They’re getting married this weekend. No, this weekend. The rumored guest list stretches from Rio Ferdinand to Rihanna.
“It’s incredible what you hear,” Georgina admits with a smile. But this won’t be a big celebrity blowout like Dua Lipa or Taylor Swift might have. Instead, the couple—who have over 750 million Instagram followers combined—will marry in their living room.
“In the future we will have a big wedding, so we can celebrate with family and friends,” Georgina explains. But this has been a “crazy year” of “work commitments, competitions, kids” for Cris y Gio, as they’re known to those close to them, and she didn’t want their 10-year anniversary to pass without marking it. “When I was a little girl,” she reflects, “I dreamed of the biggest castle, the biggest carriage, the longest dress, a crown full of diamonds. And now I’m saying: no. I want something intimate, with my partner and our children, at home. Because castles, houses, islands, horses, cars: We have all of that within reach every day. But something intimate—that’s more unusual for us.” In the world of fame, privacy is priceless.
That doesn’t mean she has to skip the diamonds. For the past year, Georgina—model, mother, founder of the activewear line Mimoa—has been wearing an oval-cut diamond engagement ring so large it might outshine anyone at the wedding. To that, she plans to add a Chopard Garden of Kalahari necklace with a D-flawless 50-carat brilliant-cut diamond as its centerpiece.
The soon-to-be Ronaldos are an entertaining duo. Deeply devoted to each other, Georgina takes the lead and speaks with emotion. Cristiano, whose Spanish has a charming Portuguese touch, is always ready with a funny comment.
“We’ve chosen to do it in the living room of our house here,” Georgina explains, “where we have breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and where we live the reality of our lives. In 30 years’ time I want the children to think, Something wonderful happened at this table—the wedding vows of our parents.”
“It probably won’t be the same table,” says Cristiano. “We might change the decor.”
Georgina gives him a hurt look. Despite all the luxury in their lives, she has kept a 15-year-old treadmill, which now hurts their knees if they run on it, for sentimental reasons: It’s the one Cristiano trained on in Madrid, when they first met.
Photographed by Juergen Teller
In August 2016, Cristiano Ronaldo, then 31 and at the peak of his football career, walked into the Gucci store on Calle Serrano in Madrid with his six-year-old son Cristiano Jr. Georgina, then 22, had recently come back to Spain from England, where she’d worked as an au pair. (She’d always wanted to be a mother.) She’d taken a job as a sales assistant at the Gucci store but wasn’t supposed to be working that day—she was covering for a friend. “That’s destiny,” she says.
Georgina in the couple’s swimming pool at home, wearing jewelry from Chopard’s Garden of Kalahari set.
Photographed by Juergen Teller
Cristiano picks up the story: “I had my back to her and then I turned around and saw her. Our eyes met, and from that point on it was….”
“It was a dream,” Georgina suggests.
“Yes, a dream.””Mmm,” says Cristiano. “I know she’s the love of my life, and I think I am”—he pauses and grins—”I think she thinks I’m the love of her life.”
The following year, twins Eva and Mateo were born, along with Alana, and in 2022 they welcomed another set of twins, Bella and Ángel. Sadly, only Bella survived, and together with Cristiano Jr., they make up a large family.
“The children know that our time belongs to them,” Georgina says. Both she and Cristiano, who grew up in Spain and Portugal respectively, come from what Georgina describes as “less structured families.” It’s important to both of them to show their children “the value of having nothing and of having everything.” At the wedding, the children will be, in Georgina’s words, “protagonists, as they are in all our days.”
Given the origins of their romance, they will, of course, be wearing Gucci. When we speak, Georgina has just received her white silk faille skirt suit and matching satin shoes with the signature silver horsebit detail. Cristiano’s custom light beige cotton suit and custom loafers, along with the children’s matching outfits, are due to arrive the following day.
Georgina in her Gucci wedding day look.
Photographed by Juergen Teller
“It felt incredibly special to dress Georgina and Cristiano for this moment, knowing their love story began in a Gucci store in Madrid,” Gucci’s artistic director, Demna, tells me. “There is something so romantic about it—a beautiful circle closing, almost like a modern fairy tale.”
Georgina adds that Demna understood right away what they were trying to do. “He’s not going to dress us up,” she explains. “I didn’t want us to go into a day that was so simple for us in costumes.” The wedding photos will be taken by Juergen Teller, the provocateur known for his artfully stark images. They chose him, Georgina says, because “his photographs are art. I didn’t want the typical boring family album. I wanted an artistic one that would last forever.”
After the ceremony, they will drive to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, an hour away, where the priest will close off a small sanctuary and give them a blessing. (“I tend to avoid places where there are crowds,” Cristiano explains—the mobs would otherwise make it impossible.) There won’t be a honeymoon. They have to leave for their home in Riyadh the next day—Cristiano, who now plays for Saudi Arabia, starts the season on August 15. He’s taking it in his stride. “Every day is a honeymoon,” he says.
Will being married change anything? I ask them.
They both think not. But “just the fact of being man and wife—you enter a different league,” Cristiano says.
Often referred to as the greatest soccer player in the world, he says, “this is probably my last year of football, and I want to leave a spectacular legacy.” He’s looking forward to spending more time with the family. “I have my future all mapped out,” he says. “I have so many things to keep me busy that to tell you just one thing is hard. Because football could leave a big hole, you have to fill your time in various ways, not just one. And also have more fun, travel more, watch and play padel, which I really like, and continue to enjoy what I’ve earned—what we’ve earned. Because after all it’s been 25 years with a lot of sacrifice.”
Will they have more children? Perhaps seven? They don’t rule it out. “I never say never,” Cristiano says. Georgina adds: “Another baby now would be overbooking [she uses the English word] at home. But when the youngest are 15 or 16 we’ll still be young, so why not? It’s true that I can’t imagine myself without small children, so we’ll see.”
For now, they’re looking forward to the wedding being, as Cristiano puts it, “a normal day.” Then he pauses to correct himself, looks across at GeorgShe smiles and says sweetly, “It will be a special day, but we’ll spend it in a simple, ordinary way.”
The day after the wedding, Georgina sends me a message. “It was exactly as I’d imagined,” she says. “Intimate, full of love, and with our family at the heart of it all. I couldn’t hold back the tears.”
Photographed by Juergen Teller
There was one thing she didn’t expect, though. She had been to Fatima before, but she had never visited the particular chapel where they celebrated Mass after the blessing, the Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows. As she looked around in that moment, she “felt a peace and an energy that are very hard to describe,” she tells me. “I needed nothing more: my husband, my children, our home, our faith, and our love.”
Photographed by Juergen Teller
Makeup: Fernando Martinez
Hair: Fernando Torrent
Special thanks: Angels Project
Frequently Asked Questions
Here is a list of frequently asked questions about Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguezs private wedding written in a natural conversational tone
General Questions
1 Wait did Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina actually get married
Yes they did They tied the knot in a private intimate ceremony in Marbella Spain in August 2025
2 I thought they were already married Why is this news
They had been engaged since 2023 but this was their official wedding ceremony They had been a couple for years and have a family together but they hadnt formalized their marriage until now
3 Where exactly did the wedding take place
The ceremony was held at a luxury resort called La Milla de Oro in Marbella on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain
4 Was it a big starstudded event
No quite the opposite It was a very private and intimate affair with only around 50 guests It was a deliberate choice to keep the celebration small and personal focused on close family and friends
5 Why did they choose to have such a private wedding
Theyve always been very protective of their private life especially after dealing with intense media scrutiny for years They wanted their special day to be about their love and family not a media circus
The Wedding Details
6 Who were the guests at the wedding
The guest list was limited to their closest circle including Georginas family and Cristianos close friends There were no reports of his former Real Madrid or Manchester United teammates attending which shows how exclusive it was
7 Were their children involved in the ceremony
Yes it was a family affair Their children were a big part of the day Cristiano Jr reportedly walked Georgina down the aisle and the younger kids were also involved in the ceremony
8 What did Georgina wear
Georgina wore a stunning custommade gown Reports suggest it was a highneck longsleeve design with a dramatic long train fitting for a highfashion wedding
9 What did Cristiano wear
Cristiano looked sharp in a classic tailored black suit keeping the focus on his bride