Ricardo Regufe (right) alongside Cristiano Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia a few days ago. — © REUTERS
At the beginning of this century, Ricardo ‘Ricky’ Regufe (43) was still a young starting marketer at Nike, but because of his many years of friendship with Cristiano Ronaldo and his split with manager Jorge Mendes, he is suddenly the broker who has signed the biggest sports deal ever. negotiated. Story of how a stranger to the general public became thirty million richer in one fell swoop.
Wim Conings