Though He going
through a rough patch on the field at Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo remains a
much-loved figure all over the world and has now become the most 'liked' person
on Facebook.
According to Goal, The Real Madrid star's stature as one
of the best footballers of all-time has grown recently as he won a second
consecutive Fifa Ballon d'Or for 2014, which was his third overall.
And while Madrid has dropped to second in La Liga and were
almost eliminated from the Champions League in midweek, the 30-year-old remains
No.1 to the global audience.
The attacker surpassed 100 million Facebook likes in
October, but his stature on the social network site has grown since then as he
currently has over 107 million fans.
That means he has surpassed Shakira as the most popular
account on the website, having attracted over 16,000 more fans than the pop
star and spouse of Barcelona defender Gerard Pique.
Unsurprisingly, Lionel Messi is the second-most popular
footballer in the world on Facebook, with 78 million likes.
Real Madrid themselves have gathered over 82.9 million fans
- marginally less than Barca's 83.6 million.
David Beckham comes third in the list of most popular
current and former football players with just over 52 million, though Neymar is
fast approaching the same figure.
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