Cristiano Ronaldo is a trendsetter not only when it comes to his footballing skills but the style which he portrays on and off the field. Not since David Beckham has a sportsperson garnered so much attention for his stylish persona and, especially, for his haircuts. Ronaldo’s haircuts have been a topic of discussion to fans all over the world ever since he joined Manchester United in 2003.
The Portuguese sensation, who is the most followed sportspersons on social media, tries his best to groom well for his fans and adopt new hairstyles. Cristiano Ronaldo’s hairstyles become the buzz word when something new comes up and his haircut is an example for many men to imitate around the world.
Due to the rigours of training and playing for long hours, most of the Ronaldo haircuts are medium-short which enables the hair to be kept out of his face during matches. Ronaldo's haircuts are often simple and easy to maintain and can be achieved by anyone with any hair type. However, he uses a lot of hair products to sport some of his hairstyles.
Ronaldo has donned numerous hairstyles over the years during his time at Manchester United and Real Madrid. He is a style icon and will continue to be for a long time.
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Here, we take a look at the haircuts Cristiano Ronaldo has sported over the years:
#1 The Perfect Gentleman Look
Ronaldo is a style icon and a symbol of a perfect gentleman. Naturally, sporting the perfect gentleman look doesn’t take much effort for the star striker. It involves short hair which is slightly swept to one side on the top, and when teamed with a suit, gives him the perfect gentleman look for all occasions.
#2 Brush-Back perfection
When you’re Cristiano Ronaldo, your haircut inspires a lot of fans to replicate it.
The classic brushed-back hair Ronaldo often wears is achieved by keeping the crown hair long and the sides slightly trimmed. The Portuguese man looks gorgeous in those natural dark and thick locks, doesn’t he?
#3 The Spiky Top
The spikey hairstyle in football has become synonymous with another Manchester United legend in David Beckham. However, Ronaldo, too, doesn’t half fail in sporting the look. Short hair and some products to hold the spikes in place and give them some shine is all it takes to perfect the look.
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#4 Messy Bangs with Highlights
Remember when Ronaldo first burst into the European football scene with his crazy tricks for Manchester United? If yes, then you should also remember the messy and long hair he sported in his early days. Still a boy then, his hair was as wild as his dribbling skills.
The hairstyle involved coloured highlights and a messy look with some strands left to fall on his forehead. Though not exactly what can be called classy, the haircut still turned a few heads back in the days.
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#5 The Curly Affair
Another haircut which Ronaldo wore in his early days at Manchester United was the untamed curly black hair. In this haircut, Ronaldo’s thick curls was the only highlight which was styled towards the back with the help of some hair gel.
#6 Spiky Faux with Razor Side Part
Ronaldo oozes style in this haircut which is similar to the traditional faux hawk, but the hair is left only at the crown instead of it running back. A bit of hair gel to spike it up and the uber cool deep razor side part makes Ronaldo the ambassador of adapted faux hawk in the footballing world.
#7 The Wavy Top
Ronaldo has donned this hairstyle on several occasions in his career at Real Madrid which makes us guess it to be one of his favourites. Ronaldo has natural curly hair, therefore, pulling off the wavy top haircut isn’t a problem for the star striker. The sides are cut close and the top length hair is left long which is then styled back to finish it off.
#8 Sleek Side Part
You will often see Ronaldo’s hair swept to one side in the second half of a game which, according to him, is a superstition. Ronaldo styles this haircut in the second half, where the slightly longer crown hair is brushed to one side topped with some hair product which gives it the wet look.
#9 Crown Faux Hawk
Cristiano Ronaldo has made the faux hawk his own which makes us think Faux Hawk could be a pretty good middle name for him. Jokes aside, Ronaldo puts a twist in his adaptation of the faux hawk where the longer hair is restricted to the crown only, with the side and back trimmed short which gives it a clean and classy look.
#10 The Messy Top
Ronaldo loves to use hair products and the messy top he sports is straightforward and low maintenance. First, he cuts the sides short. Second, he messes up the crown hair and voila! The perfect short messy hair of Ronaldo is there for you to ogle at.
#11 Funky Top with Side Parts
Ronaldo is one of the best-dressed footballers off the pitch, especially in formal events such as award ceremonies. During these events, Ronaldo’s hair is often uniform throughout with the locks on the top left slightly longer so that it can be brushed back to give it a clean look, perfect for formal events.
#12 Spiky Top with Razor Sides
Another variation to Ronaldo’s hugely popular spikes, Ronaldo adds some oomph in this haircut by having a deep razor line on one side with tapered sides. Ronaldo effortlessly perfects every spike haircut he sports and this one is no different.
#13. Pomp Inspired Brush Back
The classic pompadour is given a neat variation by the Real Madrid goal-machine which also forms one of his many formal styles. Ronaldo gives this hairstyle his own twist where he keeps the crown long and fades the sides. The wavy nature of his hair adds to the similarity of the classic pompadour.
#14. Side Slick and a Razor Side Part
Ronaldo does not always sport long hair, but when he does, manages to look absolutely gorgeous. This haircut which he has often worn in his early Real Madrid days, boast his thick dark hair which is swept to one side after giving a deep razor cut on one of those sides.
#15. The Classic Retro
Ronaldo effortlessly flaunts this retro haircut which involves very less styling or maintenance. This kind of haircut can be achieved with any hair length and can be achieved by just combing the back and sides of the hair leaving the top messy.
#16. Short Brush-Back Formal
Ronaldo looks best with the grin after winning a Ballon d’Or. However, for important events, a neat haircut is a must for this Portuguese sensation. In this kind, the sides are cut about an inch in length with the top a little longer which is then back-brushed to complete the suave look.
#17. Highlighted High Top
Again, one of the hairstyles he adopted in his younger days, this Ronaldo look left many girls swooning at the sight of Ronaldo, even on television. While most haircuts Ronaldo wears, has long hair on the crown, this particular haircut is uniformly short. What makes this hairstyle so appealing are the colour highlights which accentuates his skin tone.
#18. The Wavy High Top
One of the classiest looks Ronaldo has donned is the wavy high top which is a slight deviation from the regular wavy top. The top hair is left long and there is an incredible role of hair wax which gives it the perfect high and wavy look.
#19. Messy Spikes
Another variation of the Ronaldo spikes, this look features the scissor trimmed sides which are not completely cut. The top is slightly longer and hair product is used to hold the spikes in place which is then messed up a little to complete the messy spiked look.
#20. Short Clean and Simple
Again, a hairstyle which needs less styling, this haircut is a part Ronaldo’s casual look. Short, clipped hair on the sides coupled with the natural spikes, sometimes with the use of hair gel, completes the short, clean and simple look we so much adore.
#21. Classic side sweep with a fairly deep side line
Ronaldo wears the sweep with class giving his own variation to the classic style. This haircut was a necessity to look gentlemanly in the 90s and Ronaldo twists it up by combing the hair to the side instead of back brushing it. Every inch of the resultant look has class written all over it.
#22. Spiky highlights with Faded Sides
Ronaldo rarely adopts the outrageous when it comes to his haircuts. However, one instance where he went out of his way was by almost removing all hair except a little at the top, which again he highlighted and spiked it. Though the haircut did raise a few eyebrows, for most, Ronaldo managed to pull off the new look with ease.
#23. Retro with Tapered Sides
Ronaldo sports another retro look here where he is seen trying his hands with baseball. Though it is not as perfect as his other retro looks, with the top given extra height, he makes it up with the tapered sides, and of course, his charm.
#24. The Vintage Brush Back
Ronaldo, in some ways, brought back the brush back which was almost a necessity in the 1950s and 60s. Men in suits would be seen sporting this look which would make us feel like it was taken right from an Italian mafia film. Ronaldo brought it back in vogue by again applying a twist where he would brush the long hair diagonally instead of the back.
#25. Short Wavy with a Diagonal Sideline
This haircut is similar to Ronaldo’s other wavy styles, only that he spices it up a bit and starts a diagonal sideline only about an inch and a half from the centre. The wavy long hair is then styled backwards with hair gel completing a perfect innovative and neat look.
#26. Straight Middle Fringes
Ronaldo has naturally curly hair, and therefore to achieve this haircut, he needs to flat iron it to get the spiky look. The sides are cut close to getting the fringes in the middle, which in one word we can describe as ‘cool.’
#27. Short and Fancy
Most of the haircuts Ronaldo wears is short and at most times, it is almost perfect. This classy look borders the quintessential short hair look where the sides and back are closely shaved keeping the top relatively long, which is styled by brushing it diagonally.
#28. Smooth Waves
Perhaps this is the most common style the Portuguese superstar adopts on the pitch while playing. A simple haircut which involves the sides to be trimmed short and the long wavy top to be brushed back instead to the side. This, one can say is the prequel back-brush to Ronaldo’s second half side sweep.
#29. Push Back Bangs
The back and the sides are shaved short with only a little hair left on the top. However, the trick is to have the crown hair fairly thick which can be pushed back with the hands completing a funky look which Ronaldo can sport with impeccable ease.
#30. Shaggy Top
This is one of the classiest yet effortless look Ronaldo has been seen wearing. Nothing much is done with the hair in terms of the cut but a lot of hair gel is used to push the hair to the back and keep the top shaggy or messy according to his mood.
#31. Spiky and Wavy Crown
The natural curly hair of Ronaldo is accentuated in this style where the spikes are not straight but wavy which also gives a height to complete the funky look Ronaldo frequently adopts when he is out in his casuals.
#32. The Modern Faux
It is Cristiano ‘Faux Hawk’ Ronaldo again in this picture but the readers’ eyes are probably more focused on his abs rather than the hair. If you look closely at the hair, though, you’ll find that the spikes are a lot more detailed than the traditional faux which is often unkempt.
#33. Sideways Comb with a Side Part
Another one of Ronaldo’s signature matchday haircuts, the long hair at the top is neatly combed to the side with a side part. The hair on the sides and back are closely trimmed but not too closely as to reveal the skull.
#34. The Side Waves
The no side part look, this Ronaldo hairdo features a relatively narrow top which is then pushed sideways to one side instead of the back or forward.
#35. The Refined Look
Ronaldo boasts his natural hair in all its glory in this refined look where no hair products are used. The natural texture of the curls are accentuated at the top, appearing both spiky and wavy completing a perfect casual look.
#36. Messy Curls
Whatever haircut Cristiano Ronaldo sports becomes a trend amongst the fans, even if it possesses only slight variations from his other hairdos. In this kind, the hair is kept long at the top and is slightly highlighted. The difference in this style is, however, that it's kept messy which has coolness written all over.
#37. The Wonder Spiky Bangs
Ronaldo has some of the best stylists who make his hair look impeccable on a regular basis. His spiky bangs are one of the most craftily made styles with the bangs styled towards the back and some highlights only adding to the already funky look.
#38. Sleek Top with Detailed Edges
What makes this haircut classy and hard to achieve are the precise angles on the forehead and the sides which give Ronaldo a completely new look. The hair again is kept long and combed to the side or back and the sides are close cut.
#39. The Faux Hawk
Here, Ronaldo sports the conventional faux hawk deviating from the variations he has most often used. He looks absolutely gorgeous in the traditional one where the long hair at the top stretches right to the back. His thick and dark hair only adds to the almost perfect style.
#40. Spiky Top with Double Razor Side Part
It became a craze to imitate the double razor parts on the side after Ronaldo set the trend by doing it. Fans all over the world seemed to know only one haircut for a couple of months the,- the spiky top with the double razor side part. Ronaldo seems awfully cool with the spiky hair and short sides with the deep razor marks on one side.
#41. Deep Side Part with High Fade Sides
The deep side part which is made using razors makes the distinction between the different levels of hair. While the sides are short and highly faded, Ronaldo keeps the top long and wavy as usual.
#42. Curly and Wavy
This is Cristiano Ronaldo’s hair at its natural best. The curly form and the waves are both retained giving Ronaldo a look to die for. The curls are left long on the top, the sides are cut slightly to give it that wave like appeal.
#43. Classic Slick Back
Ronaldo goes Italian in this look which is fairly simple and is perfect for formal occasions. All one has to do is cut the hair to medium length, apply lot of hair products and then neatly comb it to the back. Your classic slick back is ready which Robert De Niro would be proud of.
#44. Curly Mullet
The mullet shape is achieved by Ronaldo by keeping the hair at neck length and the crown hair curly. It combines the two popular faux hawk techniques and Ronaldo pulls it off with panache.
#45. Side Cut Razor Parting
Ronaldo has experimented with the side cut more often in his Real Madrid days. This variation has a deep side cut with a razor and is coupled with two small razor cuts on the faded side to strike a contrast between the thick parted hair and the sides which is relatively short.
#46. All in one
This haircut of Ronaldo symbolizes everything he is and possesses - a terrific goal scorer, adept with his head and can score with both feet. Also, not to forget his dribbling skills. Therefore, it was inevitable that he would make the all in one style his own which combines waves, spikes and curls all in the same crown, which takes a fair bit of skill to achieve.
#47. Caesar Wave with Deep Side Part
A typical Caesar wave consists of a deep side part with cropped sides and preferably curly hair which should be neatly sweeped to a side. The Caesar cut is appropriate for sportsmen who do not want to waste too much time grooming, yet look good at the same time. Ronaldo perfects this look by nailing the basics and not overdoing it like some have before.
#48. Vintage Retro
When two words like vintage and retro are coupled together, it might seem that the style is something grand and sophisticated. Though grand it is, it is surprisingly simple to implement. Rarely needing any cut at all, the look can be styled by using hair gel and your hands.
#49. The Wax Magic
The Wax Magic requires two things. Wax, and then some more wax. Ronaldo achieves perfection in this look which is fairly simple to do provided you use loads of wax on the crown where the hair is longer and therefore, gives the perfect mass and shine.
#50. Grown out Side Part
Ronaldo demonstrates his natural hair in fine style when sporting this haircut which is grown out on the top with the sides scissor finished to give an elegant look to one of the most lethal goal scorers the world has ever seen.
