Ronaldo nets £10,000 for children's charity by joining 100 goals club

Cristiano Ronaldo nets £10,000 for children’s charity by joining the Premier League’s 100 goals club… and Manchester United star matches donation to double total to £20,000

• Ronaldo has been assigned a £10,000 charity donation by the Premier League
• The 37-year-old has matched the donation, taking the total to £20,000
• He reached a century of top-flight goals in England by scoring at Arsenal 

Cristiano Ronaldo has been assigned £10,000 by the Premier League for a charity donation after joining their illustrious 100 goals club.

The global icon reached a century of league goals in England’s top flight towards the end of last season, scoring in Manchester United’s 3-1 loss to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in April.

And Sportsmail can reveal the Premier League have donated the five figure sum to be given to good causes in Ronaldo’s name – a sum that the 37-year-old forward has generously matched taking the total donation to £20,000.

Cristiano Ronaldo netted £10,000 for charity after joining the Premier League’s 100 goals club

Ronaldo has chosen to donate the cash to children’s charities – one if which is Rays of Sunshine, an organisation that brightens the lives of kids suffering from serious or life-limiting illness.

The Premier League have made similar gestures to players to mark special achievements in the past but have sought to keep them private and Ronaldo reaching 100 goals was deemed worthy of distinguishing.

Ronaldo, who now has 102 English top-flight goals to his name, is one of just 32 players to have reached a century of strikes in the Premier League era

The global icon reached a century of league goals in England’s top flight by scoring at Arsenal

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