Red Card 2019: "Cristiano Ronaldo's (Juventus) Weibo engagment is 70x higher than Real Madrid"

Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus FC, Serie A TIM) is the "number one player online in China", according to the "Red Card 2019 China Digital Football Awards Report" published by Mailman Group, a Chinese agency that analyses and manages the digital presence of brands on the internet, on 24/01/2019.

"Cristiano Ronaldo's average Weibo (Chinese social network) engagement is around 70x higher than Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander), meanwhile his transfer (in July 2018) to Juventus FC (Serie A TIM) has been integral to their digital growth, as the club climbed six places (since 2018) to fourth in the Red Card rankings," stated the report. According to the 2019 edition of the report, Real Madrid is is "the number one club online in China."

In the 2019 ranking of the most followed players in China, Cristiano Ronaldo is ahead of Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (Paris Saint-Germain, Ligue 1 Conforama), Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona, LaLiga Santander), Thomas Müller (FC Bayern Munich, Bundesliga) and Mesut Özil (Arsenal FC, Premier League).

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