Happy move for Cristiano Ronaldo as Georgina Rodríguez announces their engagement

Soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo and his long-term partner Georgina Rodriguez are engaged.

The 31-year-old Rodríguez announced the happy news on Instagram on Monday with a photograph showing a huge ring on her finger.

“Yes, I do,” read the caption in Spanish. “In this and in all my lives.”

Rodríguez and the 40-year-old Ronaldo have two daughters together. She has also helped to raise Ronaldo’s other three children. The couple lost one of their newborn twins, a boy, in 2022.

Ronaldo met Rodríguez in 2016 when she worked at a Gucci store in Madrid.

The former Real Madrid and Manchester United star now plays for Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia.

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FILE - Georgina Rodriguez poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'France' at the 74th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

FILE - Soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo, right, and Georgina Rodriguez poses for photographers upon arrival at the European MTV Awards in Seville, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Georgina Rodriguez poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film 'Enea' during the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Georgina Rodriguez poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film 'Queer' during the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)

FILE -Portugal's soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo, right, his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez, center, and his son Ronaldo jr., left, arrive on the green carpet prior during the The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016 ceremony held at the Swiss TV studio in Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 9, 2017. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP, File)

FILE - Cristiano Ronaldo, left, is flanked by his partner Georgina Rodriguez as they watch the second practice session at the Monaco racetrack, in Monaco, May 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

FILE - In this May 19, 2019 file photo, Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates with his girlfriend Georgina, left, after winning the Serie A soccer title trophy, at the Allianz Stadium, in Turin, Italy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

FILE -Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, left, is kissed by his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez after winning the Champions League Final soccer match between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, May 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

FILE - Juventus soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo poses with his partner, model Georgina Rodriguez in Madrid, July 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS

The World Cup will be played in 16 cities from June 11 to July 19, including 14 in the U.S. There are players in Major League Soccer vying for spots on the 26-man U.S. roster, to be announced by coach Mauricio Pochettino in New York on May 26. Six-to-10 MLS players are projected to make the roster. Additional players will be selected for other teams in the 48-nation World Cup field. In 2022, 35 MLS players were on rosters of 12 of the 32 teams.

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FIND PLAYERS WITH TIES TO YOUR LOCAL TEAM

View this spreadsheet to find MLS players who are competing for a spot on a FIFA World Cup Team. The spreadsheet also includes their hometowns and where they went to school.

Some spots are already secured or likely, but final rosters are expected to be published by FIFA on June 1. Some coaches may announce before that. Changes can be made up until 24 hours before a team’s first game.

The spreadsheet includes players from the following U.S. and Canadian club teams:

Atlanta United

Austin

Charlotte

Chicago Fire

Colorado Rapids

Columbus Crew

D.C. United

Cincinnati

Dallas

Inter Miami

LA Galaxy

LAFC

Minnesota United

Nashville

New England Revolution

New York City FC

Orlando City

Philadelphia Union

Portland Timbers

Real Salt Lake

New York Red Bulls

San Diego

Seattle Sounders

Toronto

Vancouver Whitecaps

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The FIFA logo is displayed on a World Cup countdown timer outside BC Place stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, May 4, 2026. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)