Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first HUMAN to reach 400M followers on Instagram — citiMuzik

Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and captains the Portugal national team, Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first person to reach 400m followers on Instagram.

Popular broadcaster Piers Morgan shared a picture with himself and the Manchester United forward on Twitter.

He said: ‘Congratulations on becoming the first human being ever to reach 400 million followers on Instagram. The undisputed social media goat, p.s he only follows 500 people, including me… he knows a good grammer when he sees one.’

Born and raised in Madeira, Ronaldo began his senior club career playing for Sporting CP, before signing with Manchester United in 2003, aged 18, winning the FA Cup in his first season.

He would also go onto win three consecutive Premier League titles, the Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup; at age 23, he won his first Ballon d’Or.