The highest combined transfer fees for an individual football player is £92.2 million (€106.4 million; $152.1 million) for Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal). He moved from Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) to Manchester United (England) for £12.2 million in 2003 before his record transfer to Real Madrid (Spain) for £80 million, on 1 July 2009.

The previous record holder, Nicolas Anelka had been transferred seven times around four different countries whereas Ronaldo just needed two transfers to break this record.