For many football fans, Cristiano Ronaldo is more than a mere player. He’s an icon on and off the pitch.

The Iconic Cristiano Ronaldo Hair

Let’s assess some of his best looks and what you need from Crazy Bull to replicate the styles ahead of the European Championships. Whether it be a strong hold hair styling product, our Bull Blaster pomade, Sea Salt Spray, or Space Dust hair powder.

 

The CR7 Hair Curls That Debuted at Old Trafford

Cristiano Ronaldo was a star in Portugal playing for Sporting Lisbon. However, he became a superstar after joining Manchester United in the Premier League.

In August 2003, he entered the game off the bench with a look that by today's standards would still be considered fashionable. In his first season, he mostly had curly hair, which the stylist may have enhanced with hair cream or salt spray.

If you want the same look as this renowned early Cristiano Ronaldo curly hair, use Funky Head as a curling cream to get those early 2000s curls and add Space Dust, our styling powder, if you have thinner hair.

 

The Faux Hawk and Manchester Mullet

Cristiano Ronaldo must have gone through many styling products during the mid-2000s. He had a faux hawk and a mullet hairstyle, which suited his Manchester roots and he scored many goals for the Red Devils.

At the 2006 World Cup, he could have used hair thickening powder and hair spray salt to create a distinct stiff-looking bonnet. All the texture powder in the world didn’t help Portugal win the tournament. They crashed out in the semi-final to France.

 

2017 Noodle Hair Ronaldo

Photo adapted and used under CC BY-SA 3.0 from Soccer.ru.

Cast your mind back to 2017. It was a simpler time. Cristiano Ronaldo was best when Real Madrid won four titles in the 2016/17 season. 

Ronaldo had one of his most distinctive looks during this period, now affectionately known as the CR7 noodle hair. The style was named after the food stuff because his hair was styled in strands. He even dyed the front hairs blonde to resemble noodles. This was especially noticeable when his hair was sweaty after a tough match. 

Ronaldo had a haircut that some fans believed inspired his goal-scoring success. He scored 42 goals in a season while sporting this haircut. Consider your hair type and thickness to achieve the Ronaldo noodle hair. 

Thicker hair types needs hair clay for shaping, while thinner hair can use sea salt hair spray and dust powder for the same style. Dyeing the front bits is, of course, optional!

The Current Refined Taper Fade Quiff

Fast-forward to 2024, and Cristiano Ronaldo, at 39, is still as well-groomed as he was at the start of his career. He is still very involved with the Portuguese national team. Roberto Martinez selected him to serve as captain for the UEFA European Championships, no time to head to the beach and apply salt spray for hair!

He’s going to Germany with an extremely short contemporary taper fade quiff at the sides. He still has enough on top to give him versatility, as he often switches between a matte finish and a wetter look. His collection of men’s hair styling products will include a hair dusting powder, pomade, and probably a hair spray with sea salt, depending on what specific look he wants. He’ll probably have a hair tonic in there, too, to keep good care of his follicles and scalp.

What will the next Cristiano Ronaldo haircut be?

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