I was better than Cristiano Ronaldo and played for Chelsea, now I'm an adult film star after a drastic career change.

A former Chelsea winger swapped football for the adult film industry after a dramatic career change.

That is not the only revelation he has made, since he also stated that it was better than christian ronaldo but his mentality disappointed him.

Fabio Paim went through the Sporting Lisbon academy after the five-time champion Ballon d'Or winner, who is three years older.

As a teenager, Paim was capped by Portugal at youth level and was even called up to the senior team, but never appeared.

He also spent five months on loan at Stamford Bridge from Sporting in 2008 without playing for the first team.

After two years without a club, he ended his playing career with a brief stay in Poland before retiring in 2021.

And after hanging up his boots, the 36-year-old began working as an adult film star.

Speaking about his career change, he told Globo Esporte, via Record: “Here in Portugal (adult film news) is in fashion, everyone is going crazy.

“Do you know why? Because people don't take it the wrong way, that's just me.

“In a podcast I said that my dream was to be a porn actor. I received many offers. I was in the news, I was on the front pages of the newspapers… And I hadn't done anything.

“Since everyone was talking about it, (I thought) let's make a movie. And I did. I'll tell you what. It's nice to have sex and still get paid for it.”

Paim even went so far as to claim that in Sporting's academy he was considered more talented than Ronaldo.

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The Al-Nassr star began his career at the club before setting records in manchester unitedReal Madrid and Juventus.

His academy mate added: “He grew up with me, we spent a lot of time together.

“I was Sporting's number one at that time. Cristiano started being Cristiano when he went to Manchester. Even then, no one knew he would become what he is today.

“Today Cristiano is the king, Paim is nobody. And people say 'oh, he's a liar, he wasn't better'. But the truth is that I was better than him and everyone knows that.

“He had more talent. But talent is nothing, talent is just a little bit. If you don't have the rest, you won't be anyone.”

Following his loan spell with the Blues, Paim embarked on a nomadic career around the world.

Before retiring at the age of 32, he played for clubs in Angola, Qatar, Malta, Lithuania and Luxembourg.