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CRISTIANO RONALDO once described Fabio Paim as a better player than him - now the Portuguese flop is eyeing a career in porn.

Paim, 36, was a team-mate of Ronaldo's at the Sporting Lisbon academy two decades ago and featured more than 40 times for Portugal's age group sides.

Fabio Paim has revealed he would like to get into the porn industry
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Fabio Paim has revealed he would like to get into the porn industryCredit: Instagram
In a YouTube video he was massaged by women in bikinis
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In a YouTube video he was massaged by women in bikinisCredit: YouTube
The woman wearing the gold mask is porn star Diana Melancia
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The woman wearing the gold mask is porn star Diana MelanciaCredit: Instagram
Paim is enjoying life after serving one year in prison on drug trafficking charges
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Paim is enjoying life after serving one year in prison on drug trafficking chargesCredit: Instagram

He was such a promising talent he was paid £4,400 per week when he was just 13, plus a staggering £130,000 annual bonus. 

Paim even had a four-month loan spell at Chelsea in 2008, but only played for their reserves during his short time at Stamford Bridge.

Ultimately, money, fame and a partying lifestyle culminated in him failing to live up to his extraordinary potential.

In 2003, Ronaldo said: "If you think I'm good, wait until you see Fabio Paim."

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Yet 16 years later, after a disastrous playing career, he was put in prison for a year on drug trafficking charges.

Paim watched Ronaldo train from a window in his jail cell, a brutal illustration of their differing fortunes.

Now released, he has claimed he is seeking a career in porn as a single man.

Paim was interviewed on where women in bikinis surrounded the topless ex-footballer.


Fabio Paim's failed career in football

FABIO PAIM is the ultimate story of a football career ruined by money.

The child prodigy left his four younger siblings and mother aged eight to live at the Sporting academy.

He was so good that the club paid him £4,400 per week when he was just 13, plus a staggering £130,000 annual bonus. 

That weekly wage increased through his teenage years to £5,000, £6,000 and £8,000 before he joined Chelsea on loan aged 20 earning £10,000 per week as well as that mammoth bumper pay packet. 

Many believed Paim would become one of if not the best players to ever grace a football field, including the man himself and his childhood friend Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo famously said upon joining Manchester United in 2003: "If you think I'm good, wait until you see Fabio Paim."

But these days, Paim’s tale is one of regrets and mistakes and the sad narrative of someone who failed to realise his potential.

Read Paim's full story here.

He played for Portugal's age group sides but never earned a senior cap
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He played for Portugal's age group sides but never earned a senior capCredit: Collects
He had an incredibly promising career ahead of him as a teenager
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He had an incredibly promising career ahead of him as a teenagerCredit: Getty - Contributor
Cristiano Ronaldo insisted Paim was better than him back in 2003
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Cristiano Ronaldo insisted Paim was better than him back in 2003Credit: Getty
After going to prison he was forced to watch Ronaldo train from his jail cell
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After going to prison he was forced to watch Ronaldo train from his jail cellCredit: Fabio Paim

One of them included porn star Diana Melancia - who wears a mask over her eyes.

As part of the video Paim received a massage from the women as he soaked in the sunshine.

Cristiano Ronaldo said I was the only player better than him but I ended up watching him train through my prison window

And he was not shy in admitting he wants to pursue a path in the adult entertainment industry.

He said: "I would like to act in a porn film.

"I'm serious, it would make my dreams come true. I don't have a girlfriend, I'm single."

Ronaldo and Paim had a social media exchange last year after the failed footballer joked the Real Madrid legend should give him one of his five Ballons d'Or.

Ronaldo responded to the story by posting: "Wtf. 👀👀👀 who is this guy?"

Paim's comments came in an exclusive interview with SunSport in the Algarve - where he now resides.

Paim stated in the interview his desire to get into porn
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Paim stated in the interview his desire to get into pornCredit: YouTube
He broke down in tears while recalling his time in prison in an exclusive interview with SunSport
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He broke down in tears while recalling his time in prison in an exclusive interview with SunSportCredit: SunSport

He said: "I was really special. I must be humble but this is the truth.

"Unfortunately back then there was not Instagram or Facebook, nothing was recorded like nowadays but I strongly and honestly believe that until today there was no other like me with the same quality I had.

"Cristiano, for all his effort and hard work, went to a level he deserves. 

"But when I was playing, if I had the same effort and commitment, I would be better than him.

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"If I speak about technique, I was better. I was a small Ronaldinho. But as we can see, it's not the technique that leads us to wherever.

"But yes at that time I was better than Cristiano. I believe he should give me one of his Ballons d'Or!"

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