Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo announced today that he will soon be an Israeli star...but not for football .

The Real Madrid player was referring to his debut on Israeli TV - in an advert for HOT internet, which will be using the tag line "faster than Ronaldo".

There are rumors that I'm going to be a star in Israel. Not in soccer... In a HOT commercial https://t.co/1wkz4vHgB2

— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) February 10, 2016