Chilean Playmate Daniella Chavez has opened up about her alleged affair with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Ballon d'Or winner was rumoured to have cheated on his former girlfriend Irina Shayk towards the end of their five-year relationship.

While neither party has confirmed or denied the rumours, Chavez claims in an interview with Mexican tabloid Reforma that she and Ronaldo fell in love shortly after meeting in November last year.

"I met Cristiano in November 2014 in the United States," Chavez is quoted as saying. "We had already talked by email and Skype; I had to travel for work, and he told me to go for a couple of days.

"Cristiano was very shy at first, but when he built up his confidence was quite a man, though still a bit fearful. He loved me, but the idea was not to show it.

"I just wanted to fulfil a dream and have sex with him. I love his body. [Cristiano liked] my face, my breasts and the fact that he had never slept with a Playmate."

Ronaldo's former partner is now rumoured to be dating American A-list actor Bradley Cooper.