Cristiano Ronaldo announces opening museum dedicated to himself

• Posted on December 4, 2013
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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Footballing legend Cristiano Ronaldo said
Tuesday he is opening a museum dedicated to
himself on the Portuguese island where he was
born.

The 28-year-old Real Madrid player will use
the museum to showcase memorabilia from
his hugely successful career, which began in
the 1990s on the island of Madeira.

Ronaldo said he would be there in person on
December 15 for the opening of the museum
in Madeira’s capital Funchal, which will
showcase memorabilia including footballs,
photographs and trophies.

He was speaking in Madeira, where he had
travelled with his mother and young son,
Cristiano Ronaldo Jr, to finalise plans for the
opening.

One of the world’s footballing greats, Ronaldo
began his career with the small tourist island’s
local club FC Andorinha, where his father
worked.

He moved to Lisbon aged 12 and was picked
up by Sporting Portugal, launching his
international career when he signed with
Manchester United at the age of just 18.
Asked by local media in Madeira about his
chances of picking up the Ballon D’Or 2013,
which he is tipped to win, he would only say
that a space has been reserved in case of
success.

Ronaldo took the Ballon D’Or in 2008, but has
since lost out three times to his arch-rival, the
Argentinian Lionel Messi.

[AFP]