Real
Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has opened a museum in his honour, which he
said has extra room to be filled by future trophies.
Ronaldo,
28, is currently on the three-man shortlist to be named the Ballon d'Or winner for a second time.
Ronaldo's
honour roll
- 2008 Ballon d'Or winner
- Three Premier League titles
- One Champions League
- One Copa del Rey
- One La Liga title
- Two Golden Boot awards
- "It's a special day, I don't want to mention specific ones" he said. "All I want is to win more and if the Ballon d'Or comes, there is extra room here."
The
museum in his native Madeira exhibits more than 125 awards.
Ronaldo
won the prestigious 2008 Ballon d'Or title, formerly known as the Fifa World
Player of the year title, while with Manchester United.
Before
his six-year spell at Old Trafford ended with a then-world record £80m transfer to Real Madrid in 2009, he
won three Premier Leagues, one
Champions League, one FA Cup, two League Cups and one Fifa Club
World Cup.
His
success has continued in Spain, where he won the Copa del Rey in 2010-11 and La
Liga in 2011-12 under now Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho.
The
Portugal international opened his museum, which occupies the ground floor of a
five-storey building, in front of a frenzy of reporters and fans.
"Here
is the evidence of what I have won, no one will take it away from here and
these were things I wanted to share with my fans, show them what I have already
achieved," he said.
The
first piece on display dates back to when Ronaldo was eight and top-scored in a
tournament with his boyhood club Andorinha. It also contains mementos from his
senior playing career, including two Golden Boot awards won for being European
football's top scorer.
Ronaldo
is competing
with Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery to
be named the 2013 Ballon d'Or recipient, with the winner to be
revealed at a ceremony in Zurich on 13 January.
4 comments:
Up madrid. Now, dats my club.
hehehe
he deserves it
good for him.
we hope he doesn't leave soon
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