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Funchal (Portugal): Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was on Wednesday given a special tribute when the airport of the city of Funchal at his home state of Madeira was named after him.<\/p>\nFunchal (Portugal): Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was on Wednesday given a special tribute when the airport of the city of Funchal at his home state of Madeira was named after him.<\/p>\n
During an event that saw the airport change its name officially, the Real Madrid star forward said: “I know that some people aren’t in favour of the renaming, and some of you are even here right now, but we are free and live in a democracy.”<\/p>\n
Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister António Costa flew to the island and unveiled a plaque outside the entrance, above a bust of the Portuguese team captain, reports Efe.<\/p>\n
Some argued that it is not appropriate to rename the airport after Ronaldo, because this usually only happens to honour an individual after their death.<\/p>\n
Ronaldo pointed out that he is well aware of the responsibility of this honour, emphasising that he will always glorify Portugal, and especially Madeira.<\/p>\n
Ronaldo attended the ceremony accompanied by his mother Maria Aveiro, girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez and son Cristiano Jnr.<\/p>\n
De Sousa declared that Ronaldo represents Portugal and Madeira more than anyone else in the world, and trusted the player will always be a role model for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Funchal (Portugal): Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was on Wednesday given a special tribute when the airport of the city of Funchal at his home state of Madeira was named after him.<\/p>\n
During an event that saw the airport change its name officially, the Real Madrid star forward said: “I know that some people aren’t in favour of the renaming, and some of you are even here right now, but we are free and live in a democracy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1938,12975,21841,466,21842,1475],"class_list":["post-34080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-football-news","tag-funchal","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-madeira","tag-real-madrid"],"yoast_head":"\n