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Baku, July 23 AZERTAC
Cristiano Ronaldo’s hometown of Madeira honoured the island’s favourite son by naming their international airport after the Portugal captain and Real Madrid star.
Miguel Albuquerque, president of the Regional Government, made the announcement on Friday following Portugal’s triumph at Euro 2016, with the Santa Catarina Airport in Funchal to be renamed the Cristiano Ronaldo Airport.
Ronaldo, 31, captained Portugal to their first major tournament title in France earlier this month, helping Fernando Santos and Co. to a 1-0 win over the host nation, despite suffering a knee injury in the final.
The announcement came on the same day former Manchester United forward and three-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo opened his own hotel in the city.
Ronaldo and Albuquerque attended the opening – the first in a global chain of hotels in a venture with Pestana Hotel Group, with locations in Lisbon, Madrid and New York set to follow.
AZERTAG.AZ :Madeira airport to be named after Cristiano Ronaldo
