The Lisbon city hall revealed on Thursday that Cristiano Ronaldo would soon be able to add a medal from that city to his collection.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner, who was born and raised on the island of Madeira, came to Lisbon, Portugal, by himself, when he was 12-years-old in 1997 to join Sporting’s youth program.
The announcement of his medal noted that although he moved on to Manchester United in 2003, he is still “intimately linked to the history” of Lisbon.
