The Museu CR7 is a

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that is dedicated to Portuguese footballer

Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...

's trophies. It is located in Ronaldo's birthplace, the city of

Funchal Funchal () is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Madeira, Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795, making it the sixth largest city in Portugal. Because of ...

on the Portuguese island of

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. Above the museum is a hotel, built in partnership between Ronaldo and the

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. The floor of the current museum, similar to the previous one, is in a

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style and decorated with the logo of the museum. The museum is an official sponsor of the local football team

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. In front of the museum, there is a bronze statue of Cristiano Ronaldo, made by the Madeiran sculptor Ricardo Velosa.

History

The museum was inaugurated on 15 December 2013 by Ronaldo's former club

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. Other participants in the opening ceremony were the second

President of the Regional Government of Madeira Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira are the heads of government for the autonomous local authority of Madeira, since the Carnation Revolution that installed the democratic Third Portuguese Republic. The list below includes the leader ...

Alberto João Jardim Alberto João Cardoso Gonçalves Jardim, Order of Christ (Portugal), GCC, Order of Infante D. Henrique, GCIH (, born 4 February 1943) is a Portuguese politician who was the President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Portugal, from 1978 to 20 ...

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and the girlfriend of Ronaldo at the time,

Irina Shayk Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamova (russian: Ирина Валерьевна Шайхлисламова; born 6 January 1986), known professionally as Irina Shayk (; russian: Ирина Шейк), is a Russian model and television personality who ...

. At the opening, the collection had 126 trophies on display. The original location of the museum was in a 400-meter space located on ''Rua Imperatriz Dona Amélia'' in Sé,

. On 24 March 2016, the

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statue of Ronaldo was moved several meters from its location near the road ''Avenida Sá Carneiro'' to be in front of then under-construction hotel and new museum, closer to the port of Funchal, with the stand of the statue being altered. On 6 June 2016, the museum was reopened, having moved to a new larger location on the Praça do Mar, also in Sé,

, occupying a 1,400 space below the Pestana CR7 Hotel, a joint venture between Ronaldo and the Pestana Group. The official inauguration of the hotel was on 1 July 2016, with Ronaldo, along with the

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, the

Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira are the heads of government for the autonomous local authority of Madeira, since the Carnation Revolution that installed the democratic Third Portuguese Republic. The list below includes the leader ...

Miguel Albuquerque Miguel Filipe Machado de Albuquerque (born 4 May 1961) is a Portuguese politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the current President of the Regional Government of Madeira. He took office as leader of the PSD of Madeira on 10 January 20 ...

and the President of the

, Dionísio Pestana attending. During the inauguration of the hotel, the square was named from ''Praça do Mar'' to ''Praça CR7''.

Exhibits

The exhibition includes photographs and videos emblematic of the athlete's career and wax works of Ronaldo with pictorial backgrounds with which visitors can take photographs. The museum has all the youth and professional trophies won by Ronaldo at the clubs of

CF Andorinha Clube de Futebol Andorinha de Santo António ''(abbreviated as CF Andorinha)'' is a Portuguese football club based in Santo António, Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Background CF Andorinha currently plays in the Terceira Divisão Série M ...

, Nacional da Madeira,

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and

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and the Portugal national team.

References

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