Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - Police in Portugal are hunting a vandal who set light to a Cristiano Ronaldo statue on the footballer’s home island of Madeira and shared the video online.
The man filmed himself pouring a flammable liquid over the
bronze replica of the former Manchester United and Real
Madrid striker before putting a lighter to it.
And as the flames took hold of the sculpture, he went on to
perform a crazy dance to rap music blaring out on a speaker he had brought
along for the act.
He posted the video on his Instagram where he identifies
himself with the username zaino.tcc.filipe and describes himself as a 'person,
freestyler and local man.'
He captioned the footage of his stunt, writing: “This is
God’s last warning.”
The statute, famous for its large bulge in the trouser
department, was moved to its current spot by the CR7 Museum nearly a decade ago
after the attack on it by alleged Messi fans.
Cristiano, now playing for Saudi Pro league club Al-Nassr,
returned to Madeira to pose in front of the bronze effigy with his family by
his side for the end of the unveiling at the end of 2014.
He said at the time: 'This is a very special moment, to have
a statue of me.'
A CR7 Museum spokesman said earlier on Tuesday the matter
was being handled by police, adding: 'We have nothing further to add at this
stage.'
A source from the PSP police force in Funchal told local
press: 'The author of this crime has been identified.
'He is known here because of similar earlier situations.'
Watch the video below..
Instagram user 'zaino.tcc.filipe' filmed himself setting fire to Cristiano Ronaldo's statue outside the CR7 Museum in Funchal.
— foot.mundo (@_footmundo) January 20, 2026
Madeira's PSP (Public Security Police) says it is "trying to identify the perpetrator of the crime of damage." pic.twitter.com/A1GIuMszpQ
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