--- title: Cristiano Ronaldo Sculpture Artist Gets Do-Over description: The artist behind that widely ridiculed Cristiano Ronaldo sculpture is seeking redemption with a new creation. canonical: https://time.com/5221446/cristiano-ronaldo-new-sculpture/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-29T21:56:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:44.451Z og:title: Artist Behind Ridiculed Cristiano Ronaldo Sculpture Gets Do-Over og:description: This time, he took a more traditional approach og:url: https://time.com/5221446/cristiano-ronaldo-new-sculpture/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt364fa61d3408b899/69892c657cdbac089cd5c758/cristiano-ronaldo-sculpture.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Cristiano-Ronaldo-Sculpture og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Artist Behind Ridiculed Cristiano Ronaldo Sculpture Gets Do-Over twitter:description: This time, he took a more traditional approach twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt364fa61d3408b899/69892c657cdbac089cd5c758/cristiano-ronaldo-sculpture.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Artist Behind That Widely Ridiculed Cristiano Ronaldo Sculpture Got a Do-Over  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 29, 2018 9:56 PM CUT  Cristiano Ronaldo stands in front of a bust of himself at Madeira Airport on March 29, 2017. Cristiano Ronaldo stands in front of a bust of himself at Madeira Airport on March 29, 2017.FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 29, 2018 9:56 PM CUT The artist behind the [Cristiano Ronaldo sculpture](http://time.com/4716596/cristiano-ronaldo-bronze-statue/ "undefined") that was met with widespread ridicule when it was unveiled at the [Madeira](http://time.com/4728557/one-week-vacations-between-jobs/item/one-week-in-madeira-portugal/ "undefined") Airport is seeking redemption with a new creation. One year after photos of [Ronaldo](http://time.com/4838853/cristiano-ronaldo-twins-soccer-portugal/ "undefined") posing with the bronze bust at the airport’s 2017 renaming ceremony went viral, sculptor Emanuel Santos was given another shot at capturing the likeness of the Portuguese footballer. Working off a commission from [Bleacher Report](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2767173-ridiculed-ronaldo-sculptor-takes-2nd-shot-at-bust-in-br-documentary "undefined"), Santos created a second statue with a more traditional interpretation of Ronaldo’s facial features. But that’s not to say the artist himself was ever unhappy with his first attempt. “I’m making the bust again to show people that I’m not what the media made me look like,” Santos told B/R. “I liked the result \[of the first bust\] and was really proud of it. And if I had to do it again, I would make everything exactly the same.” See the new sculpture below. > [](https://twitter.com/espn/status/979429255552618496) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5221446/cristiano-ronaldo-new-sculpture/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5221446/cristiano-ronaldo-new-sculpture/"},"headline":"The Artist Behind That Widely Ridiculed Cristiano Ronaldo Sculpture Got a Do-Over","datePublished":"2018-03-29T21:56:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:44.451Z","description":"This time, he took a more traditional approach","url":"https://time.com/5221446/cristiano-ronaldo-new-sculpture/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Cristiano Ronaldo"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt364fa61d3408b899/69892c657cdbac089cd5c758/cristiano-ronaldo-sculpture.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt364fa61d3408b899/69892c657cdbac089cd5c758/cristiano-ronaldo-sculpture.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Cristiano-Ronaldo-Sculpture","caption":"Cristiano Ronaldo stands in front of a bust of himself at Madeira Airport","creditText":"FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5221446/cristiano-ronaldo-new-sculpture/","name":"The Artist Behind That Widely Ridiculed Cristiano Ronaldo Sculpture Got a Do-Over"}}]}] ```