{"id":287230,"date":"2026-07-05T11:48:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T11:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/287230\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T11:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T11:48:45","slug":"venezuelan-earthquake-survivor-10-asked-for-a-cristiano-ronaldo-sticker-after-losing-his-leg-and-got-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/287230\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelan earthquake survivor, 10, asked for a Cristiano Ronaldo sticker after losing his leg \u2014 and got much more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Venezuelan boy who lost his parents and older brother in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/04\/world-news\/ex-mlb-catcher-eliezer-alfonzo-hopes-wife-daughter-survived-venezuela-earthquake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">devastating earthquakes<\/a> had just one wish \u2014 a Cristiano Ronaldo sticker. <\/p>\n<p>He got a heartfelt video message from the soccer legend himself instead.<\/p>\n<p>Andr\u00e9s Mieles, 10, who remains hospitalized after he had his right leg amputated, hit the jackpot Friday when the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/03\/sports\/portugal-honors-diogo-jota-in-thrilling-world-cup-win-one-year-after-tragic-death\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Portugal<\/a> superstar sent him the personal message \u2014 and an invitation to watch him play live.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39889964\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/andr-s-mieles-10-year-133271991.jpg\" alt=\"Andr\u00e9s Mieles in a hospital bed, looking at a phone held by a man beside him.\" class=\"wp-image-39889964\"  \/>Mieles, 10, lost his parents and older brother in the tragic Venezuelan earthquakes.  instagram \/ armando poyo<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi Andr\u00e9s, how are you? I\u2019m making this video to send you a big hug,\u201d Ronaldo said a day after he helped his national team advance to the World Cup Round of 16 with a thrilling <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/02\/sports\/croatia-sees-last-gasp-equalizer-wiped-away-by-brutal-var-offside-call\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">victory over Croatia<\/a> in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know you\u2019re a huge fan. Once you\u2019re feeling better, I\u2019d like to invite you to watch one of my matches and just enjoy the game. Sound good?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo added: \u201cI\u2019d love to meet you. All the best, my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mieles was rescued moments after the June 24 twin earthquakes destroyed his home in La Guaira and killed his family.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39889960\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/andr-s-mieles-10-year-133271965.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Cristiano Ronaldo in a blue jacket over a white shirt with a Portuguese crest.\" class=\"wp-image-39889960\"  \/>Ronaldo sent Mieles a heartfelt video. instagram \/ armando poyo<\/p>\n<p>While lying on his hospital bed last weekend, Mieles was recorded saying that he wanted the five-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner\u2019s sticker that is among the 980 that are required to complete the 2026 Panini World Cup album.<\/p>\n<p>His story touched the hearts of well-wishers, including a Real Madrid official, who reached out to Ronaldo, who played nine seasons for Los Blancos, and relayed the soccer star\u2019s video message to Venezuelan musician Armando Poyo.<\/p>\n<p>Poyo visited the hospital with renowned chef Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s on Friday to present the video to Mieles as well as other gifts.<\/p>\n<p>Poyo revealed on social media on Saturday that Ronaldo had also shipped Mieles a signed jersey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Venezuelan boy who lost his parents and older brother in the devastating earthquakes had just one wish&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[109885,8445,9,11,10,109886,400,7318,33009,1076],"class_list":["post-287230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-earthquakes","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-portugal-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-venezuela","tag-world-cup-2026","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}