The captain of Atlético de Madrid, Jorge Resurrección ‘Koke’, has collected his Madrid Medal granted by the City Council for San Isidro, patron saint of the capital, making a plea to the “feeling of belonging” of “a boy from Vallecas” and ensuring that “in the end dreams come true.”
The medal was presented to him by the mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, renowned ‘colchonero’. Koke has been recognized for his “example of professionalism, his football wisdom and for his contribution to Atlético de Madrid and the Spanish National Team”.
“There are many mixed feelings but in the end it is feeling what I feel when I wake up, when I go to train, when I put on my shirt every day. That is what I want to invite everyone to do, to have that feeling of belonging, to feel what Atlético Madrid is, that a boy from the neighborhood, from Vallecas, manages to be here today,” he thanked in a video.
The Real Madrid basketball guard, Sergio Llull, has also been recognized. “for his unique example of dedication, discipline and leadership capacity, and for being a basketball legend in Real Madrid and the Spanish National Team.”
The biochemist and oncologist Mariano Barbacidthe saga of actors Guillén Cuervo and the businessman and president of the Casa de México Foundation in Spain, Valentin Diez Morodo They have collected the Madrid Medals of Honor.
The founder of the tavern has also been awarded The SnailsAmadeo Lázaro Catalina, strongly applauded at the Cibeles Palace; the jurist Antonio Garrigues Walker; the Association for Prevention, Reintegration and Care of Prostituted Women (APRAMP) or Cortefiel.
They join the José Cubero ‘Yiyo’ Bullfighting School of the Community of Madrid; Seseña layers; the Paloma Sánchez Garnica Planeta Prize; the president of the Spanish Basketball Federation and reference for women’s sports Elisa Aguilar López; the president of Prosegur as a reference for social and cultural patronage, Helena Revoredo Delvecchio, and the journalist and editor Paula Quinteros, founder of ‘The Objective’.
