En 1998 recibió la medalla al mérito en el trabajo y en 2008 se adhirió a la campaña ‘Doi la cara pola oficialidá’, en defensa del reconocimiento del asturiano como cooficial de Asturias.
A player who celebrates goals by pretending to pour Asturian cider, has the Asturian cross stitched into his boots and paraded round after Euro 2008 with an Asturian flag, who goes by the Asturian miner’s nickname El Guaje and even lent his support for a campaign to grant Asturianu the same status enjoyed by the Basque and Catalan languages.