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Monday, 13 January 2014

Christiano Ronaldo wins Ballon d’Or Award

Cristiano Ronaldo wins the 2013 Ballon d'Or
Christiano Ronaldo has won the FIFA World Footballer of the Year award, the Ballon d’Or. The Portugal captain and Real Madrid forward beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Bayern Munich winger, Frank Ribery- to clinch the award for 2013. The result was announced today by Brazilian legend Pele at an award ceremony in Zurich. With this, Ronaldo becomes the first Portuguese player to win the Ballon d'Or twice.



Messi, Ribery and Ronaldo

Ronaldo enjoyed a wonderful year in which he netted an astonishing 69 goals in 59 games. His incredible form saw him surpass Hugo Sanchez in his club's scoring charts and equal Portugal legend Pauleta at the top of his country's list with 47 in 109 games. At the moment, he is the top scorer in all of Europe's biggest leagues.

Emotional moment: Ronaldo receives his award from Pele

The Real Madrid forward who received the award in tears said: "Thank you to everyone, my teammates, the national team and my family, to everyone here. Eusebio and Mandela were very important for me, I can't speak." He was accompanied to the award ceremony in Zurich by Florentino Perez, Zinedine Zidane, Emilio Butragueno and Sergio Ramos.


Other Awards:

FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year: Nadine Angerer
FIFA Men’s Football Coach of the Year: Jupp Heynckes
FIFA Women’s Football Coach of the Year: Silvia Neid
FIFA Presidential Award: Jacque Rogge
FIFA Fair Play Award: Afghanistan Football Federation
FIFA Puskas Award: Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Sweden v England
Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneur: Pele

FIFA/FIFPro World XI:

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