C. Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to win Fifa best player.He is the first person to win this award since the world’s football governing introduced the Best Fifa Football Awards in 2016. This was for the category of men and there was no other person than Ronaldo.
The event which took place at Zurich saw the 31 year old Real Madrid striker to the top as he floored his counterpart Lionel Messi of Bacelona and Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann to win the prize.
In December 2016,Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded with the Ballon d’Or price, this was as a result of the achievements he made at the UEFA Champions league along with EURO 2016 where he amazed but trophy for his Club Real Madrid and his country Portugal as well.
World’s best female player
As for the female category, the world’s best female player was given to Carlisle Lloyd from U.S.
World’s best Male Coach
For the male category, the world’s best male coach was given to Claudio Ranieri of Leicester.
World’s best female Coach
In the female category, the world’s best female coach was given to Silvia Neid, former German Coach.
World’s best goal
In this category, Mohd Faiz Subri of Penang won the award for the best goal in 2016.
Method of voting for the Coach and player categories were done by Managers, National team captains, journalists and fans from online polls.
Eleven players from different clubs were featured in the line-up for the male category. Five from Real Madrid, four from Barcelona, one from Bayern Munich and the last one from Juventus.
This is going to be a huge celebration for Cristiano Ronaldo and his club as he has made them proud.
Just few days ago Cristiano Ronaldo presented his Ballon d’Or award to the fans in Real Madrid stadium along with Figo, Zidane and the Brazilian Ronaldo. It has been a great achievement for him since last here.