Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the 2013 Ballon d'Or winner by FIFA ahead of
Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery.
A
bumper year for Ronaldo saw him scoop football's most prestigious individual
award at FIFA's gala evening in Zurich. The Real Madrid winger was heavy
favourite prior to the announcement on Monday, having scored 66 goals in 56
games for club and country throughout the year as well as sealing 2014 World
Cup qualification for Portugal by scoring a brilliant hat-trick against Sweden
in their play-off match. It is the second time Ronaldo has won the award, the
first coming in 2008.
Messi,
who had been named winner for the past four years, missed the last six weeks of
the year through injury but had scored 42 goals in 45 appearances for Barcelona
and Argentina as well as winning La Liga and the Copa del Rey. Ribery enjoyed a
treble-winning season with Bayern Munich, completing the Bundesliga, German Cup
and Champions League trio and also helped France qualify for the World Cup.
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Congratulations to CR.
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