{"id":818,"date":"2017-10-24T02:45:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T02:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=818"},"modified":"2017-10-24T02:45:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T02:45:50","slug":"again-cristiano-ronaldo-wins-fifa-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/again-cristiano-ronaldo-wins-fifa-player-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"AGAIN Cristiano Ronaldo Wins FIFA Player Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-media\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/aledeh.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ronaldo-and-Zidane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"648\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-date\">\n<div>23 October 2017<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><em>&#8230;.Zidane Coach Of The Year\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Real Madrid player and Portugal Captain, Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the Best Men\u2019s Player at the FIFA Football Awards.<span id=\"more-17911\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese beat off competition from archrival and Barcelona star Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain forward, Neymar to the illustrious prize.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old player had a sensational year, scoring 45 goals in 48 appearances this calendar year and winning the Champions League and La Liga during the 2016-17 campaign.<br \/>\nHis Barcelona counterpart, Messi scored 49 goals and 11 assists in 50 appearances in 2017 for Barcelona and Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the award Ronaldo said: \u201cThank you a lot for this, I have to mention Lionel and Neymar for being here. I want to thank the Real Madrid supporters, my team-mates, my coach, my president\u2026 they all support me throughout the year so I must say thank you to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great moment for me. I know I have fans all over the world so thanks for the support. It was great to be here, around these great players. I\u2019m so happy\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Like Ronaldo, Real Madrid coach, Zinedine Zidane was named the Best Men\u2019s coach at the FIFA Football Awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 October 2017 &#8230;.Zidane Coach Of The Year\u00a0 Real Madrid player and Portugal Captain, Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the Best Men\u2019s Player at the FIFA Football Awards. The Portuguese beat off competition from archrival and Barcelona star Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain forward, Neymar to the illustrious prize. 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