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Real Madrid player and Portugal Captain, Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the Best Men\u2019s Player at the FIFA Football Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Portuguese beat off competition from archrival and Barcelona star Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain forward, Neymar to the illustrious prize.<\/p>\n

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.
\nHis Barcelona counterpart, Messi scored 49 goals and 11 assists in 50 appearances in 2017 for Barcelona and Argentina.<\/p>\n

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

\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

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":"

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