Cristiano Ronaldo Crowned UEFA Best Player in Europe at Monaco Ceremony Thursday Aug 25,2016

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo(31) won the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award on Thursday Aug 25,2016 after winning both last season's Champions League and Euro 2016 with Portugal.

Cristiano Ronaldo received the accolade for the second time in his career after finishing ahead of Real team-mate Gareth Bale and Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann

"I'm obviously delighted to receive this award, it's been an incredible season. But these two other players deserve it as well," said Ronaldo, who also won the prize in 2013-14 beating Manuel Neuer and Arjen Robben 

The award was voted for by journalists from each of UEFA's 55 member associations.

Norway striker Ada Hegerberg won the women's award, ahead of France's Amandine Henry and Dzsenifer Marozsan of Germany, after helping Lyon lift the Women's Champions League trophy in addition to the French league and cup double

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Cristinao Ronaldo struck the winning spot-kick as Real  Madridclaimed a record 11th European Cup title, beating city rivals Atletico on penalties in May 2016, before leading his country to Euro 2016 glory.

Crisitnao Ronaldo scored three goals en route to the final of the tournament to equal France's Michel Platini's record of 9 goals in the European Championship finals.