Real Madrid's Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo was crowned the best soccer player in the world for the second year running at FIFA’s The Best awards gala on Monday Oct 23,2017
The four-time Ballon d’Or winner won a La Liga and Champions League double with the Madrid club this year, striking twice against Juventus in the European Cup final to help Real become the first team to retain the trophy in its current format
Barcelona’s Argentina forward Lionel Messi, who has won the Ballon d’or five times, and Paris St Germain's Brazil forward Neymar were runners up for the award voted for by national team coaches and captains plus the media and fans.
The Best FIFA Men’s Player award and the Ballon d’or, which is voted for only by the media, are now separate awards.
Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane won the manager of the year trophy for his part in the club’s success.
Five Real players were named in the best XI of the year, with Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Luka Modric and Toni Kroos joining Ronaldo, while Messi, Neymar, Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Dani Alves (PSG), Leonardo Bonucci (AC Milan) and Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) were also selected.
Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud won the Puskas Award for the best goal of the year, which was the Frenchman’s scorpion kick against Crystal Palace, and Buffon was declared best goalkeeper.
The Netherlands’ Lieke Martens won best female player of the year, while the Dutch women’s national team coach Sarina Weigman was voted best manager after the team’s triumph at Euro 2017
Best Fifa men's player - Cristiano Ronaldo
It has been another hugely impressive year for Ronaldo, who won the inaugural Best Fifa Football Awards gong on the back of leading Portugal to victory at Euro 2016.
| Player stats in 2017 (all comps) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronaldo | Messi | Neymar | |
| Games played | 37 | 46 | 38 |
| Goals | 33 | 46 | 24 |
| Mins/Goal | 96.79 | 88.22 | 139.75 |
| Assists | 6 | 13 | 15 |
This year he scored two goals in Real's 4-1 win over Juventus in the Champions League final and also found the net 25 times in 29 appearances as his club won La Liga for the first time in five years.
"We are in England for the first time, and I win it for the second consecutive time. This is a great moment for me," Ronaldo told the ceremony audience at the London Palladium.
| Men's player - top three | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cristiano Ronaldo - 43.16 % | Lionel Messi - 19.25 % | Neymar - 6.97% |
The four-time Ballon d’Or winner won a La Liga and Champions League double with the Madrid club this year, striking twice against Juventus in the European Cup final to help Real become the first team to retain the trophy in its current format
Barcelona’s Argentina forward Lionel Messi, who has won the Ballon d’or five times, and Paris St Germain's Brazil forward Neymar were runners up for the award voted for by national team coaches and captains plus the media and fans.
Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane won the manager of the year trophy for his part in the club’s success.
Five Real players were named in the best XI of the year, with Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Luka Modric and Toni Kroos joining Ronaldo, while Messi, Neymar, Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Dani Alves (PSG), Leonardo Bonucci (AC Milan) and Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) were also selected.
Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud won the Puskas Award for the best goal of the year, which was the Frenchman’s scorpion kick against Crystal Palace, and Buffon was declared best goalkeeper.
The Netherlands’ Lieke Martens won best female player of the year, while the Dutch women’s national team coach Sarina Weigman was voted best manager after the team’s triumph at Euro 2017
- Cristiano Ronaldo wins Best Fifa Men's Player
- Lieke Martens wins Best Fifa Women's Player
- Fifa XI is: Buffon; Marcelo, Bonucci, Ramos, Alves; Iniesta, Modric, Kroos; Neymar, Ronaldo, Messi
Fifpro World XI
Fifa made three changes to the side selected in 2016. Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon replaced Bayern Munich's Manuel Neuer, while AC Milan's Leonardo Bonucci replaced Barcelona's Gerard Pique in defence and PSG forward Neymar came in for Luis Suarez in attack.The line-up featured five players from Real Madrid, two from Barcelona, two from PSG, one from Juventus and one from AC Milan. No Premier League players were included.
- Celtic win Fifa Fans Award
- Sarina Wiegman wins Best Fifa Women's Coach
- Zinedine Zidane wins Best Male Coach
- Zidane won the award ahead of Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, who lifted the Premier League title in his first season, and Juventus' Massimiliano Allegri, who led his team to a league and cup double in Serie A and Coppa Italia.
Men's coach - top three Zinedine Zidane - 46.22% Antonio Conte - 11.62% Massimiliano Allegri - 8.78% - Gigi Buffon wins Best Goalkeeper
- Olivier Giroud wins Puskas Award for best goal
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