FIFA Ballon d’Or: A Well Deserved Honour For C. Ronaldo

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Brazilian football legend Pele (R) applauds next to Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo as he cries after receiving the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or award for player of the year during the FIFA Ballon d'Or award ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich on January 13, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI        (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
Brazilian football legend Pele (R) applauds next to Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo as he cries after receiving the 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or award for player of the year during the FIFA Ballon d’Or award ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich on January 13, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

The race for the controversial recognition award, Fifa Ballon D’Or has been sorted out tonight, January 13, 2014 at the Zurich Kongresshaus. And it is an honor well deserved for the Portuguese international, Christiano Ronaldo beating Argentine Forward, Lionel Messi and French Frank Ribery.

This trio generated so much concern and uproar in the soccer world as to who the rightful owner of the prestigious award is. Franck Ribery was arguably the most successful of the three as he guided Bayern Munich to a historic treble in 2013, only to then go on and win the European Supercup and help France qualify for next year’s World Cup. He has also been named Best Player in France and in German Bundesliga.

Cristiano Ronaldo endured a rare trophy-less season, but that didn’t stop the Portugal international from shining individually as he banged in the goals in all competitions, helping his country to the World Cup with a sensational hat-trick against Sweden. So far, The Real Madrid forward has scored 66 goals in 56 appearances for his club.

Lionel Messi enjoyed yet another impressive season with Barcelona as his goals helped the Catalans to the Liga title and the Spanish Supercup. The Argentine might have missed the last few months of the year due to injury, but had a fine 2013 nonetheless. The striker has 45 goals to his credit. Messi had won each of the last four editions of the award, including all three since it was endorsed by Fifa.

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 13:  The FIFA/FIFPro World XI for 2013 receive their awards during the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 2013 at the Kongresshaus on January 13, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland.  (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – JANUARY 13: The FIFA/FIFPro World XI for 2013 receive their awards during the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala 2013 at the Kongresshaus on January 13, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

The 28-year-old has won the prestigious award for the second time in his career after being crowned the best player in the world in Zurich on Monday evening.

Although the 28-year-old Portuguese failed to claim a major trophy at club level, he has been crowned the world’s outstanding footballer over the course of the last 12 months. Ronaldo previously won the award in 2008 as a Manchester United player, but has since finished runner-up to Messi on three occasions (in 2009, 2011 and 2012).

But as Messi missed much of 2013 through injury, Ronaldo took advantage as he helped Real reach the final of the Copa del Rey and the last four of the Champions League before signing a new deal with the capital club and enjoying his best-ever season start under new coach Carlo Ancelotti in the latter months of the year, as well as single-handedly firing Portugal to the World Cup with all four goals in his side’s play-off victory against Portugal over two legs in November.

And the 28-year-old, who opened a museum in December in his native Madeira to display his personal collection of trophies, now has another Ballon d’Or to exhibit alongside his 2008 award.

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