The Dhaka Times Desk Putting an end to all speculations, the FIFA Footballer of the Year 2013 is Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo lifted the Ballon d'Or trophy at the FIFA Congress House in Zurich on Monday.
In 2013, Messi, Ribery and Ronaldo were in the running for the Ballon d'Or or FIFA Player of the Year, but at the last moment, Ronaldo took the trophy by surprising everyone. Although leading the way in terms of achievement was Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo, who in 2013 scored 66 goals in 56 matches for national team and club football, with a further 15 goals scored by others. At the same time, Ronaldo has made a special contribution to the Portuguese team to get the World Cup ticket.
Ronaldo was the first with 1365 votes, Messi was second with 1255 votes and Franck Ribery was third with 1127 votes.
Ronaldo broke down in tears after winning FIFA Player of the Year. Ronaldo expressed his feelings and said that I deserved to win the Ballon d'Or this year. I played hard and got results.
On the other hand, Argentinian star Messi, who has won the Ballon d'Or four times, said that Ronaldo has become the best this time as he deserves to not win the Ballon d'Or. Messi was out of the field with an injury for the entire season. He played only 45 matches, Messi scored 42 goals in 45 matches.
Germany has won the women's football Ballon d'Or this time Naydin Angerer. The former Bayern Munich coach won the best coach of the year Jupp Heynckes. swedish star Ibrahimovic Received the Puskas Award. Won the FIFA Fair Play Award Afghanistan Football Federation.
This year's FIFA World XI who are:
- Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
- Dani Alves (Barcelona)
- Thiago Silva (PSG)
- Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
- Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)
- Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
- Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)
- Xavi (Barcelona)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
- Zaltan Ibrahimovic (PSG)
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Thank you: BBC
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