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Cristiano
Ronaldo has won the Ballon d’Or for the fourth time.
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Real Madrid forward
Cristiano Ronaldo has won the prestigious Ballon d’Or award for a fourth time.
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Portugal's
Cristiano Ronaldo (centre) celebrates on the balcony with team-mates as he
lifts The Henri Delaunay Cup.
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Ronaldo,
31, helped Real Madrid win last season’s Champions League and scored three
goals as Portugal won Euro 2016.
It
adds to the titles he won in 2008, 2013 and 2014.
Ronaldo
is now one behind Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, who received the honour in
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015.
The
former Manchester United forward has scored 19 goals in 20 games for club and
country this term, to add to the 54 he got last season.
The
Ballon d’Or is given to the best Europe-based player as voted by 173
journalists from around the world.
It
has been awarded by France Football every year since 1956, but for the past six
years it became the FIFA Ballon d’Or in association with world football’s
governing body.
However,
FIFA ended its association with the award in September.
FIFA
will hand out its own prize for the world’s best men’s player, along with the
best women’s player and team of the year, at the Best FIFA Football Awards
ceremony in Zurich on 9 January.
Cristiano Ronaldo In
Numbers
4 – Ronaldo’s Ballon
d’Or wins, in 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2016. He has eight nominations in total.
137 – number of
international caps for Portugal.
68 – the number of
international goals for his national side.
4 – Ronaldo this
summer became the first player to score at four different European
Championships (2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016).
80 – the millions of
pounds that Real Madrid paid Manchester United for his services in 2009.
17 – record number of
goals scored in the Champions League for one season (2014).
270 – the number of
goals he has scored for Real Madrid in 248 La Liga appearances since joining
them in 2009.
9 – goals in total in
European Championship finals matches, putting him level with Michel Platini as
the competition’s all-time leading goalscorer.
14.1 – the millions of
pounds he is reported to earn each year from his boot sponsorship with Nike.
48,756,584 – number of Twitter
followers.
118,164,346 – number of Facebook likes.
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