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[3] [4] Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane each won the award three times, while Ronaldo and Ronaldinho were the only players to win in successive years. From 2010 to 2015, the equivalent men's award was the FIFA Ballon d'Or, following a merging of the FIFA World Player of the Year and the France Football Ballon d'Or awards.
The 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year awards took place on 21 December 2009 at the Kongresshaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. Shortlists of 23 men and 10 women were announced on 30 October 2009. [ 1 ] The final five contenders for this year's FIFA World Player of the Year and FIFA Women's World Player of the Year awards were announced on 7 ...
The Best FIFA Men's Player is an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, since 2016, to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. [1] The award was formerly known as the FIFA World Player of the Year, which was merged with France Football ' s Ballon d'Or in ...
Ronaldo was named runner-up to Kaká for the 2007 Ballon d'Or, [73] and came third, behind Kaká and Lionel Messi, in the running for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award. [74] Ronaldo scored his first hat-trick for United in a 6–0 win against Newcastle United on 12 January 2008. [75]
The Ballon d'Or (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ] ⓘ; lit. 'Golden Ball') is an annual football award presented by French magazine France Football since 1956 to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season. Conceived by sports writers Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran, the Ballon d'Or was based exclusively ...
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁoˈnawdu ˈlwiz nɐˈzaɾju dʒi ˈlimɐ]; born 18 September 1976), [2] mononymously known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the owner of Brasileiro Série A club Cruzeiro and owner and president of La Liga club Real Valladolid.
Ronaldo was named runner-up to Kaká for the 2007 Ballon d'Or, [57] and came third, behind Kaká and Lionel Messi, in the running for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award. [58] Ronaldo scored his first hat-trick for United in a 6–0 win against Newcastle United on 12 January 2008, which put United top of the league table. [59]
The 2009 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, was awarded to Lionel Messi of Barcelona on 1 December 2009, the first of his record setting 8 Balon d'Or awards.. [1] Messi won the award by a then record margin, 240 points ahead of 2008 winner Cristiano Ronaldo.