Ronaldo beat Messi and Neymar to win FIFA’s best male footballer 2017 award

Ronaldo beat Messi and Neymar to win FIFA’s Best Male Footballer 2017 award (5395 6649 4900 8915)

Legendary footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid has emerged Best Male Footballer in  The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017. The award was held on 23 October 2017 in London, England and hosted by iconic actor, Idris Elba.

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Winner of #TheBest FIFA Men’s Player 2017 ? pic.twitter.com/agzK4mBaci

— #FIFAU17WC ??⚽️? (@FIFAcom) October 23, 2017

Ronaldo who is from Portugal beat former Best Male Footballer and Argentinain player for Barcelona, Lionel Messi and 25 year old Brazilian player for Barcelona/Paris Saint-Germain, Neymar to emerge winner of the category.

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This is not Ronaldo’s first time of winning it as he had won best male footballer last year.

Others that won different awards at the ceremony are:

Best Female Football Player is 24 years old Barcelone player Ilieke Martens

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Best Coach is Zinedane Zidane of Real Madrid (Ronaldo’s coach)

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and the Best Goalkeeper is Gianluigi Buffon of Juventus

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