Ronaldo Footballer Of The Year

During his career he also received three player of the year awards 1996 97 and 2002 from fifa.

Ronaldo footballer of the year. Including the fifa ballon d or years 2010 2015 lionel messi has won the award six times with cristiano ronaldo having won it five times. Compare this list to the player of the year according to world soccer magazine and also the female player of the year. Ronaldo and zinedine zidane each won the award three times while ronaldo and ronaldinho were the only players to win in successive years. The football writers association footballer of the year often called the fwa footballer of the year or in england simply the footballer of the year is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in english football.

Cnid footballer of the year 1970 2005 the cnid footballer of the year or portuguese footballer of the year from 1970 to 2005 was an annual award given to a portuguese player in foreign countries or any player in primeira liga who is adjudged to have been the best player of the season only one foreign player has been awarded it with mário jardel winning in 2002 although they were. The award has been presented since the 1947 48 season with the inaugural winner being blackpool winger stanley matthews. Ronaldo brazilian football soccer player who led brazil to a world cup title in 2002 and received the golden shoe award as the tournament s top scorer. Cristiano ronaldo portuguese football soccer forward who was one of the greatest players of his generation.

He also starred for the domestic clubs manchester united real madrid and juventus. Although there is a separate pfa young player of the year award for players under the age of 23 young players remain eligible to win the senior award and on three occasions the same player has won both awards for a season andy gray in 1976 77 ronaldo in 2006 07 and bale in 2012 13. 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. Learn more about ronaldo s life and career.

The 35 year old ronaldo played for portugal against france in the nations league on sunday and against spain in a friendly last week. Ever since ronaldo burst onto the scene as a talented 17 year old kid at cruzeiro there was no doubting the fact that the brazilian forward was destined to achieve great things in the game.