Ronaldo was named The Best for the second successive year while Dutch duo Lieke Martens and Sarina Wiegman were rewarded as The Best FIFA Women’s Player and Women’s coach.
Despite approaching his 40th birthday, Gianluigi Buffon proved that age is just a number by being named The Best FIFA Goalkeeper, with the Italian custodian on hand to pick up the inaugural award to celebrate the men between the sticks.
After picking up The Best FIFA Goalkeeper, he was also named the top goalkeeper by his peers, in a FIFA FIFPro World11 dominated by Real Madrid players. Cristiano Ronaldo was joined in the star-studded XI by club team-mates Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, with Dani Alves, Leonardo Bonucci, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi and Neymar completing the dream team.
See the full list of winners below...
Men’s Player: Cristiano Ronaldo
Women’s Player: Lieke Martens
Men’s Coach: Zinedine Zidane
Women’s Coach: Sarina Wiegman
Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon
Puskás Award: Olivier Giroud
Fan Award: Celtic supporters
Fair Play Award: Francis Kone
World11: Gianluigi Buffon; Dani Alves, Leonardo Bonucci, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo; Toni Kroos, Andres Iniesta, Luka Modric; Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar.
As soon as the Real Madrid striker was announced as the winner of the award by football legends, Diego Maradona and Ronaldo de Lima, the Portuguese star shared a kiss with his son Cristiano Jnr and his pregnant girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez before going up on stage to pick his award from FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
Watch the video below..
Congratulations cristiano ronaldo. The best plyer in the world 2017. ????. #HalaMadrid #CristianoTheBest #RealMadrid pic.twitter.com/o6LG0jKaCq— Dimitri (@dimitririzki) October 23, 2017
Georgina, who now serves as a mother figure to her wealthy boyfriend's kids that were born with surrogates, displayed her baby bump in a glitzy silver gown at the awards ceremony. More photos below.
The event, held in London, had a lot of stars in attendance - Maradona, Pele and iconic Hollywood actor, Idris Elba- also an Arsenal fan, as the host of the show. More photos from the event below .
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