Real Madrid star player and Portugal’s captain Cristiano Ronaldo has won the award for the FIFA Ballon d’Or - the best player in the world
category a third time, after winnings in 2008 and 2013.
All the winners were chosen by the coaches and
captains of national teams, as well as by international media representatives
invited by FIFA and France Football, a French football magazine.
The entire electoral procedure was overseen and monitored
by PricewaterhouseCoopers Switzerland (PwC).
The awards were presented on Monday evening
during a 90-minute show at Zurich’s Kongresshaus, which was hosted by British
journalist Kate Abdo.
Also Germany midfielder Nadine
Kessler also claimed her first-ever FIFA Women’s World Player of the
Year award.
Germany’s coach Joachim Löw and
compatriot Ralf Kellermann, coach of VfL Wolfsburg Ladies,
were also named as FIFA World Coaches of the Year for Men’s and Women’s Football,
respectively.
The event which had 1,100 guests was beamed live
on television, with viewers in 190 countries and territories around the world.
Photo Credit: Japantimes
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