Tuesday 13 January 2015

Cristiano Ronaldo is FIFA Ballon d’Or World Footballer of the Year!


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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