Cristiano Ronaldo wins FIFA best player award ahead of Messi and Neymar
Real Madrid and Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo has won this year FIFA Best Player award.
Martens was crowned The Best FIFA Women’s player for her excellent performance at Barcelona and Netherlands.
Similarly, Italian great Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) claimed The Best FIFA Goalkeeper award while Zinédine Zidane and Sarina Wiegman were voted The Best coaches of the season.
Ronaldo was recognised by FIFA as the player of the year for the fifth time in his career, while 24-year-old Martens claimed her maiden award.
Summary of the season’s individual awards presented at the London Palladium this evening:
Team of the season
Thousands of football players from around the world voted for their 11 peers who form this season’s FIFA FIFPro World11, which was also revealed in London:
The Best FIFA Men’s Player: Cristiano Ronaldo
The Best FIFA Women’s Player: Lieke Martens
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach: Zinédine Zidane
The Best FIFA Women’s Coach: Sarina Wiegman
The Best FIFA Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon
Of great goals and fans
Two awards were voted for directly by football fans from all around the world, who had their say on FIFA.com:
Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon
Defenders: Dani Alves, Leonardo Bonucci, Marcelo, Sergio Ramos
Midfielders: Andrés Iniesta, Toni Kroos, Luka Modrić
Strikers: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar
Meanwhile, France and Arsenal forward Olivier Giroud won the FIFA Puskás Award with 36.17% of the 792,062 votes, following his incredible scorpion kick for Arsenal against Crystal Palace which was chosen as the best goal of the season.
The Celtic fans also won the FIFA Fan Award after receiving 55.92% of votes and commended for the stunning 360-degree card displayed around Celtic Park during the final match of the Scottish League season, paying homage to the 50th anniversary of the club’s European Cup title of 1967.
See a breakdown of the votes below;
The Best FIFA Men’s Player 2017:
Cristiano Ronaldo: 43.16% of total votes
Lionel Messi: 19.25% of total votes
Neymar: 6.97% of total votes
The Best FIFA Women’s Player 2017:
Lieke Martens: 21.72% of total votes
Carli Lloyd: 16.28% of total votes
Deyna Castellanos: 11.69% of total votes
Zinédine Zidane: 46.22% of total votes
Antonio Conte: 11.62% of total votes
Massimiliano Allegri: 8.78% of total votes
The Best FIFA Women’s Coach 2017
Sarina Wiegman: 36.24% of total votes
Nils Nielsen: 12.64% of total votes
Gérard Prêcheur: 9.37% of total votes
The goalkeeper award was voted for by a panel of FIFA Legends as follows:
The Best FIFA Goalkeeper 2017
Gianluigi Buffon: 42.42% of total votes
Manuel Neuer: 32.32% of total votes
Keylor Navas: 10.10% of total votes
Also, the details for the awards decided by public voting are listed below:
FIFA Puskás Award 2017:
Olivier Giroud: 36.17 % of total votes
Oscarine Masukule: 27.48 % of total votes
Deyna Castellanos: 20.47 % of total votes
FIFA Fan Award 2017:
Celtic Supporters: 55.92 % of total votes
Borussia Dortmund supporters: 36.20 % of total votes
FC Copenhagen supporters: 7.88 % of total votes.
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| 2017 FIFPro World XI |
Source: FIFA.com
Congratulations to all
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