Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo won a record-equalling fifth Ballon d’Or award for the year’ s best player on Thursday. The Real Madrid forward’ s second successive win drew him level alongside Barcelona rival Lionel Messi on five Ballon d’Ors , after beating the Argentinian and Brazilian Neymar . The 32- year -old was the top- scorer in last season’ s Champions League as Real successfully defended the trophy with victory over Juventus in June , and also led the Spanish giants to their first La Liga title in five years . “ Of course I feel happy. This is something I look forward to every year, ” Ronaldo said at the ceremony at the Eiffel Tower in Paris . “ The trophies won last year helped to win this award. Thanks to the Real Madrid team -mates . And I want to thank the rest of the people who helped me reach this level . ” Ronaldo , who also won the FIFA Men ’ s Player of the Year award in October, added the 2017 Ballon d’ Or to his previous wins in 2008, 2013 , 2014 and 2016 . The prestigious France Football magazine award is decided upon by a journalists’ ballot , with each naming a top five from a list of 30. What do you say,does he deserve it? Ballon d’Or:Ronaldo Equals Lio Messi By Unknown Thursday, December 7, 2017 Share Tweet Share Share Email Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo won a record-equalling fifth Ballon d’Or award for the year’ s best player on Thursday. The Real Madrid forward’ s second successive win drew him level alongside Barcelona rival Lionel Messi on five Ballon d’Ors , after beating the Argentinian and Brazilian Neymar . The 32- year -old was the top- scorer in last season’ s Champions League as Real successfully defended the trophy with victory over Juventus in June , and also led the Spanish giants to their first La Liga title in five years . “ Of course I feel happy. This is something I look forward to every year, ” Ronaldo said at the ceremony at the Eiffel Tower in Paris . “ The trophies won last year helped to win this award. Thanks to the Real Madrid team -mates . And I want to thank the rest of the people who helped me reach this level . ” Ronaldo , who also won the FIFA Men ’ s Player of the Year award in October, added the 2017 Ballon d’ Or to his previous wins in 2008, 2013 , 2014 and 2016 . The prestigious France Football magazine award is decided upon by a journalists’ ballot , with each naming a top five from a list of 30. What do you say,does he deserve it? No comments Comment Here
