Ronaldo beats Messi to win Fifa best male player award

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo and boss Zinedine Zidane with their awards

Cristiano Ronaldo was named the world's best male player at the 2017 Best Fifa Football Awards in London.

The Real Madrid and Portugal forward was competing against  Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Paris St-Germain's Neymar  for the best male player award.

Ronaldo, helped Real Madrid to a Champions League and wining La Liga double in 2016-17.

"We are in England for the first time, and I win it for the second consecutive time. This is a great moment for me," Ronaldo told the ceremony audience at the London Palladium.


Results for the best male player award

• Cristiano Ronaldo - 43.16 %
• Lionel Messi - 19.25 %
• Neymar - 6.97%

Other Players who won the Award

Best female player was won by Lieke Martens who plays for  Barcelona and the Netherlands.

Real Madrid's Zinedine Zidane was named best men's coach.

Netherlands' Sarina Wiegman the best female coach.

Arsenal's Olivier Giroud received the Puskas award for the best goal of 2017 for his 'scorpion kick' against Crystal Palace in January.

Best goalkeeper won by a World Cup winner and a 10-time Serie A winner, Gianluigi Buffon. And he is the first winner of the best goalkeeper award.

The fan award goes to Celtic after they honoured the club's 1967 'Lisbon Lions' with a stunning 360-degree card display on the 50th anniversary of their historic European Cup win.

Fair play award

The ceremony also included the Fair Play Award, which recognised the gesture by Togolese player Francis Kone, who performed life-saving first aid on Bohemians 1905 goalkeeper Martin Berkovec during a Czech League game in February

FIFA World XI

Gigi Buffon (Juventus), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Dani Alves (Paris St. Germain); Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid); Neymar Jr (Paris St. Germain) , Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (Barcelona).