Ronaldo Wins FIFA Ballon d’Or Back-to-back
Portugal and Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has emerged the winner of the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or award for the best player in the world for the second year running. This is the third time the pacy forward will be winning the World's Best Player award. He first won it in 2008 and followed up with the 2013 edition. He is just one short of the four wins by his Spanish La Liga rival, Lionel Messi.
Germany midfielder, Nadine Kessler was named the winner of the female version of the award to claim her first-ever FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year award.
Expectedly, Joachim Löw who last summer led the German Machines to win the FIFA World Cup in Brazil emerged the best male coach while his compatriot Ralf Kellermann, coach of VfL Wolfsburg Ladies, was named as women’s football coach of the year.
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. The entire electoral procedure was overseen and monitored by PricewaterhouseCoopers Switzerland (PwC).
The awards were presented yesterday evening during a 90-minute show at Zurich’s Kongresshaus that was hosted by British journalist Kate Abdo.
Musical entertainment for the 1,100 guests and TV viewers in 190 countries and territories around the world was provided by Swiss singer-songwriter Bastian Baker.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. The entire electoral procedure was overseen and monitored by PricewaterhouseCoopers Switzerland (PwC).
The awards were presented yesterday evening during a 90-minute show at Zurich’s Kongresshaus that was hosted by British journalist Kate Abdo.
International players’ union FIFPro also invited 24,000 professional players from around the world to vote for the FIFA FIFPro World XI, the best team of 2014, with the following result: Manuel Neuer (Germany) in goal; David Luiz (Brazil), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Sergio Ramos (Spain) and Thiago Silva (Brazil) in defence; Ángel Di María (Argentina), Andrés Iniesta (Spain) and Toni Kroos (Germany) in midfield; and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Lionel Messi (Argentina) and Arjen Robben (Netherlands) in attack.
The FIFA Puskás Award for the best goal of the year was also presented to Colombian midfielder James Rodríguez.
The FIFA Fair Play Award was presented to all volunteers who have worked at FIFA competitions.
The FIFA Fair Play Award was presented to all volunteers who have worked at FIFA competitions.
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