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Ronaldo wins European footballer of the year award

December 2, 2008
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Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo won the European Footballer of the Year Award here on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old Portuguese star is the first from his country to win the coveted ' Ballon D'Or ' award which is given by 'France Football' since Luis Figo in 2000.

His award - which he has widely spoken about having said in the last week that not only is he the best footballer in the world but also the second and third best - comes on the back of exceptional performance for his club side last season.

He scored a remarkable 42 times in 49 matches as United secured a memorable league and European Cup double.

However, Spaniard Fernando Torres can feel hard done by as he scored a lot of great goals for Liverpool in the Premiership and the only goal in the Euro 2008 final against Germany.


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8 Responses to “Ronaldo wins European footballer of the year award”

  1. Chris on December 2nd, 2008 9:30

    Way to go, ronaldo! He deserves this award and the FIFA Player of the year award too. Scoring 42 goals in 49 games is a something not even the best strikers in the world can accomplish and Ronaldo did, so he really deserves this. Though i hope he could change his attitude a bit..

  2. FRANCO on December 2nd, 2008 9:48

    I have no quarrel with Ronaldo winning it, i think he deserves it. Torres like you rightly pointed out can feel hard done by but is in the running for it next year as i believe he will lead the pool to great things when fully back. The crisis at hand is all the tonic he needs to excel and he is made for these great things. If you doubt remember the euro final, his goal was magnificient. Borne out of sheer determination and absolute brilliance. He is the future here today for spain and liverpool.

  3. Alex noel odika on December 2nd, 2008 18:43

    Ronaldo deserves the award,i think he still the number one.
    Hurray……! Ronaldo
    i think Ronaldo should be polite and humble a bit like Ronaldinho to enable him maintain his award next year.

  4. chylo on December 23rd, 2008 20:01

    Ronaldo, while he is the best player in the world at the moment, does not deserve to be idolised as he hasn’t made himself a role model. A ballor d’or winner must also show xter of the field, which ronaldo has not done. I think his problem is his pride… and that may just be the thing that brings him down.

  5. Ali G Ali on January 3rd, 2009 11:10

    I believe ronaldo deserve this aword because he is the key player of his clubside and also a player with lotes of goals in the season , a player with creatives skills .

  6. Henock on January 15th, 2009 15:56

    I think the ronaldo deserves to get Premier leage Footballer of the year but it is Fernando torace should get the world best player because he hase a good performance on europian cup even in premier league he score above 30 goal on his first season so i didnt agree on the choiece ….

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  8. zarni on March 8th, 2009 11:09

    ronaldo is good soccer.

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