The Portuguese forward was named March’s recipient after a stunning hat-trick against Tottenham Hotspur grabbed him the headlines. He followed up on that last month with another Old Trafford treble, this time to down Norwich City by the same 3-2 scoreline. With further goals netted away at Arsenal and at home to Chelsea, it was a productive few weeks in attack for our age-defying no.7.
Ronaldo's competitors for the accolade were Nemanja Matic and David De Gea, but he emerged as the clear winner with 74 per cent of the vote.
United fans and the wider football world were deeply saddened to hear of the tragic loss in Cristiano’s family during April, and the manner in which he returned to the pitch after missing only one match was testimony to his renowned mental strength.