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Simply The Best. Cristiano Ronaldo has picked up FIFA's prestigious prize for the finest footballer of 2016, a reward for what was the greatest year in his entire career.
The Portuguese missed out on the FIFA Ballon d'Or to Lionel Messi this time last year and many predicted he would not be back at the gala ever again. But how he proved them wrong.
Ronaldo won continental crowns for club and country in 2016, winning the Champions League with Real Madrid and Euro 2016 with Portugal. He also claimed the Ballon d'Or (no longer a FIFA award) and hit a hat-trick in the final as Zinedine Zidane's men ended the year by bringing home the Club World Cup.