Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (C) receives the FIFA Ballon d’Or award from Italy’s Fabio Cannavaro (C) and FIFA President Joseph Blatter during the FIFA Ballon d’Or awards ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich on January 7, 2013. AFP PHOTO
Rankings for the 2016 Ballon d’Or after Cristiano Ronaldo won for the fourth time on Monday.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) – Real Madrid
2. Lionel Messi (ARG) – Barcelona
3. Antoine Griezmann (FRA) – Atletico Madrid
4. Luis Suarez (URU) – Barcelona
5. Neymar (BRA) – Barcelona
6. Gareth Bale (WAL) – Real Madrid
7. Riyad Mahrez (ALG) – Leicester
8. Jamie Vardy (ENG) – Leicester
9= Pepe (POR) – Real Madrid
9= Gianluigi Buffon (ITA) – Juventus
11. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (GAB) – Borussia Dortmund
12. Rui Patricio (POR) – Sporting Lisbon
13. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (SWE) – Paris Saint-Germain then Manchester United
14= Paul Pobga (FRA) – Juventus then Manchester United
14= Arturo Vidal (CHI) – Bayern Munich
16. Robert Lewandowski (POL) – Bayern Munich
17= Dimitri Payet (FRA) – West Ham
17= Luka Modric (CRO) – Real Madrid
17= Toni Kroos (GER) – Real Madrid
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