Cristiano Ronaldo sends message to fans after being crowned FIFA men's player of the year

Cristiano Ronaldo won his fifth FIFA men's player of
the year award and then said he wants seven to
match his lucky number.
Ronaldo retained the prize after scoring 44 goals in 48
appearances in 2017, including 33 for Real Madrid and
11 for Portugal.
The forward collected his award at a ceremony held
at the London Palladium on Monday, with fellow
nominees Lionel Messi and Neymar both in the crowd.
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The Real Madrid superstar then posted a message to
his fans online.
Ronaldo wrote online: "Amazing feeling to have won
this award again. Want to dedicate to my family, my
friends, my teammates and coaches from both Real
Madrid and Portuguese NT and everyone who
supported me."
Lieke Martens claimed the women's player award
after inspiring Holland to victory on home soil at Euro
2017.
The Barcelona forward came out in front of fellow
nominees Carli Lloyd, who won last time, and Deyna
Castellanos.
The event was attended by a host of stars past and
present, including Diego Maradona, former Brazil
striker Ronaldo, Frank Lampard, Sergio Ramos and
Harry Kane, with winners decided by a jury of club
and international coaches, media representatives and
fans.
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Ronaldo's triumph stole the show, however, the 32-
year-old receiving recognition for another stellar year
in which he won both the Champions League and
LaLiga with Real Madrid.
It means he has now picked up the latest two FIFA
men's player prizes as well as three of the last four
Ballon d'Or awards.
"Thank you a lot to the guys for voting for me,"
Ronaldo said after accepting his trophy.
"(I want) To give a mention to Leo and Neymar to be
here, Real Madrid supporters, my team-mates, my
coach, my president - they support me all the year so
I have to say thank you to them."

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