Cristiano Ronaldo was named the world’s best player at the inaugural Best Fifa Football Awards in Zurich.
Other award winners at the ceremony were …
The Best FIFA Women’s Player: Carli Lloyd (Houston Dash/United States)
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach: Claudio Ranieri (Leicester)
The Best FIFA Women’s Coach: Silvia Neid (Germany)
FIFA Fair Play Award: Atlético Nacional (Colombia)
FIFA Puskás Award (best goal): Mohd Faiz Subri (Penang)
..and the FIFA fan award,which got previous mention on soccerblog,went to the supporters of Borrusia Dortmund.
They,if you remember, sang “You’ll never walk alone” along with Liverpool fans on the 14th of April last year – a day before the 27th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy before a Europa Cup clash between the two teams.