Cristiano Ronaldo wins UEFA Best Player award
Real Madrid and Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was this evening awarded UEFA’s Best Player in Europe award, beating Gareth Bale and Antoine Griezmann to the title.
The 31-year-old forward becomes the oldest player to win the award in its history, having won the Champions League and Euro 2016 in an incredible year.
Cristiano Ronaldo joins Lionel Messi as the only player to have won the award on two occasions.
Humble Ronaldo acceptance speech
The former Manchester United and Sporting CP winger has won his fair share of individual awards during an incredible career.
A humble Cristiano Ronaldo gave an excellent acceptance speech in which he told Bale and Griezmann that they deserved the award too.
Ronaldo apologised to Antoine Griezmann for beating him in both finals and apologised to Bale for the Euro 2016 semi-final. Watch his brilliant speech below.
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