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BARCELONA, SPAIN – JANUARY 17: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona holds up the FIFA Ballon d’Or trophy prior to the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and Athletic Club de Bilbao at Camp Nou on January 17, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Who would win a non Cristiano Ronaldo-Lionel Messi Ballon d’Or award?

The Ballon d’Or started out as an award given out by French Football to the best European player in football. In 1995, that changed to include all players playing for European clubs and in 2007, all players around the world were included. From 2010-2015 the award was merged with FIFA’s Player of the Year award […]

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – JANUARY 12: Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Real Madrid receives the 2014 FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the player of the year during the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala 2014 at the Kongresshaus on January 12, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images)

Your FIFA Ballon d’Or Awards Roundup

FIFA had their annual awards ceremony today, including the presentation of the Ballon d’Or for the best male player of the year. This year, Cristiano Ronaldo won over Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuer. Ronaldo was listed as the favorite to win the award but all three were worthy candidates. Neuer was instrumental on Bayern Munich […]

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