Cristiano Ronaldo Beats Lionel Messi And Mohamed Salah To Win Player Of Century Award
Juventus striker, Cristiano Ronaldo has been crowned player of the century at the 2020 Globe Soccer Awards.
The football superstar was crowned ahead of Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah to win the award on Sunday night in Dubai.
He was voted best player of the 2000s by a 23-person jury, including coaches and former players and worldwide fan votes.
The Dubai Global Soccer Awards on twitter wrote; ”Cristiano Ronaldo presented with the Player of the Century 2001-2020 Globe Soccer Award”.
Ronaldo is a five-time UEFA Champions League winner [four with Real Madrid, one with Manchester United]. He won the English Premier League title with the Red Devils for three consecutive years [2007, 2008, and 2009].
Ronaldo, who is also the captain of Portugal led his country to win their first-ever major title, the UEFA EURO 2016.
Since becoming a Juventus player in 2018, Ronaldo became the Italian champion twice as he scored 81 goals in 103 games for the Italian club.
The football star also has two of the Best FIFA Men’s Player Awards, five Ballon d’Or awards, and was selected as the UEFA best player in Europe three times.
The 2020 Globe Soccer Awards also honored Real Madrid as Club of the Century, while Manchester City’s manager, Pep Guardiola won the coach of the Century title and Bayern Munich forward, Robert Lewandowski became Player of the Year for 2020.
