Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro has been crowned the winner of the 2016 Balon d'or. He beat stiff competition from Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann, Luis Suarez and Neymar jr who finished 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively. The Portuguese adds this latest award to his previous Balon d'or triumphs in 2008, 2013 and 2014 thereby becoming the first European to win the prestigious award 4 times. This latest triumph came courtesy of arguably his most successful year yet on an individual and team level, winning the Champions League with Real Madrid in which he finished as the top scorer and captaining Portugal to Euros triumph in the summer: their first ever major trophy.
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