Sentences with phrase «world player of the year»

Meanwhile, Ronaldinho, who won the World Cup, Champions League and two FIFA world player of the year awards in a decorated career, said he has no regrets about quitting football.

On 30 October, he was nominated for the FIFA World Player of the Year award for the sixth straight year.

And having tied down club captain Andres Iniesta to a contract for life at the Camp Nou, members called for the same deal to be handed to five - time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi.

Ohh he won world player of the year 2008... which eventually the joined with balon d'or how silly of me....

When Liberia's George Weah became the first African to win the FIFA World Player of the Year title, in 1995, many thought that it was going to be the first of many for the continent's players.

Barca announced an agreement with the five - time World Player of the Year in July, but Messi himself is yet to put pen to paper amid rumours he is unhappy with the running of the club.

Lionel Messi was crowned FIFA World Player of the Year for a fifth time at the world football federation's annual gala — the first one from which Sepp Blatter has been absent since the event» inception n 1990.

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has played down concerns that the injury suffered by current World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo may be serious.

Messi won Fifa world player of the year If Iwobi wins Ballon d'Or next year I will be very surprised

Ronaldo did get on the scoreseet in Real Madrid's 2 - 1 victory over Cordoba, but the reigning World Player of the year was subsequently sent off, which means he will be suspended for at least two matches.

Dembele will form a fearsome forward line alongside five - time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez as Barca aim to wrestle the Champions League and La Liga titles back from rivals Real Madrid.

Former world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo has expanded on comments made to Spanish media in which he said he had been «feeling sad» for professional reasons.

Balon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year winner, he is recognised as the best player in the world, rivalled only by Messi.

The current world player of the year hinted last month that a move back to Manchester would interest him.

The graffiti was put on the statue overnight on Tuesday, just hours after Barcelona's Argentine star Messi claimed a fifth world player of the year award, beating out Real Madrid's Portuguese striker and three - time Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo in the process.

Was voted World player of the Year whilst at Old Trafford.

I see Ronaldo banging goals in at age 30 lifting world player of the year titles, champions league titles and breaking all sorts of scoring records.

With all of his trophies and accolades (8x La Liga titles, 5x European Cups, 4x Colombian Championships, 3x World Player of the Year, 2x European Player of the Year, Named in FIFA 100) he falls into the category of some of the Worlds greatest players to have never played in a World Cup, despite playing for World Cups greats Argentina and Spain, and appearing for Columbia also.

The tiny State of New Jersey has produced several of the best footballers to cross the pond: former Man United goalkeeper Tim Howard, FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Carli Lloyd, USMNT superstars Jozy Altidore and Michael Bradley, and so on.

Among those missing out are Liverpool's two - time World Player of the Year Kevin Keegan, and the now Real Madrid icon Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Former Ballon d'Or winner and World Player of the Year Kaka says Chelsea and Arsenal stars have begged him to move to the Premier League but insists he is enjoying life at current club Orlando City.

«I won the Ballon d'Or and World Player of Year against Cristiano and Messi,» he said.

Christian chose former Portuguese World Player of the Year Luís Figo as his favorite player, not least because of the way Figo would take on opponents out wide and dribble past them and be courageous with the ball (much as Pulisic plays today).

Superstars rose to prominence and made themselves counted in the world stage, with the club's finest ambassador, Thierry Henry, earning himself a place in two FIFA World Player of the Year Silver Awards (03, 04), one Ballon D'Or runner up award (03) and one Ballon D'Or bronze award (06), three EPL Footballer of the Year Awards.

The two - time FIFA World Player of the Year celebrated the Galo's Copa Libertadores victory at an event in the state's capital on Wednesday

During that time, the player won the Ballon D'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year before they were merged, and Ancelotti is convinced that he can make the 31 - year old rediscover some of that form for Real Madrid this season.

The 31 - year - old had previously won the Ballon d'Or in 2014, when it had been merged with the Fifa World Player of the Year accolade, as well as in 2013 and 2008.

AC Milan Brazilian playmaker Kaka was named as FIFA's World Player of the Year on Monday (Dec 17) ahead of Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have, between them, scooped up every single World Player of the Year award since 2008.

A 3 - 2 win for the USA was fuel for a run to the quarterfinals, and played a key role in eliminating former World Player of the Year Luis Figo's Portugal out of the World Cup.

Real Madrid TV journalist Villalon, 22, posted the selfie above with Ronaldo after last week's Ballon d'Or ceremony in Zurich, where the Portuguese forward celebrated his third world player of the year award.

You never know, but it's something interesting,» the three - time World Player of the Year told GQ magazine.

The capital club legend's spell at Parc des Princes aided him in winning the 1995 Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the year shortly after he joined AC Milan and he is still the only native African to win these awards.

He also finished runner - up for the FIFA World Player of the Year twice.

A major influence in Villareal's record third place La Liga finish in 2005, the magical playmaker scored a career - best 15 goals and earned a FIFA World Player of the Year nomination.

The five - time World Player of the Year responded by opening the scoring two minutes later as he pounced on an error in the Osasuna defence to stroll through on goal and lift the ball over the advancing Salvatore Sirigu.

He became the first African to win World Player of the Year.

Were he to pick up the Ballon d'Or it would be Messi's fifth World Player of the Year title, more than any other player.

Roberto Carlos believes this will bring FIFA World Player of the Year for the fourth time to Portuguese star.

Portugal now have the reigning World Player of the Year, but can the USA do the unthinkable again?

Until then, it will come as a flattering approval of his ability that a four - time FIFA Ballon d'Or / World Player of the Year winner has so much praise for what he's done in the game.

Mr Weah played for a string of football clubs, including AC Milan, Chelsea and Paris St - Germain, and is the only African footballer to have won both Fifa World Player of the Year and the Ballon D'Or.

Along with five - time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi, Iniesta is Barca's most decorated player of all - time having won 30 trophies at club level, including eight La Liga titles and four Champions Leagues.

Then he scored chipped goal against Hull City with his left foot in the Premier League; he unleashed a chip from 20 yards that curled & swerved and fooled the goal - keeper as it went into the net, World Cup winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said after the game: «It was the best goal I have seen, My vote for World Player of the year award will go to him, only a player with his intelligence could have done that» [17].

The four - time world player of the year will be remembered as one of the greatest ever, but he couldn't quite get Argentina over the line last year.

To put this in context, Real Madrid boasted 2 of the top 3 finalists for the FIFA World Player of the Year Award in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2006.