Cristiano Ronaldo wins Ballon d'Or award for player of the year

The Portugal captain, 28, was named because the world player of the year for the primary time since 2008 by national coaches, captains and journalists.

Germany goalkeeper Nadine Angerer won the women's world player of the year.

Former Bayern urban center coach Jupp Heynckes picked up the coach of the year award.  Ronaldo claimed the award with a complete of one,365 points, earlier than Messi (1,205) and Ribery (1,127), with the votes forged by 184 coaches, 184 national captains and 173 members of the world media.

Messi, 26, had won the award for the last four years, but Ronaldo had been viewed because the favourite now when marking sixty six goals in fifty six games in 2013 for club and country.

They enclosed a sensational hat-trick for Portugal against Sverige in their World Cup qualifying play-off second leg, that sealed an area within the finals in Brazil.

"First of all, I even have to mention an excellent due to all of my team-mates with the club and therefore the national team," Ronaldo same as he cried throughout his speech. "Without all of their efforts this is able to not are attainable. i'm terribly happy, it's terribly tough to win this award.

"Everybody that has been involved American state on a private level, I even have to convey. My wife, my friends, my son. it's a staggeringly emotional moment. All I will say is many thanks to everyone that has been concerned."

Women's player of the year Angerer, 35, saved 2 penalties in Germany's 1-0 convert Norway within the 2013 European Championship final and was named player of the match.

"I need to say that i am somewhat shocked, however terribly glad," the Brisbane Roar goalkeeper same. "You ne'er get a hit like this on your own. I even have to convey my team-mates and my goalkeeping coach WHO raised American state to tier that I ne'er thought i would get to."

German national manager bird genus Neid won the women's coach award, whereas Heynckes, WHO retired at the tip of the last season when guiding Bayern urban center to a historic treble , said: "Maybe ten years past, i would not even have dreamt of this. i'm humiliated and happy to be standing here."

BALLON D'OR WINNERS

2013 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2012 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 
2012 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2012 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2012 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2008 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
2007 - Kaka (AC Milan)
2006 - Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus)
2005 - Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
2004 - Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)
2003 - Pavel Nedved (Juventus)
2002 - Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2001 - Michael Owen (Liverpool)
2000 - Luis Figo (Real Madrid)