World Soccer conducted their 27th annual poll in 45 countries that hailed the Portuguese winger a clear winner ahead of Barcelona’s Lionel Messi & Liverpool’s Fernando Torres. In other category, Manchester United was 2nd behind Spain hailed as World Team of The Year. Sir Alex Ferguson also hailed as World Manager of The Year for the 4th times in a row.
Results:
World Player of the Year % of votes
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester Utd & Portugal)
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina)
- Fernando Torres (Liverpool & Spain)
World Team of the Year
- Spain
- Manchester United
- Zenit St Petersburg
World Manager of the Year
- Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)
- Luis Aragones (Spain)
- Dick Advocaat (Zenit St Petersburg)
Source: World Soccer
