January 12, 2015 – Portuguese Real Madrid striker, Cristiano Ronaldo has won the FIFA Ballon d’Or for the best player of the year 2014.
He is winning the award for the third time in a number of years. He won it in 2008, 2013 before the latest one.
Germany midfielder Nadine Kessler pocketed FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year award, while Germany coach Joachim Low and compatriot Ralf Kellermann, coach of Wolfsburg Ladies, emerged FIFA World Coaches of the Year for men’s and women’s football, respectively.
The winners were chosen by the coaches and captains of national teams as well as international media representatives invited by FIFA and France Football, while PricewaterhouseCoopers Switzerland (PwC) supervised it.
The FIFA Puskás Award for the best goal of the year was also presented after 3.3 million football fans cast their votes on FIFA.com, FIFA on YouTube and francefootball.fr. This award, which honours Ferenc Puskás, the captain and star of the 1950s Hungary team, was won by Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez.
The FIFA Fair Play Award was presented to all volunteers who have worked at FIFA competitions.
