Christiano Ronaldo picked up a Spanish League Champions medal in 2012. Last year he also became the first man to find the net against every La Liga team in a single season and score 40 or more in two consecutive campaigns.
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On the face of it, the Portuguese, who moved to Real Madrid from Manchester United for a record breaking £80 million in 2009 and is one of the football's highest paid players, has strong claim to be the World's best.
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But once again ''CR7'' has had to play second fiddle to Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi, whose mesmerising skills on Monday made him the first man to win four Ballons d'Or titles.
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While the little Argentine carries on re-writing the record books after a monumental, and unprecedented, 91 goals in a calendar year, Ronaldo could be forgiven for feeling hard done by.