Thursday, January 21, 2010

Fifa awards 2009

Cristiano Ronaldo collected FIFA World Player title while Marta claimed her

third successive FIFA Women's World Player award at the 18th FIFA World

Player Gala at the Zurich Opera House on Monday .

Ronaldo had a remarkable 2008, he scored 31 goals for Manchester United in

the Premier League and propelled his club not only to another league title

but also to the UEFA Champions League crown. He performed creditably at

international level at UEFA EURO 2008, although Portugal were eliminated in

the quarter-finals. Ronaldo reaped 935 points in the vote in which the

coaches and captains of 155 national teams took part. Argentina's Lionel

Messi finished second (678 points) and was trailed by Spain's Fernando

Torres (203), Brazil's Kaká (183) and Spain's Xavi (155).




On the other hand Marta delivered an outstanding performance at the Women's

Olympic Football Tournament in Beijing 2008, and equalled the record set by

Birgit Prinz by claiming her third consecutive FIFA Women's World Player

title. For the women's vote, 139 coaches and captains cast their vote and

Marta won comfortably (1,002 points) ahead of Germany's Birgit Prinz (328),

Brazil's Cristiane (275), Germany's Nadine Angerer (198) .

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