How Ronaldo won PLAYER OF THE CENTURY


...beat Messi, Lewandowski at Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai 

By Emmanuel Ayomikun

The fact finding has shown how Cristiano Ronaldo won Player of the Century Award at Globe Soccer Award in Dubai, after beaten his arch-rival in football, Lion Messi and Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski. This award has added to Ronaldo’s  fame and numerous awards he has received before.

The Portuguese striker and Juventus forward, who has won Balon d’or award five-time, smiled on stage in Dubai as he was named the Greatest Football Player from 2001 to 2020.

It was gathered that Ronaldo was picked as the best player of the century because of his consistent on field and scoring. The 35-year-old Ronaldo scored 44 goals for club and country this year 2020. While Messi scored only 26 goals both for Barcelona and Argentina this year. This award follows the Golden Foot award, which was first introduced in 2003, for players aged 28 or above and can only be won by a recipient once in their career. Only Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski scored more than the former Real Madrid and Manchester United attacker. 

Ronaldo scored once in each half to see Juventus win 4-0 and move level on points with Inter and one adrift of leaders AC Milan.

Ronaldo’s contribution has equalled that of former Juventus forward Omar Sivori from 1961 - who scored the joint-third most goals in a single year behind Gunnar Nordahl in 1950 and Felice Borel in 1933. 

Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola won the coach of the century award, following his emphatic reigns in charge of Barcelona and Bayern Munich before his move to the Premier League.

Meanwhile, Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes won the agent of the century trophy.

Ronaldo’s former club Real Madrid were picked as the club of the century, after winning five Champions League titles and seven LaLiga’s during the last 20 years.

Other award winners at the ceremony included Champions League winners Bayern Munich, who won the club of the year award for 2020. Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski was crowed player of the year, beating Ronaldo and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi.

FIFA Player of the Century was a one-off award created by FIFA to decide the greatest football player of the 20th century, announced at the annual FIFA World gala, held in Rome on 11 December 2000. Maradona and Pelé were joint winners of the award.

Since 1991, FIFA have had awards for FIFA World Player of the Year and they decided to bring in the new millennium by conducting a public vote to decide the FIFA Player of the Century. This was to be decided by votes on their official website, their official magazine and a grand jury. Maradona won the Internet-based poll by wide margins, garnering 53.6% of the votes against 18.53% for Pelé. Despite the fact that Eusébio, who played football professionally during Pelé's era, placed third in the poll, many observers complained that the Internet nature of the poll would have meant a skewed demographic of younger fans who would have seen Maradona play, but not Pelé. As a result, FIFA decided to add a second poll and appointed a "Football Family" committee composed of football journalists, officials and coaches, who voted Pelé the best player of the century with 72.75% of the vote, thus both were joint winners of the award. 

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