Ronaldo beats Messi to gain Person of the Century award
Cristiano Ronaldo offers been named the Player of the Century at the world Soccer Awards found in Dubai.
The Juventus star claimed the award before very long time rival Lionel Messi.
Ronaldo and Messi have dominated football's individual accolades for greater than a 10 years with the Portuguese star winning five Ballon d'Ors - one less than the Barcelona man.
The 35-year-old has enjoyed a trophy-laden career since building his debut in 2002 and that has continued in recent years.
Following success by Manchester united and Real Madrid the forward transferred to Italy.
He has claimed the Serie A good title found in each of his two periods so far to go together with La Liga and Premier Little league medals.
Ronaldo also offers five Champions Group successes to his brand, a joint record.
He said on Twitter : "Couldn’t get happier with tonight’s award! As I’m about to celebrate my 20th time as a specialist footballer, Globe Soccer Participant Of The Century is certainly a recognition that I receive with so many joy and pride!"
The player's representative Jorge Mendes was named the Agent of the Century.
Real Madrid, where Ronaldo is the all time leading scorer, were named the Golf club of the Century.
They have won five Champions Leagues since 2000 with their much craved La Decima triumph coming in 2014.
Los Blancos went on to record a competition hat-trick between 2016-2018 and possess seven domestic titles.
Pep Guardiola was named Coach of the Century having enjoyed enormous achievements with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and today Manchester City.
The Catalan has set records at each one of the clubs he has led and managed a Barcelona side seen by various as the best club outfit of all time.
Achievements over the past year were also recognised with Bayern appearing named the Workforce of the entire year and celebrity striker Robert Lewandowski picking right up the player award.
