The Best FIFA Football Awards: See who the likes of Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Southgate voted for
Cristiano Ronaldo won the award ahead of Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann
CRISTIANO RONALDO was crowned FIFA's Best Player after his terrific year for both club and country.
The Portuguese star pipped both Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann to the award after his Euro 2016 and Champions League heroics.
The winner was decided by votes from national managers and captains who each picked their top three players of the year.
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Ronaldo picked up 34.54% of the votes whilst Messi took second place (26.42%) and Griezmann rounded up the top three with 7.53% of the vote.
Five points were awarded for first, three points for second and one point for third - but who did the coaches and captains pick?
Captains
Lionel Messi (Argentina): Suarez, Neymar, Iniesta
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Armenia): Ronaldo, Messi, Griezmann
James Rodriguez (Colombia): Ronaldo, Modric, Bale
Luka Modric (Croatia): Ronaldo, Messi, Bale
Wayne Rooney (England): Ronaldo, Suarez, Vardy
Hugo Lloris (France): Griezmann, Messi, Ronaldo
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon): Neymar, Ronaldo, Messi
Manuel Neuer (Germany): Kroos, Ozil, Lewandowski
Arjen Robben (Netherlands): Ronaldo, Kroos, Lewandowski
Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia): Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar
Arda Turan (Turkey): Messi, Neymar, Iniesta
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal): Bale, Modric, Ramos
Managers
Roberto Martinez (Belgium): Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar
Gareth Southgate (England): Ronaldo, Griezmann, Kante
Didier Deschamps (France): Griezmann, Ronaldo, Messi
Joachim Low (Germany): Kroos, Ozil, Neuer
Danny Blind (Nehterlands): Ronaldo, Kroos, Griezmann
Martin O'Neill (Republic of Ireland): Bale, Buffon, Kante
Agote Lopetegui (Spain): Messi, Ronaldo, Ramos
Chris Coleman (Wales): Bale, Sanchez, Vardy