The Best FIFA Football Awards: See who the likes of Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Southgate voted for

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