Cristiano Ronaldo wins Globe soccer award for best player

Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Best Player of the
Year accolade at the Globe Soccer Awards.
Real Madrid's Ronaldo retained the award,
making it four wins overall, after helping his club
defend the Champions League and win the Liga
title.
The 32-year-old, who also won his fifth Ballon
d'Or, the UEFA Best Player in Europe and FIFA's
The Best Award this year, said at the Globe
Soccer Awards in Dubai: "It's a special moment
and I am very happy to receive this award.
"I would like to thank the coach, my teammates
and Real Madrid. Thanks to the people that voted
for me, and do the same next year!"
Ronaldo, who has scored 42 goals this year, was
asked whether he had room for all his trophies
and replied: "Don't worry, I have a lot of space!"
Real were named Club of the Year, with boss
Zinedine Zidane collecting the Coach of the Year
award.
"Thanks to the president, who gave me the
opportunity to coach this team," Zidane said.
"Without these players it wouldn't have been
possible to win this trophy. I've just started in
this, being a coach is a very difficult job and
there are a lot of very good coaches around."
La Liga was voted League of the Year, China
coach Marcello Lippi was presented with the
Coach Career Award and Roma legend Francesco
Totti and ex-Barcelona captain Carles Puyol won
the Player Career Award.
Other winners included Atletico Madrid coach
Diego Simeone, who picked up the Master Coach
Special Award, and Egypt coach Hector Cuper,
named Best Arab National Team Coach.