The Ballon d'Or awards ceremony 2017 - As it happened.
The powerful Pole takes his place in 9th after yet another prolific year.
The Ballon d'Or awards ceremony 2017 - As it happened.
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"To win the Ballon d'Or here is incredible"
Ronaldo is understandably delighted with his win. "To be in the Eiffel tower with the Ballon d'Or is an incredible sensation. I'm very happy, although it's a bit cold," the Portuguese tells the crowd.
Ronaldo takes to the stage with his son
Here's the moment Ronaldo's victory was announced:
Ronaldo wins his fifth Ballon d'Or!
It had to be! Cristiano Ronaldo takes home the award after another fine year with Real Madrid.
David Ginola is presenting the awards ceremony tonight and has been joined on stage by the original Ronaldo, will his namesake be taking home the most prestigious individual prize in football this evening?
Neymar, Messi and Ronaldo are set to battle it out
Things get interesting now as (unsurprisingly) we are left with Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar, there can be only one winner, who will it be?
In fourth place is Gianluigi Buffon
He may have endured serious disappointment with Italy recently but the veteran will have something to smile about tonight.
Luka Modric is the fifth best player in the world!
Real Madrid's domination of the list continues as the Croatian seals fifth spot in France Football's list.
6th: Sergio Ramos
The Real Madrid captain comes in a very respectable sixth, with no defender having won the award since Fabio Cannavaro in 2006.
7th: Kylian Mbappe
Another Frenchman! Mbappe enjoyed a sterling 2016/17 season with Monaco, earning himself a big-money move to PSG and he has continued in the same vein in the French capital.
8th: N'Golo Kante
Chelsea's all-action midfielder fills in eighth place in the list. Kante has become one of the first names on the team-sheet both for France and his club side in the last year.
9th: Robert Lewandowski
The powerful Pole takes his place in ninth after yet another prolific year.
10th: Harry Kane
The only English nominee joins the list at No. 10, it has been a fine 2017 for Kane, who has starred for both club and country.
11th: Edinson Cavani
12th: Isco
13th: Luis Suarez
14th: Kevin De Bruyne
15th: Paulo Dybala
16th: Marcelo
17th: Toni Kroos
18th: Antoine Griezmann
19th: Eden Hazard
20th: David De Gea
21st: Leonardo Bonucci, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
23rd: Sadio Mané
24th: Radamel Falcao
25th: Karim Benzema
26th: Jan Oblak
27th: Mats Hummels
28th: Edin Dzeko
29th: Dries Mertens et Philippe Coutinho.
France Football has already started announcing the full results of this year's Ballon d'Or awads ceremony, so without further ado: