Overcoming Messi and Buffon, Ronaldo won the UEFA Best Player award

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has awarded Cristiano Ronaldo the Player of the Year award for the second consecutive season.

Ronaldo won the race with striker Messi (Barca) and goalkeeper Buffon (Juventus). The Real star received high praise thanks to two La Liga and Champions League titles in the 2016-2017 season.

Ronaldo and the UEFA Best Player award. Photo: Reuters

Ronaldo has scored 25 goals in La Liga, where Real won the title in May with a three-point lead over Barca. CR7 also shined in the Champions League with 12 goals in 13 matches.

This is the second consecutive time and the third time UEFA has awarded Ronaldo the Player of the Season award. The first time CR7 received the award was in the 2013-2014 season.

Messi won the award twice in the 2010-2011 and 2014-2015 seasons. Andres Iniesta won the award once in the 2011-2012 season, and Franck Ribery won the 2012-2013 season.

In addition to the Best Player award, Ronaldo also received the Best Forward award for the 2016-2017 season. This is the result achieved by the Portuguese star after competing with Paulo Dybala and Messi.

Buffon received the award for Best Goalkeeper, while Sergio Ramos was crowned Best Defender and Luka Modric was Best Midfielder.

The best female player was Lieke Martens (Barca), who surpassed Pernille Harder (Wolfsburg) and Dzsenifer Marozsan (Lyon).

According to VNE