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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">Cristiano Ronaldo</span> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>Cristiano Ronaldo hailed Alex Ferguson as a guiding light after he was named as FIFA's world player of the year.<br /><br />The Manchester United and Portugal winger finished ahead of runner-up Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Liverpool's Spanish striker Fernando Torres in third place to take the award at a star-studded gala in Zurich on Monday night. <br /><br />Ronaldo is the first Premier League player to have won the award. Ronaldo received the award from Pele and paid tribute to the influence of the United manager.<br /><br />He said: "It's true that the manager always has an important role to play. It was a great season for me and for my club, and the coach was important for me because I learned a lot for him." <br />

Cristiano Ronaldo hailed Alex Ferguson as a guiding light after he was named as FIFA's world player of the year.

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