Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo won 'The Best FIFA Men's Player' award, while Lieke Martens was named best female player and Oliver Giroud won best goal here on Monday. Notably, Ronaldo has beaten Lionel Messi and Neymar to win the trophy, for the second year running, according to ESPN. The Portugal captain won the inaugural prize last year. "Thank you a lot to the guys for voting for me," Ronaldo said, while accepting the award. '[I want] to give a mention to Leo and Neymar to be here, Real Madrid supporters, my teammates, my coach, my president --they support me all the year so I have to say thank you to them.'

Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo stands with the trophy after winning The Best FIFA Men's Player of 2017 Award during The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony, on October 23, 2017 in London. Pic/AFP