A handout picture released by CR7 Media, the press office of Portugal's and Real Madrid's forward Cristiano Ronaldo, shows Ronaldo posing with 15 of his individual trophies -- five Ballon D'or, two FIFA "The Best", one FIFA "World Player of the Year", three UEFA "Player of the Year" and four European "Golden Shoe" awards -- in Madeira on January 1, 2018. Pic/AFP

Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo has looked back on a successful 2017 in an interview with Spanish sports paper, Diario AS. Speaking after a year in which Madrid won a league and Champions League double and he was awarded his fifth Ballon d'Or, Ronaldo said 2017 had been "an incredible year on a lot of levels", reports Xinhua news agency. "It's a tremendous feeling to look back and look at what I have achieved, having started off kicking a ball around the streets of Madeira." he said.