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Cristiano Ronaldo was named the world's best male player at the 2017 Best FIFA Football Awards in London on Monday.
The Real Madrid and Portugal forward beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Paris St-Germain's Neymar to claim the honour for the second consecutive time. The award is voted for by the four main stakeholders involved in football: national team coaches, captains, selected media, and fans.
Ronaldo, 32, helped Real Madrid to a Champions League-La Liga double in 2016-17, according to a report published by BBC.
Lieke Martens of Barcelona and the Netherlands won best female player, Real Madrid's Zinedine Zidane was named best men's coach and Netherlands' Sarina Wiegman the best female coach.
Arsenal's Olivier Giroud received the Puskas award for the best goal of 2017 for his 'scorpion kick' against Crystal Palace in January.
Celtic won the fan award after they honoured the club's 1967 'Lisbon Lions' with a stunning 360-degree card display on the 50th anniversary of their historic European Cup win.