VIDEO CRISTIANO RONALDO WINS FIFTH BALLON D'OR TO EQUAL LIONEL MESSI

VIDEO CRISTIANO RONALDO WINS FIFTH BALLON D'OR TO EQUAL LIONEL MESSI 

VIDEO CRISTIANO RONALDO WINS FIFTH BALLON D'OR TO EQUAL LIONEL MESSI 

The Real Madrid star brought home the prize in the wake of directing his group to a La Liga and Champions League twofold of every 2016-17 

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 2017 Ballon d'Or. 

It is the fifth time the Portugal universal has won the prize, drawing him level with his incredible opponent Lionel Messi for the most Ballons d'Or ever. 

Ronaldo scored 42 objectives over all rivalries amid the 2016-17 season, driving Real Madrid to a La Liga and Champions League twofold. 

The 32-year-old got 25 times in La Liga last term and included 12 objectives in the Champions League, incorporating a prop in the last against Juventus. 

"I'm extremely cheerful. To get this prize in Paris is an awesome ordeal, it's grand," Ronaldo revealed to L'Equipe TV. 

"It's an extraordinary snapshot of my vocation. It's something I wish I have each year. We had a great year. I was the [top] goalscorer of the Champions League, so I need to thank my partners. 

"They were essential for me. And furthermore thanks everyone who helped me to be in extraordinary frame amid the season. 

It's the second in a row year Ronaldo has won the honor displayed by France Football, and he was likewise named the Best FIFA Men's Player of 2016-17 in October. 

FIFA in the past granted the Ballon d'Or in conjunction with France Football, yet the two elements split their prizes a year ago. 

The Portugal star was participated in the main 30 by six of his Real Madrid colleagues: Karim Benzema (25th place), Toni Kroos (seventeenth), Marcelo (sixteenth), Isco (twelfth), Sergio Ramos (6th) and Modric (fifth). 

Ronaldo has gotten where he cleared out off last season in the current year's Champions League, scoring in each of the six of Madrid's gathering stage matches – an accomplishment that had never been refined . 

However, he hasn't coordinated that frame in La Liga, netting only two times in 10 appearances up to this point.