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decimawithhisclubin 2014 2014 WORLDPLAYEROFTHEYEAR Points
CristianoRonaldo(RealMadrid&Portugal) 928
ManuelNeuer(Bayern Munich& Germany) 789
LionelMessi(Barcelona& Argentina) 593
ArjenRobben(BayernMunich & Netherlands) 458
ThomasMuller(Bayern Munich& Germany) 354
PhilippLahm(Bayern Munich& Germany) 264
JamesRodriguez(Monaco/Real Madrid& Colombia) 243
LuisSuarez(Liverpool/Barcelona& Uruguay) 218
AngelDiMaria(RealMadrid/ManchesterUnited& Argentina) 183
ToniKroos(RealMadrid& Germany) 168
Ronaldo
CristianoRonaldoisWorld Soccer’sWorldPlayer of theYearfor the
secondyearrunningafter a brilliant 1 2 monthsfor RealMadrid,who
wontheirtenthEuropeanCupin May, with thePortugueseforward
scoringinthe 4 -1victory over AtleticoMadridinthefinalinLisbon.
Ronaldo,whowonthe awardin 2008 whileplayingfor Manchester
United,saw offcompetitionfromseveralof Germany’s victoriousWorld
Cupside,aswellashisLaLigarival,ArgentinastarLionelMessi,who
finishedinthird place.
FourmembersofGermany’s nationalside - goalkeeperManuel
Neuer(second),forwardThomasMuller(fifth),captainPhilippLahm
(sixth)andmidfielderToniKroos(tenth)– finishedinthetopten in
ourannualpoll,which is nowinits 3 3rdyear.
TherewasalsorecognitionforArjenRobben(fourth),the star of the
Netherlandssidethatfinishedthird at theWorldCup,Colombianstarlet
JamesRodriguez(seventh),formerLiverpoolstriker LuisSuarez
(eighth)andArgentinawingerAngelDiMaria(ninth).
Germany,not surprisingly,claimedthe WorldTeamofthe Year
award,aftertheirvictoryoverArgentinainthe WorldCupfinaland
anextraordinary 7 -1demolitionofBrazilinthesemi-final.Theircoach
JoachimLowisWorldManageroftheYear, finishingaheadofDiego
SimeoneofAtleticoMadrid.
Theawardsweredecidedbyvotes from a panelofmore than 100
journalistsand punditsfromaroundtheglobe.Membersofthepanel
chosetheirtop tenplayersoftheyear, withpoints (rangingfromone
toten)awarded to eachselection.