In 1997, Ronaldo was the winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year Award. Ronaldo's full name is Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima.
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The 1998 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Zinedine Zidane, after scoring twice in France's 3-0 win over Brazil in the 1998 World Cup final. Brazil's Ronaldo was the runner up.
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Cristiano Ronaldo was playing for Manchester United in 2008 when he was named FIFA World Player of the Year. He was the first Premiership footballer to be given this award.
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The Brazilian Ronaldo Lima won the fifa footballer of the year in 2002
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The F.I.F.A 2007 footballer of the year was the Brazilian Kaka.
Ronaldo Lima of Brazil won the F.I.F.A footballer of the year in 2002. Ronaldo is the youngest player to win this award at 20 years, and he is the only footballer beside Zinedine Zidane to win the footballer of the year on three different times.
No, Cristiano Ronaldo did not win the FIFA World Player of the Year award while he played for Barcelona. He won the award for the first time in 2008, while he was at Manchester United.
the 2008 fifa world best player award was given to Cristiano Ronaldo, of Manchester United. The first and second runners up award went to Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Fernando Torres of Liverpool respectively.