FIFA Ballon d’Or Award

• World Coach of the Year: Jupp Heynckes has another individual award to add to his substantial team collection


• Bayern’s Franck Ribery had high hopes of being crowned the world’s best player in Zürich – but he was pipped at the post by Cristiano Ronaldo


• …ending Lionel Messi’s (reflected, r.) four-year tenure

Zurich – It was not destined to be for FC Bayern München flier Franck Ribery as he was edged out in the 2013 vote for the prestigious FIFA Ballon d’Or by Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo.

The France international, 30, was on a three-man shortlist alongside Ronaldo and FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, who had dominated the stage the past four years.

Seven other awards were up for grabs, with former FC Bayern head coach Jupp Heynckes named World Coach of the Year and three members of his 2013 treble-winning side making the FIFPro World XI team of the year.

bundesliga.com will keep you posted with all the latest from the aftermath of the ceremony in Zurich…

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20:00 Franck Ribery ‘s out of luck – The FIFA World Player of 2013 award goes to Real Madrid and Portugal scoring phenomenon Cristiano Ronaldo – ending Lionel Messi’s four-year winning streak.

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