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At a ceremony in Dubai, the Juventus star and Pep Guardiola were among those honored
Cristiano Ronaldo and Pep Guardiola were honored at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai, the duo named player and coach of the century respectively.
Juventus forward Ronaldo collected the award in person at a ceremony held at the Armani Hotel on Sunday, beating his rival Lionel Messi for the award.
The 35-year-old, who has won national league titles in Spain, England and Italy and Euro 2016 with Portugal, admitted his pride in receiving the accolade, awarded to the player judged the best between 2001 and 2020.
“It’s a pleasure to win titles,” said Ronaldo, a five-time Ballon d’Or winner, at the event.
“It is not easy to be at the top of the sport for so many years. I am very proud, but without a team, great coaches and clubs it is not possible.”
Ronaldo would also reply on Twitter , saying, “I couldn’t be happier with tonight’s award! Now that I am about to celebrate my 20th year as a professional soccer player, Globe Soccer Player Of The Century is an award I receive with such joy and pride!”
Guardiola was honored for a coaching career that has seen him win league championships in Spain, Germany and England, as well as the Champions League twice.
Cristiano Ronaldo received the PLAYER OF THE CENTURY 2001-2020 Globe Soccer Award, from His Highness Sheikh Mansoor Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum – President of the Dubai Sports Council, at tonight’s gala pic.twitter.com/DK3B3My5t6 Globe Soccer Awards (@Globe_Soccer) December 27, 2020
The Manchester City manager was not present at the gala, although he accepted the award through a pre-recorded video message.
However, both Ronaldo and Messi missed out on the 2020 male player of the year award as it went to Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski.
Bayern’s hat-trick from the Bundesliga, Champions League and DFB-Pokal also saw coach Hansi Flick rewarded as coach of the year.
Real Madrid were named club of the century at the ceremony, while Bayern collected the 2020 team accolade.
Jorge Mendes was named Agent of the Year for 2020, winning the award along with his longtime client Ronaldo.
The Globe Soccer Awards, founded in 2010, recognize excellence in soccer with an annual gala dinner and awards ceremony.
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