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Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo wins UEFA's best player in Europe award

Real Madrid's Luca Modric and Sergio Ramos bagged awards for the UEFA's best midfielder and defender awards.

UEFA Awards Image Source : GETTY IMAGESCristiano Ronaldo win the UEFA's Best player award.

Cristiano Ronaldo has won his third UEFA men's player of the year award in four seasons, beating Lionel Messi and Gianluigi Buffon to get the trophy.

Real Madrid's Luca Modric was awarded the UEFA's best midfielder of the season while Sergio Ramos was awarded the UEFA's best Defender of the season. Juventus's Gianluigi Buffon was awarded as the UEFA's best Goalkeeper of the season.

Each of Ronaldo's honours as the best player in Europe followed Real Madrid winning the Champions League.
The Madrid and Portugal star is strongly favoured to get a fifth FIFA world player prize in October.

The UEFA vote by journalists from 55 member federations was announced on Thursday at the Champions League group-stage draw.

UEFA created a European prize after the original Ballon d'Or merged with FIFA's world award.

The women's award was won by Lieke Martens of the European champion Netherlands. The other nominees were Pernille Harder of Denmark and Dzsenifer Marozsan of Germany.

(With AP Inputs).