Five trophies clearly not enough for Ballon D'Or - Ribery


FIFA Men's World Player of the Year 2013 nominee Franck Ribery of France addresses a news conference ahead of the FIFA Ballon d'Or soccer awards ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich January 13, 2014. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

BERLIN (Reuters) - Franck Ribery missed out on the 2013 Ballon d'Or accolade but said there was little more he could have done to win the award after helping Bayern Munich win five trophies in the year.

Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo was voted the world's best player at a FIFA awards ceremony in Zurich on Monday night, edging out Barcelona and Argentina striker Lionel Messi who had won the award for the previous four years.

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