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Real Madrid forward and Portgual captain Cristiano Ronaldo has been named The Best FIFA Men's Player which is usually reserved for the best footballer of the previous year for a fifth time, equalling Messi's record.

The Madrid based player was in attendance of the ceremony alongside his club coach Zinedine Zidane who also won the Best Coach of the year ahead of Chelsea's Antonio Conte.

Ronaldo, 32, had an amazing year of football that saw him win the Champions League title, La Liga, the Super Cup and of course the European Nations tournament.

"Thank you a lot to the guys for voting for me," Ronaldo said in accepting the award. "[I want] to give a mention to Leo and Neymar to be here, Real Madrid supporters, my teammates, my coach, my president --they support me all the year so I have to say thank you to them.

"We are in England for the first time and I win consecutive awards. This is a great moment for me."

Ronaldo said of his competition with Messi for top individual honours: "I do not compete with Leo. We are sharing the same era, he won the trophy five times and I did it another five...

"I'm just happy, I play in the best club in the world and I have the possibility to prove that I am still at a high level high."

He then jokingly said the Cristiano-Messi era "is just starting."