&lt;p&gt;Cristiano Ronaldo’s incredible year continued tonight as he became the fourth Manchester United player to win the European Footballer of the Year award.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 23-year-old Ronaldo adds the Ballon d’Or award to the FIFPro World Player of the Year trophy he won in October, and the Professional Footballers Association and the Football Writers awards. He also becomes the first Premier League player to win since former&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.soccerticketsonline.com/liverpool-football-tickets/&quot;&gt;Liverpool&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;forward Michael Owen in 2001.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He is the first Portuguese player to win since winger Luis Figo with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.soccerticketsonline.com/real-madrid-tickets/&quot;&gt;Real Madrid&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in 2000, and the third after Eusebio in 1965.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ronaldo dominated the poll results announced by France Football magazine, tallying 446 points.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.soccerticketsonline.com/barcelona-tickets/&quot;&gt;Barcelona&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;striker Lionel Messi was second with 281 points and surprisingly Liverpool forward Fernando Torres came in third with 179 points.&lt;/p&gt;

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