The 2014

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Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...

won the FIFA Ballon d'Or as the World Player of the Year for a second consecutive time, having won it previously last year. This was his third

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win overall, placing him second to only

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for the most wins in the history of the award. Nadine Keßler was named as the Women's World Player of the Year, while

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received the World Coach of the Year for Men's Football and

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the World Coach of the Year for Women's Football. The ceremony was hosted by Kate Abdo.

Winners and nominees

In late October 2014, the FIFA revealed shortlists for the FIFA Ballon d'Or, FIFA Women's World Player of the Year, and FIFA World Coaches of the Year. The shortlists for the women's awards were revealed on 24 October, and the men's shortlists were revealed on 28 October.

FIFA Ballon d'Or

The results for the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or were: The following 20 men were originally in contention for the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or:

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James Rodríguez James David Rodríguez Rubio (born 12 July 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Super League Greece club Olympiacos and the Colombia national team. He has been praised in the past ...

, 1–0 vs , Maracanã Stadium, 28 June 2014

FIFA Presidential Award

Hiroshi Kagawa is Japanese former football player and journalist. His brother Taro Kagawa was also footballer. Playing career Hiroshi Kagawa was born in Kobe in 1924. After graduating from Kobe University of Commerce, he played for Osaka SC. He and his te ...

, former Japanese footballer and current sports journalist.

FIFA Fair Play Award

* 2014 FIFA World Cup volunteers

FIFA/FIFPro World XI

FIFA Women's World Player of the Year

The following 10 players were named to the shortlist for the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award:

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football

The following 10 managers were named to the shortlist for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football:

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football

The following 10 managers were named to the shortlist for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football:

References

External links

* {{FIFA Puskás Award FIFA Ballon FIFA Ballon d'Or FIFA Ballon Women's association football trophies and awards 2014 in women's association football