The sensational stats which won Cristiano Ronaldo the Ballon d’Or

Real Madrid attacker Cristiano Ronaldo picked up the Ballon D’or for 2013 last night, ending the four year winning streak of Barcelona‘sLionel Messi and pushing Bayern Munich‘s Franck Ribery into third place.

Squawka look back on the Portuguese captain’s sensational year – in numbers.

Sixty-Nine – The number of goals scored by Ronaldo in 2013 for Real Madrid and Portugal – more than the totals of rivals Ribery and Messi combined

Three - Ronaldo won the award by a margin of just 3.27%. He scored 27.99% of the vote, whilst Messi recorded 24,72% and Ribéry 23,36 %.

Two – The Real Madrid man joins an elite club to have won the award twice.Alfredo Di Stefano, Franz Beckenbauer, Kevin Keegan, Ronaldo (the other one – the big lad) and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge have all won the award two times

Sixty Nine – Also the frequency at which Ronaldo scored in the league in 2013. He scored 38 league goals in 2627 minutes of La Liga action – one every 69.1 minutes. Eight – The number of left footed goals scored by Ronaldo in La Liga this season – more than Ribery’s career total in the Bundesliga.

One Hundred and Seventy-Nine – The number of La Liga shots at goal taken by Ronaldo in 2013.

Thirty Eight – The number of domestic goals scored by Ronaldo in 2013 – more than triple the amount scored by Ribery and ten more than Messi.

Eleven – The number of La Liga assists provided by Ronaldo in 2013 – the exact same total as Messi.

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Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo scored more goals (69) for club and country in 2013 than Franck Ribery and Lionel Messi combined (67).

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Cristiano Ronaldo wins his second Ballon d’Or joining Di Stefano, Beckenbauer, Keegan, Ronaldo and Rummenigge on 2 Ballon d’Ors. #BallonDor

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Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more goals with his left foot in La Liga this season (8) than Franck Ribery has in total in the Bundesliga (7). — Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 13, 2014

Domestically in 2013, Cristiano Ronaldo scored over 3 times as many goals (38) as Franck Ribery scored (12). Deserved Ballon d’Or winner.

— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 13, 2014