Cristiano Ronaldo must win the FIFA Ballon d'Or

FIFA Coins has had one of the best 12 month of his career and has been nominated for the FIFA Ballon d'Or for a fourth successive time. It is this author’s opinion that he is the firm favourite to win the award for the second year running.

Ronaldo won the Ballon d'Or for a first time in 2008 while still at Manchester United and, until last year, had been pipped to the individual gong by Lionel Messi at each ceremony between.

He is nominated alongside Messi once again, with Manuel Neuer also on the shortlist, but this is why Ronaldo should win by a clear distance...

He scored more goals than anyone else in 2014

The FIFA 15 Xbox Coins forward completely dominated the offensive stats for the calendar year. Scoring 62 goals in 62 appearances in all competitions for club and country he also contributed 22 assists. He scored considerably more than Lionel Messi who managed 57 goals and 21 assists.