
In the ceremony, Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA World Player of the Year award to complete a sweep of the top individual honors for 2008.
The FIFA award is voted by the national team coaches and captains of the 208-member associations of world soccer’s governing body.
Both Ali Daei and Iran’s captain Karim Bagheri voted for Argentinan Lionel Messi as the best player of the world.