Cristiano Ronaldo Wins World Soccer Magazine 's Player of the Year for the second time . CR7 's players as the team beat rival Barcelona , Lionel Messi and Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery . As quoted by Reuters on Thursday ( 12/12/2013 ) . The prize, awarded by a panel of journalists and experts around the world , agreed to choose the former world 's most expensive player because of his very impressive for the year 2013 . Ronaldo not only be a leader Real Madrid , but also bring the Portuguese national team to the 2014 World Cup finals after getting rid of Sweden in the European zone play- offs .

Previously , Ronaldo also had never received this award in 2008 . This title is also a " warm up" for Ronaldo , who returned to compete with Messi and Ribery in FIFA Ballon d'Or award , which will be announced in early January .

At the level of the manager and the club , Jupp Heynckes and Bayarn Munich was chosen as the best . What Heynckes achieved with Munich in 2013 was great because they became the first German club won the treble winner by winning the Bundesliga , German Cup and the Champions League title perfected .