article_snippet.sent: Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is the current holder of the trophy which is voted for by national team managers and captains.
article_snippet.sent: Cristiano Ronaldo, winner of the Ballon
article_snippet.sent: d'Or on three occasions, is presented with last year's award .
article_snippet.sent: Lionel Messi, who finished runner-up to Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in 2014, has previously won the compeition three times .
article_snippet.sent: Ronaldo beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuer, of Bayern Munich, to this year’s award which was presented to the former Manchester United star in December.
article_snippet.sent: It is the third time he has been honoured with the gong.
article_snippet.sent: The second of he triumphs came when he was playing under Arsene Wenger at Madrid.