The Golden Ball for the Golden Boy of PortugalCristiano Ronaldo should win the Ballon D'or. The Ballon D'or (Golden Ball) is the most prestigious individual award a footballer can achieve. The award is given to the best player of the previous calendar year and is voted on by national team managers and captains. Cristiano Ronaldo is by far the most complete player to grace the club and international stage over the past year and that's just one. hundreds of reasons why he deserves the most coveted award in world football. The fact that Ronaldo is such a complete footballer is recognized by many journalists, players and managers around the world. An example of this is well documented in an article from Firstpost.Sports which asks the question: "What's not to like about Cristiano Ronaldo?" " and that for the Ballon d'Or, Ronaldo can be "the only choice". Ronaldo was the most complete player last year and is well supported by statistics showing how he scored; 9 with his head, 4 from free kicks, 7 penalties, 19 with his right foot and 16 with his left foot, accumulating up to 55 goals in one season. In addition, this season he scored 3 more goals with his head, 2 from free kicks, 6 from penalties, 11 with his right foot and 3 with his left. The most incredible fact in the last mentioned statistics is that he has produced such a varied and incredible number of goals and it is only December. The statistics he produces are sometimes frightening. In addition to his staggering number of goals for his club, Real Madrid, Ronaldo has in a short time taken Portugal through the group stages and a decisive match against Sweden. , at the World Cup. This was achieved on a night where he saved one of his best Portuguese performances for the biggest stage possible. After drawing the first leg 1-1 (scoring Portugal's only goal), Cristiano and his teammates had the difficult task of traveling to Sweden to face Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his colleagues in an all or nothing match in which the The winner would qualify for the World Cup in Brazil in 2014. Ronaldo did what he does best. A masterclass in clinical finishing and team leadership was produced by arguably the greatest player of all time, as he completed a magnificent hat-trick..