{"id":945,"date":"2026-10-29T10:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=945"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:53:08","slug":"ronaldo-beats-messi-to-win-historic-boat-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=945","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo Beats Messi to Win Historic BOAT Award."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ronaldo-wins-inaugural-BOAT-award-for-greatest-Ballon-dOr-season-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ronaldo-wins-inaugural-BOAT-award-for-greatest-Ballon-dOr-season-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ronaldo-wins-inaugural-BOAT-award-for-greatest-Ballon-dOr-season-1-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Owen Chege <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo has beaten his longtime rival Lionel Messi to win the first-ever BOAT (Ballon d&#8217;Or of All Time) award following a worldwide fan vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 41-year-old Al-Nassr forward received the recognition after football fans voted his outstanding 2008 season at Manchester United as the greatest Ballon d&#8217;Or-winning campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ronaldo finished ahead of Argentina&#8217;s Lionel Messi, whose remarkable 2012 season came second. Ronaldo&#8217;s 2017 Ballon d&#8217;Or-winning season secured third place in the voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The special award was introduced to recognise the greatest individual performances among football legends who have won the Ballon d&#8217;Or at least twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the 2007\/2008 season, Ronaldo scored 42 goals for Manchester United, helping the English club win both the Premier League and UEFA Champions League titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His impressive performances earned him his first Ballon d&#8217;Or in 2008. He later won four more awards in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017, bringing his total to five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The voting also featured other football legends, including Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini, Marco van Basten and Brazilian star Ronaldo Naz\u00e1rio. However, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi dominated the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory adds another achievement to Ronaldo&#8217;s successful football career and has renewed discussions among supporters about who deserves to be called the greatest footballer of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Owen Chege Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo has beaten his longtime rival Lionel Messi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":949,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions\/949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}