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Cristiano Ronaldo has auctioned off one of his five Ballon d'Or awards for charity. The Portuguese skipper has raised €600,00 after Idan Ofer, Israel's richest person, won the auction.
The Real Madrid forward won the voting after a season when Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were nowhere in sight. Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas repeated as the women’s winner.