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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo is surpassing all forwards in the world this season in terms of his game efficiency.
Since the beginning of the 2013-2014 season, Real Madrid's footballer has already scored 37 goals in 29 matches (considering all tournaments) - i.e. C.Ronaldo averages 1.28 goals per game.
According to this indicator, all other world football stars are behind the Portuguese player.
Second is Liverpool's Uruguayan Luis Suarez, scoring an average of 1.04 goals per game (26 goals/25 matches), third is Paris Saint Germain's forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic (33/32) - 1.03 goals, fourth is Barcelona's leader Lionel Messi (18/19) - 0.95 goals, and fifth is Atletico Madrid's Brazilian Diego Costa (23/26) - 0.88 goals.
This evening in Zurich, FIFA will officially announce who will receive the FIFA "Golden Ball" - the traditional award given to the best football player of the year.
Competing for the title of the best player of 2013 are C.Ronaldo (Real Madrid), L.Messi (Barcelona), and Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich).
These three players received the most votes, combining the opinions of participants from FIFA and "France Football" (France) editorial surveys.
The laureate was decided by the coaches of the 208 national football teams belonging to FIFA, the captains of the 208 national teams, and 208 journalists.
Representing Lithuania in the voting were the national team coach Igor Pankratjevas, team captain Tadas Kijanskas, and journalist Giedrius Janonis from the newspaper "Lietuvos rytas."
All voters had to choose three footballers from a list of 23 candidates compiled by a special commission of "France Football" and FIFA. The first named player received 5 points, the second - 3, and the third - 1 point.
In the past four years, the "Golden Ball" was won by L.Messi.
