Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus Turin forward, and Real Madrid received the awards for best player and team of the century (2001-2020), as did Pep Guardiola for best coach, at the gala held at the Armani Hotel, in the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai.

Iker Casillas and Gerard Piqué received an award for their careers.

This traditional football gala, with the presence of the president of FIFA,

Gianni Infantino

, presented for the first time the awards of the century, to recognize the last 20 years.

The award for the best player of 2020 was not for Cristiano this time but for Bayern Munich striker

Robert Lewandowski

, also winner of FIFA's 'The Best'.

The Spanish presence was with

Gerard Piqué

and

Iker Casillas

, awarded with an award for their career.

"It is an honor for me to be here after a long career and I hope to continue playing for three or four more years," said the defender when collecting the award for his career. "It is fun to see Iker again, with whom I have had the opportunity. to share a dressing room in the national team and win the Eurocup and the World Cup together. I was also able to share a dressing room with Cristiano in Manchester, in my first steps, a great stage together in which we won titles, "said the central defender.

Cristiano won that special award, as did Real Madrid and Pep Guardiola in the team and coach category.

"It is an honor to receive this award. It is a very difficult year for everyone, so receiving such an award is the result of the team's work and that is why we want to share this recognition with everyone," said

Emilio Butragueño

, present at the gala, representing the club.

Meanwhile, in the 2020 awards, Bayern coach

Hans-Dieter Flick

received the best coach.

In the same way, the German team, champion of the Champions, the European Super Cup and everything in their country, was chosen team of the year for some Globe Soccer that paid tribute to

Diego Armando Maradona

and

Paolo Rossi

, recently deceased.

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