Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne became the first player at the club to place inside the top three of the men's Ballon d'Or award, finishing behind Karim Benzema and Sadio Mane.
The Belgian solidified a 'podium finish' after the voting saw him see off the likes of Mohamed Salah, Kylian Mbappe and Robert Lewandowski at the award show in Paris.
'There is only one player that can win the Ballon d'Or out of millions of people, so to be in that top 30 list for a long time now is something I already appreciated,' De Bruyne said.