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Ronaldo leads players' player list

It is no surprise that Cristiano Ronaldo <noinclude></noinclude>

For other people named Ronaldo, see Ronaldo (disambiguation).
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH (pron.
 of Manchester United is the hottest of favourites to retain the Professional Footballers' Association The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) is the association for professional footballers in the United Kingdom. It is the world's oldest professional sportsman's association and has 4,000 members.  player of the year crown he won last spring after scoring 37 club goals to date in a season that has seen him bewitch fans and bewilder opponents in equal measure.

The other nominees are Liverpool's Spanish striker Fernando Torres Fernando José Torres Sanz (born March 20, 1984) is a Spanish football player currently playing for Liverpool. He was born in Fuenlabrada, a large suburban town south of Madrid and was the youngest player to play for Atlético Madrid and the youngest to become captain (at age 19). , Arsenal's Cesc F&aacute;bregas and Emmanuel Adebayor, Portsmouth's renascent re·nas·cent  
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 England goalkeeper David James and Liverpool's Steven Gerrard.

Along with F&aacute;bregas and Torres Ronaldo has also been nominated for the young player of the year award Several sports leagues honor their best player with an award called Player of the Year. In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player award. The awards with the "player of the year" phrasing include these.  and is, once again, defending his title. Further competition for this year's junior prize comes from Manchester City's Micah Richards and Aston Villa's Ashley Young and Gabriel Agbonlahor.

Ronaldo is also being strongly tipped to be named Fifa world player of the year after finishing behind Milan's Kaka ka·ka  
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 and Barcelona's Lionel Messi last season.

Gordon Taylor, the PFA PFA Pacific Film Archive
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 chief executive, yesterday paid tribute to each nominee in his association's two categories. Of Ronaldo he said: "The debate about whether he's as good as George Best will go on and on but for him to have broken George's goalscoring record from a wide position is phenomenal."

Taylor also had unstinting praise for Torres: "There have been many great Liverpool No9s down the years and he has carried on the tradition this season, responding brilliantly to what was a massive challenge. All of which speaks volumes about his strength of character as well as his ability."

On the subject of James, Taylor said: "It is a tribute to David that goalkeepers are rarely nominated but he fully deserves to join the elite list because he continues to be a top-class keeper - the most consistent in the Premier League this season - and an excellent role model." The winners will be announced on Sunday April 27.

Player of the year

Cristiano Ronaldo Man Utd

Fernando Torres Liverpool

Steven Gerrard Liverpool

Emmanual Adebayor Arsenal

Cesc F&aacute;bregas Arsenal

David James Portsmouth

Young player

Ronaldo

Torres

Adebayor

Gabriel Agbonlahor Aston Villa

Ashley Young Aston Villa

Micah Richards Manchester City

Winners to be announced To be announced (TBA)

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