Cristiano Ronaldo’s reaction to being snubbed in 2023 top 10 list despite being top scorer leaves fans calling ‘crybaby’

CRISTIANO RONALDO was not impressed with being excluded from the list of the top 10 players in 2023.

The International Federation of Football History and Statistics released their rankings for the top 10 players of 2023 and Ronaldo was nowhere to be seen.

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Cristiano Ronaldo has been snubbed from the list of 2023’s top 10 players[/caption]

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Lionel Messi still earned a spot on the list[/caption]

Despite still being considered by many as one of the best players in the world, the Al-Nassr forward was snubbed from the top 10 stars of the year.

His old foe Lionel Messi still made the cut with the Inter Miami man considered the third best player of the year by the IFFHS.

While Man City’s Erling Haaland topped this list after his record breaking season that saw the Cityzens wrap up a historic treble.

The top 10 list was shared on Instagram by Portuguese newspaper A Bola and Ronaldo seemed to come across it on his social media.

The 38-year-old decided to comment below the post which revealed the rankings with three laughing faces and an emoji of a monkey covering its eyes.

Fans seem to think that the former Manchester United star’s reaction was as a result of being excluded from the list and took to the comments themselves to give their opinions.

One wrote: “Bro’s pushing 40 and moaning about IFFHS awards.”

While a second added: “He was actually crying, not laughing!”

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A third joked: “Give him the crying d’Or.”

A number of fans even labelled Ronaldo as a “crybaby” in the comments section for his reaction.

Other fans agreed with him and cited his goalscoring record as the reason he should have been on the list.

One wrote: “Well he’s right. What did Messi do in 2023? Nothing. Ronaldo is the top scorer of the year so he should at least be in the top 10!”

The superstar finished 2023 as the highest scoring player in the world after he netted an outstanding 53 goals in just 58 matches.

He beat out Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe by one goal while he scored three more than Haaland who ended up on top of the IFFHS list.

It’s not the first time that the Ronaldo has reacted to being snubbed for an award.

Earlier this season he responded in a similar way online when Lionel Messi was awarded his record eighth Ballon d’Or award following his World Cup success in Qatar.

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Erling Haaland topped the list made by the IFFHS[/caption]

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Kylian Mbappe was second on the list[/caption]

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Jude Bellingham has been a revealtion at Real Madrid and was placed as the fifth best player in 2023[/caption]

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Harry Kane’s exceptional goalscoring earned him seventh spot on the list[/caption]