Jun 02, 2020· Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, also known as Ronaldo, picked Barcelona’s Lionel Messi as the best player in the world while overlooking Cristiano Ronaldo in his top-five list of current players.. Ronaldo, who owns a majority stake at Real Valladolid in Spain, has won the Ballon d’Or winner twice and two World Cup titles, apart from being considered to be one of the best strikers to have ...