Ronaldo confident of winning soccer awards

MANCHESTER, England, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Cristiano Ronaldo, the star of Britain's Manchester United soccer team, says he will likely win two of his sport's top awards this year.

The Portuguese soccer star said his play with the Premier League team should earn him the Ballon d'Or, also known as the European Football of the Year award, as well as top player honors from the International Federation of Association Football, The Daily Telegraph said Friday.

"I am completely confident," Ronaldo said. "If you assess what I did over the course of the season; I think I did more than anyone. What more could I have done to win the Ballon D'Or and the Fifa award?"

The soccer star scored 42 times in official play this year despite playing for two months on an injured ankle.

The Telegraph said Ronaldo, whose team won this year's European Cup, was equally confident in their chance of winning a second championship for the Manchester United team.

"I want a second Champions League," he said. "Manchester United have everything it takes to do it. I don't see anyone capable of rivaling us."