Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric won the 2018 Ballon d’Or, becoming the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the award in more than a decade.

　　皇马兼克罗地亚中场球员卢卡.莫德里奇成功摘得2018金球奖桂冠，成为十多年来出了梅西和C罗以外第一位获此殊荣的球员。

　　Modric, 33, won his third successive Champions League in May before helping Croatia to a first World Cup final.

　　33岁的莫德里奇在今年五月助力皇马第三次获得欧冠冠军，在此之前，他还带领克罗地亚队第一次进入世界杯决赛。

　　Ronaldo, who joined Juventus from Real Madrid in the summer, came second.

　　从皇马转会到尤文的C罗则屈居第二。

　　Barcelona forward Messi finished fifth, with Atletico Madrid frontman Antoine Griezmann and PSG attacker Kylian Mbappe - both of whom won the World Cup with France - third and fourth respectively.

　　巴萨前锋梅西名列地位，马竞前锋格列兹曼和巴黎圣日耳曼前锋姆巴佩分别位列第三第四，两位球员都随法国队赢得了世界杯冠军。

　　Victory caps a stellar year for Modric, who also was named the world’s top male player at the Best Fifa Football Awards and received the Golden Ball award for the best player at the World Cup.

　　这一荣誉为莫德里奇光辉的的一年画上了一个句号，莫德里奇还被国际足联评为世界顶级足球运动员，世界杯后还荣获世界杯金球奖殊荣。

　　Speaking to BBC Sport, Modric dedicated the award to all of the other players who have missed out in the 10 years dominated by Messi and Ronaldo.

　　在接受BBC体育的采访时，莫德里奇称赞了过去十年里因梅西C罗的“统治”而与金球奖擦肩而过的优秀球员。

　　Maybe in the past there are some players who could have won the Ballon d’Or like Xavi, Andres Iniesta or [Wesley] Sneijder but people finally now are looking at someone else, he said.

　　他说道：“过去几年里有些球员本可以获得金球奖的，比如哈维、伊涅斯塔和斯内德，如今人们终于把注意力也转移到除了梅罗外的其他人身上了。

　　This award is for all the players who probably deserved to win it and didn’t. It was a really special year for me.It is difficult to express my emotion and how I feel in words. It is something unique for me. It was very special."

　　“这个奖项是献给所有和金球奖擦肩而过的球员的。今年对于我来说是非常特殊的一年。我现在的心情难以用言语表达。这一切对我来说都很独一无二、很特别。“

　　Modric described Ronaldo and Messi as "phenomenal players", adding: "To win means I did something really special on the pitch this year, that’s why 2017-18 was the year for me."

　　莫德里奇形容C罗和梅西是“非同寻常的球员”。他补充道：“能够超越他们俩说明这一年我的确在球场上有些非常出色的表现，正因如此这一年对我来说非同寻常。”

　　Modric was one of eight Real Madrid players in the top 30, including Wales international Gareth Bale in 17th.

　　莫德里奇是八位跻身前30名的皇马球员之一，其中还包括位列17名的的威尔士球员贝尔。