Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has been named as the French
Player of the Year for 2007 and received his award at a ceremony on
Sunday.
The 24-year-old won the vote cast by former award winners of the
France Football-organised honour after impressing for Marseille,
Bayern and France.
Thierry Henry came second, having won the gong for the last four
years, while highly-rated Olympique Lyonnais forward, Karim
Benzema, was third.
Ribery has helped Bayern to the top of the Bundesliga table in his
first four months at the club after moving from Marseille in the
summer.
Having begun his career at hometown club, Boulogne, the winger then
enjoyed spells at Olympique Alés, Stade Bestois and Metz, before
joining Galatasaray in 2004.
A few months later he moved to Lyon where he began to make his name
and in 2006 he was called into the French squad in time to play in
the World Cup Finals in Germany.
