Cristiano Ronaldo has laughed at his omission from the International Federation of Football History and Statistics' (IFFHS) rankings of the ten best footballers of 2023.

The organisation released it's annual rankings for the ten best footballers in the world earlier this week, with Manchester City's Erling Haaland being voted the best player of the year.

Yet, there was no room on the list for the 38-year-old, with Bernardo Silva being the only representative from Portugal included in the list. 

The news was posted on Instagram by Portuguese news outlet A Bola, with the Al-Nassr forward commenting several laughing faces on Instagram. 

Kylian Mbappe placed second in the rankings, while Ronaldo's long-standing rival Lionel Messi was voted third, having also won his eighth Ballon d'Or earlier this year. 

Ronaldo was recently pictured sitting next to Conor McGregor at the 'Day of Reckoning' boxing event in Saudi Arabia, that saw Anthony Joshua claim victory against Otto Wallin while Deontay Wilder was beaten by Joseph Parker. 

The former Man United and Real Madrid star was seen laughing and chatting to the UFC fighter. 

Ronaldo was back in action for the Saudi Pro League side on Boxing Day, scoring a brace of goals to net his 22nd and 23rd goals in all competitions this season during their 5-2 victory against Karim Benzema's Al-Ittihad. 

The brace means that Ronaldo has now scored 53 goals across all competitions in 2023.

Ronaldo has only failed to score in just four of the games he's played in in the league this season