After Argentine star Lionel Messi - the French player of Paris Saint-Germain - won for the second time the award for the best player in the world for the year 2022 in the FIFA referendum for the second time, Al Jazeera Net reveals who the Arabs voted for.
The Paris Saint-Germain star outperformed his teammate Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema, to win the award at the ceremony that was held on Monday in Paris.
The Bulga got 52 votes, compared to 44 for Mbappe and 34 for Benzema.
The following are the choices of the Arabs among the ten stars who were nominated for the award:
Team leaders
Bahrain captain:
1- Messi 2- Mbappe 3- Benzema.
Egypt captain:
1- Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) 2- Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) 3- Ashraf Hakimi (Saint-Germain)
Captain of the Iraqi national team:
1- Messi 2- Benzema 3- Mbappe
Jordan captain:
1- Mbappe 2- Messi 3- Benzema
Kuwait captain:
1- Messi 2- Benzema 3- Mbappe
Lebanon national team captain:
1- Messi 2- Mbappe 3- Benzema
Morocco captain:
1- Hakimi 2- Benzema 3- Mbappe
Oman national team captain:
1- Benzema 2- Messi 3- Mbappe
Qatar national team captain:
1- Mbappe 2- Messi 3- Benzema
Captain of the Saudi national team:
1- Messi 2- Benzema 3- Mbappe
Captain of the Syrian national team:
1- Messi 2- Benzema 3- Neymar
Yemen captain:
1- Messi 2- Mbappe 3- Benzema
Djibouti national team captain:
1- Messi 2- Mbappe 3- Benzema
Mauritania captain:
1- Messi 2- Mbappe 3- Benzema
Captain of the Palestinian national team:
1- Messi 2- Mbappe 3- Benzema
Comoros national team captain:
1- Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich) 2- Messi 3- Benzema
UAE national team captain:
1- Benzema 2- De Bruyne 3- Polish Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
Team coaches
Algeria national team coach:
1- Benzema 2- Salah (Liverpool) 3- Modric
Bahrain national team coach:
1- Messi 2- Mbappe 3- Benzema.
Egypt coach:
1- Salah 2- Messi 3- Mbappe
Iraq national team coach:
1- Messi 2- Mbappe 3- Benzema
Jordan national team coach:
1- Messi 2- Mbappe 3- Benzema.
Kuwait national team coach:
1- Benzema 2- Mbappe 3- Messi
Lebanon national team coach:
1- Mbappe 2- Haaland 3- Messi
Mauritania national team coach:
1- Benzema 2- Messi 3- Mbappe
Morocco national team coach:
1- Messi 2- Mbappe 3- Hakimi
Oman national team coach:
1- Modric 2- Messi 3- Mbappe
Saudi national team coach:
1- Mbappe 2- Messi 3- Benzema
Sudan national team coach:
1- Messi 2- Mbappe 3- Modric
Syria national team coach:
1- Messi 2- Mbappe 3- De Bruyne
Yemen national team coach:
1- Mbappe 2- Messi 3- Mane
Palestine national team coach:
1- Benzema 2- Messi 3- Mbappe
Djibouti national team coach:
1- Benzema 2- Mbappe 3- Mane
Comoros national team coach:
1- Benzema 2- Messi 3- Mbappe
Tunisia coach:
1- Messi 2- Mbappe 3- Benzema
UAE national team coach:
1- Messi 2- Mbappe 3- Benzema