Today, Wednesday, the Asian Football Confederation announced the list of players nominated for the Best Player in the Asian Continent award for the month of February.
The AFC revealed the list of players nominated for the award, led by Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, the Saudi Al-Nasr player.
The list also included the Nigerian Odion Ighalo, the Saudi Al-Hilal player, Omar Al-Soma, the Qatari Al-Arabi player, Aso Rustam, the Iraqi police player, Kodjo Laba, the Emirati player, Al-Ain, and Mahdi Abdul-Jabbar, the Bahraini player, Manama.
The AFC launched, on its official website, a vote among the fans, which will continue until next Sunday evening.
Portuguese star Ronaldo won his first prize in the Saudi stadiums, as he was crowned the best player last month in the Saudi Roshen Professional League.
Yesterday, Tuesday, the official account of the Roshen Professional League announced that Ronaldo won the best player award in the league for last February.
⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ The "Super Hat-trick" for the Super 🔥
Madeira missile ⬇️ #Ronaldo #Unity_Victory |
#SSC pic.twitter.com/E263gHrYDJ
- Saudi Sports Company SSC (@ssc_sports) February 9, 2023
Ronaldo scores 8 goals
Ronaldo led his team to victory last month to achieve 3 victories against a single draw when he saved his team from losing against Al-Fateh with a goal in the fatal time.
During the past month, Ronaldo scored 8 goals, including 4 "super hat-trick" goals against Al-Wahda, and a "hat-trick" against Dhamak, and he also made two goals.
Don's pass 🎁
and a strange goal ⚽# Victory_Cooperation |
#SSC pic.twitter.com/JynBuNv8mZ
- Saudi Sports Company SSC (@ssc_sports) February 17, 2023
Al-Nasr tops the standings of the Roshan League clubs after 18 rounds, with 43 points, two points behind Al-Ittihad.
Ronaldo will face fierce competition with Nigerian Ighalo, top scorer for Al Hilal, who led his team to qualify for the AFC Champions League final and finish second in the Club World Cup and runner-up to Real Madrid.