Dubai (WAM)
His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, honored the winners of the twelfth edition of the “Dubai Globe Soccer Award”, which was held within the activities of the sixteenth session of the “Dubai International Sports Conference”, a member of the “Mohammed bin Rashid Initiatives”. Al Maktoum International, organized by the Dubai Sports Council under the slogan “The World Forum”.
His Highness congratulated the winners, wishing them to achieve more achievements and to be an example in motivating young players in various countries of the world, encouraging them to adopt sportsmanship and high sports ethics, and preserving the principles of honorable competition that unite all athletes in various sports, the most important of which is football. Football, with its immense popularity around the world, remains the role model and role model for millions of their fans around the world. His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, participated in the honoring.
The conference and ceremony was held for the second year in a row at the Armani Hotel in the “Burj Khalifa”, in the presence of Saeed Hareb, Secretary-General of the Dubai Sports Council, Aref Al-Awani, Secretary-General of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, a number of Emirati, Arab and international football stars, and a number of members of the Dubai Sports Council and federations Sports clubs and boards of directors of clubs, football companies in the country and sports institutions, as well as honorees and representatives of local and international media.
During the conference, the global football evening began with a star session that brought together two of the most important global football stars, Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich striker and captain of the Poland national team, French Kylian Mbappe, France’s star, Paris Saint-Germain and the most important young striker in the world today.
The two stars reviewed their views on various football issues, the stages of forming a hero and building a successful personality, and the ability to achieve achievements for clubs and teams, starting from the first stages of playing to the crowning of the most important and biggest tournaments, building successful teams and the way professional players deal with those around them, coaches, technicians, arbitrators and the media.
The session touched on the applications of modern technology and artificial intelligence used in the world of football, and the techniques that enable players to develop their skills and provide the best performance in matches. The session also shed light on the most important stations in the successful professional journey of the two international stars, and their way of facing the challenges that confronted their sports career.
Within the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards 2021, the French Kylian Mbappe won the “best player in the world” award, according to the vote of the audience that participated in the selection of the winners, and through more than 5 million fans from different countries of the world, while the Polish Robert Lewandowski won two awards that reflected his wide audience and his skills. The big one, where he won the “Best Player in the World” award, chosen by Tik Tok fans around the world, and also won the “Best Goal” award for 2021, which is the special award named after the world football legend Maradona, the former honorary ambassador for sports in the Dubai Council. athlete.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the star of the Portuguese national team and Manchester United, was honored with the “Best All-Historic Scorer” award, and given that Ronaldo played an important match in the English Premier League on the same day, the award was received on his behalf by his Portuguese agent, Jorge Mendes. The award for the “best player career” went to the Brazilian Ronaldinho, while the star of Juventus and the Italian national team, Leonardo Bonucci, won the “best defender in the world” award, while the Spanish Alexia Botías Segur of Barcelona won the award for the “best player”. The Italian national team was crowned the best team for the year 2021, after winning the European Championship “Euro 2020”, while Roberto Mancini won the award for the best coach for the year 2021 after his success in leading the Italian team to win the European championship, and the Barcelona women’s team succeeded in winning the award for the best women’s team. The Egyptian football club, Zed, won the award for the best youth academy in Africa for the year 2021, and the Saudi Mosaed Al-Dosari won the award for the best esports player, and the Italian League won the award for the best innovation award in football. The award for the best sporting director went to Spaniard Czeke Begerstein after his great success with Manchester City, while Federico Pastorillo won the award for best player agent.
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