Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo won the Maradona Award for Best Scorer of the Year 2023 at the prestigious Dubai Globe Soccer Awards, which is held with the support of the Dubai Sports Council. Presented this year by Nakheel. The luxurious Atlantis Hotel and Resort, an icon of hospitality located on the Palm Jumeirah, will host the 14th edition of the Awards Ceremony on Friday, January 19.
Ronaldo won the award after beating Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland. To add this achievement to the list of his distinguished individual successes, Ronaldo scored 54 goals in 59 matches. He was able to achieve his best goal tally in one year since 2017 when he was a Real Madrid player and then scored 53 goals. Which contributed to strengthening the position of the Portuguese star as the best scorer of the year, ahead of Kylian Mbappe, Paris Saint-Germain player (52 goals in 53 matches), Harry Kane, Bayern Munich player (52 goals in 57 matches), While Manchester City player Erling Haaland finished the year with 50 goals in 60 matches.
This award crowned Ronaldo’s distinguished career over the past year. Especially since he is now 38 years old, He succeeded in scoring 34 goals for the Saudi Al-Nasr team, which is competing for the professional league title in the Kingdom. Which did not prevent him from competing for the Best Player in the World Award, the Best Player in the Middle East Award, and the Fans’ Best Player Award. It is noteworthy that Ronaldo is the game’s all-time top scorer, with more than 873 goals.
The Palm Jumeirah Island, hosting the event, is one of the largest artificial islands in the world, developed by the region’s leading real estate development company, Nakheel.
The second and final round of voting took place across the 11 main categories of the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards and the six digital categories. In addition to the inaugural Serie A awards (including Serie A), Recording more than 50 million votes from football fans around the world, The total number of participants in voting since its inception exceeded 70 million. That is equivalent to twice the number of votes compared to 2022.
The official jury of the Globe Soccer Awards participated, Made up of more than 30 prominent football figures, Including Francesco Totti, Iker Casillas, Luis Figo and Marcello Lippi, In the final selection process that ended on December 28, 2023.
The new Globe Soccer application succeeded in recording an unprecedented number of downloads. 1.5 million people voted through this dedicated application.
The Saudi Sports Company plans, As the official broadcaster of the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards 2023, To broadcast the event live around the world, With the possibility of broadcasting via several channels on the Internet.
More updates and announcements will be posted ahead of the luxurious ceremony on Globe Soccer’s social media channels. The new Globe Soccer application is available for download from the Apple Store and Google Play by searching for “Globe Soccer”.