On Monday, at the Global Football Awards ceremony in Dubai, Mbappe was elected Player of the Year, Levan won the Maradona Award, Cristiano Ronaldo won the All-Time Best Goalscorer Award, and the Italian national team and Barca women's football team became the big winners.
The Global Football Awards are part of the Dubai International Sports Congress organised by the Dubai Sports Authority and are organised by the European Association of Football Agents and the European Football Club Association. Since its inception in 2010, it has been held for 12 consecutive years.
In the selection of the best player of the year, Mbappe beat Benzema, Levan, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Salah to win the award for the first time. In the 2020 selection, Levan won the award of Player of the Year, breaking Ronaldo's monopoly on this award for 4 years.
In 2021, the Global Football Awards added the Maradona Awards, which recognizes players who have achieved outstanding results, are talented and love the game, and Levan eventually became the first player to receive this award.
Chelsea were voted Club of the Year, Donnarumma was named Goalkeeper of the Year, Bonucci was named Defender of the Year, Mancini was named Manager of the Year and the Italian national team was voted National Team of the Year.
At this ceremony, the Italian national team won four awards, which is the biggest winner. In addition, Serie A won the Innovation Award for becoming the first sports league in the world to introduce VAR technology.
Putras, who plays for Barca, was named The Women's Footballer of the Year and Barca was voted the Women's Club of the Year. Winning two awards for women's football, Barca became one of the winners of this award.
Manchester City Sporting Director Bergristan was named Sporting Director of the Year and Pastorello was named Agent of the Year.
Legendary star Luo Xiao won the Player Career Award, and C Ronaldo was awarded the All-Time Best Goalscorer Award.