As an authoritative body in football, IFFHS has always judged the best player, best playmaker, best scorer and other awards every year. And the selections for 2023 have also been announced, and the top scorer award, which everyone is very concerned about, is also a surprise.
Cristiano Ronaldo, as the number one favorite, will score 54 goals in 2023, and everyone originally thought that this IFFHS top scorer of the year should be him. But what people didn't expect was that Ronaldo still lost this award. The reason for this is relatively simple, that is, the IFFHS believes that the gold content of the Saudi league is relatively low. So it directly made Ronaldo lose the top scorer of the year award this time. It's also a great pity.
And the other two super favorites, Mbappe and Haaland actually accompanied them directly. Mbappe has scored 52 goals this year, but he also missed out on the top scorer of the year, and perhaps the IFFHS side also believes that the gold content of goals in Ligue 1 is not as good as that of the Premier League, La Liga and the Bundesliga. And Haaland's 50 goals a year, also did not win the top scorer of the year, which is indeed an incomprehensible thing. As the leader of the triple crown, and won the golden boot in three events.
But Haaland still hasn't become the IFFHS top scorer of the year, which is a bit puzzling about what the IFFHS selection model is. And the first place is indeed too surprising, that is, Kane, a super scorer who transferred to Bayern this season. However, Kane won 0 championships in 2023 with 52 goals, and finally beat Mbappe and Haaland, Kane still caused a lot of controversy.