The 38-year-old Ronaldo won 3 awards at the Global Awards, beating Messi and being elected the most popular player of the year
In the early morning of January 20, Beijing time, at the Global Awards ceremony in Dubai, the 38-year-old Portuguese superstar Ronaldo won three honors, including the Best Middle Eastern Player of the Year, the Maradona Award (Best Scorer of the Year) and the Most Popular Player of the Year.
Among them, in the selection of the most popular player of the year, Ronaldo defeated Messi, Neymar and Salah and other three superstar candidates to win the award.
It is worth noting that when the organizing committee announced that Ronaldo won the Middle East Player of the Year, some boos rang out from the scene, and Ronaldo rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction in the face of sporadic boos.
Cristiano Ronaldo then took the stage to receive the trophy and delivered his acceptance speech: "It has been a great season, I want to thank my teammates and coaches. I'll keep the trophy in my collection. I also want to thank my wife and children, usually it can be boring sometimes, but it's my job. Thank you to the Global Football Awards for giving me these great awards. In addition, Ronaldo also said that the Saudi league will be "top, top, top".
In 2023, the Globe Football Awards once again set up the "Maradona Award" to recognize the top scorer of the year. And Cristiano Ronaldo, who is the top scorer of the year, won the award without dispute. In the past year, Cristiano Ronaldo has made 59 appearances for club and country in all competitions, scoring 54 goals, beating the likes of Haaland, Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe to become the world's top scorer of the year.
As the player who currently leads the scorer list and assist list in the Saudi league at the same time, and helped Riyadh Victory win the championship trophy for the first time in the history of the team, Ronaldo won the 2023 Global Football Award for the best Middle Eastern player, which is also reasonable. Perhaps some of the audience booed him, mainly because last season, Ronaldo's Riyadh victory was not the league champion, which made Ronaldo's award-winning quality a little insufficient.