Ronaldo leaves Messi far behind in the race for the 'Dubai Golden Ball'

According to the public vote on the website Globesoccer.com as of the morning of November 23, Cristiano Ronaldo is leading the race to win the Globe Soccer Award - the category of the best male player in the world . This is an award that fans around the world jokingly call the "Dubai Golden Ball" to compare with the Golden Ball voted by France Football magazine.

CR7 currently owns 48.8% of the votes, nearly 5 times more than the star who just won the 2023 Golden Ball Lionel Messi (10.4%). Mohamed Salah is the person with the second most votes but only has 17%.

Erling Haaland, the treble-winning striker with Man City, received only 4.3% of the votes. Kylian Mbappe - who won the award in 2021 - received only 1.1% of the votes. Karim Benzema - the current "Dubai Golden Ball" - had a vote percentage of 2.7%.

Globe Soccer Award provisional voting results.

Since the award was established in 2011, Ronaldo is the star with the most Dubai Golden Balls with 6 times being honored (2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019). Meanwhile, the number of times Lionel Messi received the award is 1 time (2015). Ronaldo is likely to win the award for the first time since 2019, at the same time becoming the first player not playing in Europe to receive this award.

Since joining Al Nassr, Ronaldo has been impressive with 36 goals in 42 appearances in all competitions. He is still the captain of the Portuguese team in the EURO 2024 qualifiers with 10 goals. Even if Ronaldo wins the Saudi Pro League, AFC Champions League and plays well at EURO, fans believe that this superstar still has a chance to compete for the France Football Golden Ball in 2024.

Unlike France Football's Ballon d'Or or FIFA's The Best, the Global Soccer Award is based on fan voting in two rounds on the website. The first round takes place from November 21 to December 7. The second round takes place from December 12 to December 28. From the second round, a panel of 30 former players and experts will vote to find the winner. The award gala will be held on January 18, 2024.

Minh Tu

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