\n\tDUBAI: Ousmane Dembele and Aitana Bonmati were the major winners at the 16th Beyond Developments Globe Soccer Awards on Sunday night in Dubai.<\/p>\n
\n\tDuring a ceremony at the Atlantis The Royal hotel, Paris Saint-Germain forward Dembele was crowned Best Men\u2019s Player for the first time, and FC Barcelona midfielder Bonmati made history by being named Best Women\u2019s Player for a third consecutive year.<\/p>\n
\n\tAmong more than 20 awards presented, French giants PSG, capping off an extraordinary year in which they won the UEFA Champions League and Super Cup, Ligue 1, and Coupe de France, were named Best Men\u2019s Club.<\/p>\n
\n\tIndividual awards went to Luis Enrique (Best Coach), Vitinha (Best Midfielder), Desire Doue (Emerging Player), Luis Campos (Best Sporting Director), and Nasser Al-Khelaifi (Best President).<\/p>\n
\n\tDembele said on stage: \u201cThe first half of the season was a bit more difficult, but there was a lot of work being poured into what happened in the second half.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cYou have to work hard always and continue at it. And then when the moments that were hard to beat arrived, I just kept at it and now find myself where I am now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tAs well as celebrating Bonmati\u2019s honor, it was a big night for FC Barcelona as they won the Best Women\u2019s Club trophy.<\/p>\n
\n\tBarca\u2019s 18-year-old sensation Lamine Yamal, the Spain international, also secured a double with the Best Forward and Maradona awards.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI don\u2019t want to be compared to anybody, because people, like the legends like Cristiano, actually have made their own path, and that\u2019s what I want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tA highlight of the evening saw Cristiano Ronaldo announce, in partnership with Globe Soccer, the first Globe Sports Award. Ronaldo presented the award to tennis icon Novak Djokovic, the 24-time Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n
\n\tAl-Nassr and Portugal star Ronaldo, named the Best Middle East Player, said: \u201cWe have a similar story, so I think it\u2019s deserved because you are a great example for this generation, the older generation, and the generation to come, so you deserve it.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cFootball is our life, it\u2019s my life. But for me, sport means more than only football. For me, this is a new era, so we have to open our minds for the other sports.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThis is why we create this amazing award, in my opinion, and because the world needs to see different things with huge quality.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tDjokovic said: \u201cTo be here tonight is a privilege and honor, obviously, receiving an award from another sporting legend is a dream come true. Honestly, I wasn\u2019t expecting this. I\u2019m a big fan of football.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI came here to obviously celebrate the incredible year that all of the football stars were having, and I was caught off guard, but in a positive way, so I couldn\u2019t be happier.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tCareer awards were presented to Spaniard Andres Iniesta, who scored the winning goal for his country in the 2010 FIFA World Cup final against the Netherlands, and former Japan midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata, a two-time AFC Player of the Year and Serie A winner with AS Roma.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn a tribute, a special award was presented to the parents of Diogo Jota, the Liverpool and Portugal forward who tragically died in a car accident alongside his younger brother Andre Silva in July.<\/p>\n
\n\tDuring the invite-only event in Dubai, awards were presented to Jorge Mendes (Best Agent), Portugal (Best National Team), Paul Pogba (Comeback Award), Los Angeles Football Club (Best Club Branding).<\/p>\n
\n\tIn addition, awards went to Nicoletta Romanazzi (Best Mental Coach), Right to Dream (Best Academy), and Bilal Haddad (Koora Break Best Content Creator).<\/p>\n
\n\tNine core categories were decided by more than 30 million fan votes during two global voting windows: Best Men\u2019s Player, Best Women\u2019s Player, Best Men\u2019s Club, Best Women\u2019s Club, Best Coach, Best Midfielder, Best Forward, Emerging Player, and Best Middle East Player.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe final winners were then determined by a combination of fan votes and the Globe Soccer Jury, made up of Marcello Lippi, Francesco Totti, Iker Casillas, and Luis Figo.<\/p>\n
\n\tTommaso Bendoni, founder and CEO of Globe Soccer, said the awards \u201cdelivered an unforgettable celebration of football, bringing together the world\u2019s greatest players, coaches, executives and legends in Dubai.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe incredible engagement from fans, alongside the expertise of our distinguished jury, once again demonstrated the unique spirit of the Globe Soccer Awards.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tIt was also a special night for Spain\u2019s La Liga EA Sports as the country\u2019s top-flight presented the winners of its 2024-2025 season awards. FC Barcelona trio Raphinha, Hansi Flick, and Yamal were named Best Player, Best Coach, and Best Emerging Player respectively.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Best Goal award went to Real Sociedad midfielder Luka Sucic, while the Best Save award was presented to Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUBAI: Ousmane Dembele and Aitana Bonmati were the major winners at the 16th Beyond Developments Globe Soccer Awards…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-374906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}