Dubai Sports Council and Dubai Globe Soccer Awards 2022 announce finalists chosen by 10M votes from fans across the world
UAE, Dubai, 3 November 2022
After a successful first round of public voting, receiving a record-breaking 10 million votes, football fans worldwide have chosen the finalists for the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards 2022. These finalists, listed below, will now advance to the second and final round of voting:
| TikTok Fans’ Player of the Year Karim Benzema Thibaut Courtois Kevin De Bruyne Erling Haaland Robert Lewandowski Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Mohamed Salah | Best Men’s Player of the Year Karim Benzema Thibaut Courtois Luis Díaz Erling Haaland Robert Lewandowski Sadio Mané Kylian Mbappé Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Mohamed Salah | Best Women’s Player of the Year Aitana Bonmatí Lucy Bronze Linda Caicedo Debinha Ada Hegerberg Sam Kerr Catarina Macario Beth Mead Alexia Putellas Yamila Rodríguez | Best Men’s Club of the Year Al-Hilal Flamengo Liverpool Manchester City AC Milan Palmeiras Paris Saint-Germain Real Madrid AS Roma Wydad |
| Best Women’s Club of the Year Arsenal Barcelona Bayern München Chelsea Lyon Paris Saint-Germain Real Madrid | Best Coach of the Year Carlo Ancelotti Abel Ferreira Renato Gaúcho Josep Guardiola Jürgen Klopp José Mourinho Stefano Pioli | Power Horse Emerging Player of the Year Julián Álvarez Jude Bellingham Eduardo Camavinga Gavi Rafael Leão Victor Osimhen Federico Valverde | Best President of the Year Khaldoon Al Mubarak Pinto da Costa Herbert Hainer Florentino Pérez Paolo Scaroni |
| Best Sporting Director of the Year Michael Edwards / Julian Ward Cristiano Giuntoli Ricky Massara / Paolo Maldini Hasan Salihamidžić Michael Zorc | Best Agent of the Year Leon Angel / Frank Trimboli Jonathan Barnett Jorge Mendes Rafaela Pimenta Pini Zahavi | Best Scout of the Year Juni Calafat Fermín Galeote Martín Barry Hunter Geoffrey Moncada Markus Pilawa | CNN Off The Pitch Award Didier Drogba Fondazione Milan Real Madrid Foundation |
| Best Transfer Deal of the Year To be announced at the event | Maradona Award for Best Goal Scorer of the Year To be announced at the event | Best Executive of the Year To be announced at the event | Career Awards To be announced at the event |
Globe Soccer Digital Awards presented by 433
| Best Football Esports Player AndoniiPM Crepaldi DullenMIKE LevideWeerd Tekkz Tuga810 Umut | Best Football Journalist Guillem Balagué Andrea Di Caro Gianluca Di Marzio Fabrizio Romano Gerard Romero Didier Roustan These Football Times | Best Football Social Media Influencer AguskaFree Tobias Becs Séan Garnier Khaby Lame Luva de Pedreiro Raquel Freestyle Lisa Zimouche | Best Football TikTok Creator AhmedFreestylee Alnoufali_7 CejasFreestyle DiegoFreestyle OussiFooty PolaFreestyle RyuTricks | Best Football YouTube Creator 7mlc AllAttack Become Elite F2Freestylers Gomez Nawer ZABALIVE ZaynQF |
The breakdown for the first round of public voting is as follows:
| Vote Count | |
| Best Men’s Player of the Year | 2 538 740 |
| Best Women’s Player of the Year | 1 835 727 |
| Best Men’s Club of the Year | 2 653 916 |
| Best Women’s Club of the Year | 338 088 |
| Best Coach of the Year | 743 966 |
| Power Horse Emerging Player of the Year | 712 090 |
| Best Football Esports Player | 168 637 |
| Best Football Journalist | 262 788 |
| Best Football Social Media Influencer | 298 361 |
| Best Football TikTok Creator | 393 507 |
| Best Football YouTube Creator | 185 475 |
| TOTAL | 10 131 295 |
The second and final round of public voting to choose the winners in the main categories is now open atvoting.globesoccer.com and will close on 10 November 2022.This year’s winners will once again be chosen by the fans and an international jury of sports coaches, directors and club presidents. Full information is available here.
Voting for the TikTok Fans’ Player of the Year award is taking place on TikTok. Similarly, voting for the Socios.com Fan Activation of the Year will take place on the Socios.com platform.
The winners for all categories will be announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday, 17 November at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai.
The Dubai Globe Soccer Awards will be broadcast live via satellite and live streaming all over the world. Announcements and updates ahead of the 2022 edition of the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards will be shared through Globe Soccer’s social media channels: @globesoccer on Instagram, @Globe_Soccer on Twitter, @globesoccer on Facebook, @globesoccer on TikTok and Globe Soccer Awards on YouTube.
