The Dubai International Sports Conference has secured its place among the most prominent global events in the field of football, attracting an elite group of decision-makers, coaches, players and legends from around the world to discuss the future of the game and its challenges.
The conference, which has been organized annually by the Dubai Sports Council since 2006, has succeeded in turning into a global platform for dialogue and exchange of experiences between football circles.
The conference coincides with the organization of the Globe Soccer Award ceremony, which is given to the best players, coaches and clubs in the world, and rewards excellence and creativity in international football.
The award, which is distributed annually, has become one of the most important awards in the world of football, as it combines well-deserved honor for those who achieve and excel in various categories.
The award has developed significantly into an international event awaited by sports fans around the world, especially after the increasing success in attracting international football stars to attend the honoring ceremonies held in Dubai.
Over the course of its successive sessions, the award witnessed many historical moments and important milestones, and in 2020, despite the “Corona” pandemic, an exceptional edition was organized that included honors for the best male and female player and coach in the 21st century, adding to the award a global historical dimension.
The award attracted a group of the brightest football stars who have engraved their names in the history of the game, and among the most prominent winners of the Best Player Award is Cristiano Ronaldo, the star of the Portuguese national team and the clubs Real Madrid, Juventus, and the Saudi clubs Al-Nassr, respectively, who was crowned with the award several times due to his exceptional achievements, and Lionel Messi, the star. The Argentine national team, the former Barcelona club, and the current American club Inter Miami, and Robert Lewandowski, the Polish national team, Bayern Munich and Barcelona striker, who won the award in 2020.
In the best coach category, a number of illustrious names won the award, such as Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, and Jurgen Klopp, and in the club category, major clubs such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, and others won.
Arab players received a distinguished share of honors at “Dubai Globe Soccer,” which strengthened the status of Arab football on the global stage. Among the most prominent winners is Mohamed Salah, the star of the Egyptian and Liverpool national teams, who won the award as the best player in the world by fan vote in 2022.
Moroccan star Achraf Hakimi, the French player for Paris Saint-Germain, also won the Dubai Globe Soccer Award for the best young Arab player in 2019, in recognition of his distinguished performance with the German club Borussia Dortmund at the time.
On the club level, Al Ain was crowned the best club in the Middle East in 2024, after winning the AFC Champions League title in the last edition, qualifying to participate in the “Continental” Confederations Cup and ensuring its participation in the 2025 Club World Cup, and Al-Ahly of Egypt was crowned with the same award in the year. 2023.
In terms of followers and participants in the annual referendums, the Dubai Globe Soccer Award is witnessing rapid growth in their numbers, especially with the spread of public voting. In recent years, the number of participants in voting has exceeded millions of fans from all over the world, and the number of votes in the last edition reached 100 million. Vote for 70 million last year.
The Secretary-General of the Dubai Sports Council, Saeed Hareb, confirmed that the Dubai International Sports Conference, a member of the “Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives,” and the Dubai Globe Soccer Award have become two major events on the global football agenda.
He said, “Holding the Dubai International Sports Conference, along with the Globe Soccer Awards ceremony, contributes to bringing together the most influential figures in the game and promoting the development of sports worldwide.”
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