The annual ceremony organized by the Professional League will be held at 7:45 pm today at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, during which the stars of the past football season 2023-2024 will be revealed. The League had previously announced the shortlists of nominees for the season’s awards in the categories: Best Emirati Player, Best Foreign Player, Best Promising Emirati Player, Best Promising Resident or Local Player, as well as Best Goalkeeper, Best Coach, Most Beautiful Goal, and Best Player of the Public Choice. The list of nominees for the Golden Ball Award for Best Emirati Player included three players: Al Wasl players Fabio Lima and Ali Saleh, and Shabab Al Ahli player Yahya Al Ghassani.
The list of players nominated for the Golden Ball award for the best foreign player includes: Nicolas Jimenez (Al Wasl), Mehdi Kaidi (Ittihad Kalba), and Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain), while the Golden Boy award for the best promising Emirati player is being competed for by Ittihad Kalba player Sultan Adel, Shabab Al Ahli player Bader Nasser, and Al Ain player Mohammed Abbas.
As for the Golden Boy Award for the best promising player, resident or born in the country, the competition is between Siaka Sidibe (Al Wasl), Guilherme Bala (Shabab Al Ahli), and Sekou Papa Gassama (Al Bataeh).
The Professional League announced that the competition for the Golden Glove award for best goalkeeper was limited to Khalid Al-Senani (Al-Wasl), Khalid Eisa (Al-Ain), and Ali Khaseif (Al-Jazira).
The nominees for the Captain’s Award for Best Coach are: Milos Milojevic (Al Wasl), Alfred Schroeder (Al Nasr), and Goran Tufegdzic (Al Wahda), while the list of nominees for the Best Player Award by the People’s Choice includes: Fabio Lima (Al Wasl), Ismail Matar (Al Wahda), and Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain).
The list of nominees for the most beautiful goal award, chosen by the public, includes Al Wasl player Fabio Lima’s goal against Shabab Al Ahli, Al Wahda player Ismail Matar’s goal against Shabab Al Ahli, and Al Ain player Soufiane Rahimi’s goal against Ajman.
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