The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) announced the list of male and female candidates for “The Best” Awards, which will honor the most prominent male and female stars, male and female coaches for the year 2024. The list witnessed the name of the Al Ain player, the Moroccan Sofiane Rahimi, being included in the list of candidates, becoming the first player from the ADNOC Professional League to be nominated for the award. This prestigious award.
FIFA stated in an official statement that voting is open, and includes a group of categories, noting that the public will have a major role in choosing the winners, as the vote will be distributed equally between the public, team leaders, current coaches of the women’s and men’s teams, and media representatives, with regard to choosing the best player. The best striker, the best midfielder, the best goalkeeper, the best female player, the best goalkeeper, the best coach in the men’s category, and the best female coach in the women’s category.
FIFA chose Sufyan Rahimi among 22 players competing for the award for the best striker in the world, as Al Ain Club’s top scorer competes with high-caliber players, most notably Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane, Vinicius Junior, Lamin Yamal and Luis Suarez.
Sufyan Rahimi achieved legendary numbers, the most prominent in his career last season, after he led Al Ain to achieve the AFC Champions League title for the second time in the history of “Al Zaeem”, as the 28-year-old player set a record with Al Ain by contributing to 15 goals (13 goals and two assists). Two decisive goals) in one edition of the AFC Champions League, surpassing the tally of Ghanaian star Asamoah Gyan in 2014.
Rahimi scored in all of Al Ain’s matches at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in the tournament last season (10 goals in 7 matches), including seven goals in the knockout rounds.
He also won two individual awards, as he won the Best Player Award in the Asian Championship, the top scorer in the AFC Champions League with 13 goals, and became the highest scoring player in the history of the AFC Champions League in a single edition.
On the other hand, Sofiane Rahimi, the star of the Moroccan national team, gave an exceptional performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he achieved many records.
During the Olympic Games, which witnessed the Moroccan national team winning the bronze medal, the first in the history of the Arab national teams, Sofiane Rahimi proved his position as one of the most prominent players in the history of the Olympics. Rahimi presented an amazing performance, proving his strength and strengthening his position as one of the greatest football stars, and writing his name in golden letters. In the tournament record.
Rahimi scored eight goals, becoming the top scorer at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and equal to Egyptian legend Mostafa Riyad, after 60 years.
The Al Ain player became the all-time top scorer for the Moroccan national team at the Olympics, and the first Arab and African player to win the competition’s top scorer award.
Rahimi excelled in all the matches, after scoring goals in all the matches of the tournament that the “Atlas Lions” played, an achievement that no Arab player had ever achieved before him, while he achieved a global continental achievement after becoming the first player in the history of the Olympics to score for teams from five different continents during the tournament. one.
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