The gala of the 2016 Global Soccer Awards was held tonight, December 27 in Dubai with some of the biggest names in world football present.
The top award of the night, the Best Player of the Year award went to Portugal and Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo, who could not attend as he is back in training with his team mates in Valdebebas.
Egypt and AS Roma star Mohamed Salah received the Best Arab Player of the Year award on the night.
.@Cristiano Ronaldo, winner of the 'Best Player of the Year' #GlobeSoccer Award addressing the audience #RealMadrid @selecaoportugal pic.twitter.com/1oshQpMOJ0
— Globe Soccer Awards (@Globe_Soccer) December 27, 2016
Winners of the 2016 Globe Soccer Awards are:
1) Best Player of the year: CRISTIANO RONALDO
2) Best Club of the year: REAL MADRID
3) Best President of the year: FLORENTINO PEREZ
4) Best Coach of the year: FERNANDO SANTOS
5) Best Referee of the year: MARK CLATTENBURG
6) Best Agent of the year: MINO RAIOLA
7) Special Award: UNAI EMERY
8) Best Sports Media Agency of the year: MP& SILVA
9) Best Arab Player of the year: MOHAMED SALAH
10) Kooora Best GCC Player of the year: OMAR ABDULRAHMAN
11) Best Chinese Player of the year: ZHENG ZHI
12) Kooora Best GCC Club of the year: AL HILAL
13) Player Career Award: SAMUEL ETO’O