2023-10-31 18:56:55
10/31/2023-|Last update: 10/31/202309:47 PM (Mecca time)
Saudi Salem Al-Dosari won the Best Asian Footballer Award for the year 2022, during a ceremony hosted by the capital, Doha, today, Tuesday, at the Qatar National Convention Center.
The 32-year-old Al Hilal Saudi club winger outperformed his competitors, Qatari Almoez Ali and Australian Matthew Leckie.
AFC President (left) hands Al-Dosari the Best Player Award (French)
Al-Dosari is the sixth Saudi player
Al-Dosari became the sixth Saudi player to win the award, after Saeed Al-Owairan (1994), Nawaf Al-Timayat (2000), Hamad Al-Montashari (2005), Yasser Al-Qahtani (2007) and Nasser Al-Shamrani (2014).
Al-Dosari emerged with the Saudi national team during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, specifically in the historic victory over Argentina (2-1), which later won the tournament title. He scored the winning goal against the world champion with a wonderful shot, and added another in the match that Saudi Arabia lost to Mexico 1-2 in the third, final round.
Al Hilal Saudi Club player Salem Al Dosari wins the Best Player Award in Asia for the year 2022 ????#AFC_Champions_League pic.twitter.com/v1jOEHsSCD
– AFC Champions League (@theAFCCL_ar) October 31, 2023
Al-Dosari raised his score to 3 goals in the history of the World Cup after his first goal against Egypt in the 2018 edition in Russia, and equaled the local record recorded in the name of his compatriot Sami Al-Jaber in the number of goals in the World Cup finals.
Al-Dosari also contributed to his team Al-Hilal being crowned with the Saudi League title 2021-2022 and the King’s Cup 2022-2023, and reaching the final match of the AFC Champions League 2022 by scoring 4 goals with 3 assists, and the final match of the Club World Cup in the same year in Morocco by scoring two goals against the Brazilian Flamengo in semi final.
45 minutes left until the start of the AFC Awards 2022 ⏳
– We remember with you 21 goals scored by Salem Al-Dosari with the Saudi national team ???? pic.twitter.com/ZcLlKbqwjG
– Saudi National Team (@SaudiNT) October 31, 2023
Qatari Al-Sadd player Akram Afif won the award for the last time in 2019 after he helped lead his country to the Asian Cup title in the Emirates, while the Continental Confederation withheld it for three years after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Qatar hosted the 27th edition of the annual awards ceremony, prior to hosting the Asian Cup Finals, during the period from January 12 to February 10, 2024.
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