Voting Opens for 16th BEYOND Developments Globe Soccer Awards as Dembélé Vinícius and Ronaldo Lead Star Studded Nominations

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Voting opens for the 16th BEYOND Developments
GLOBE SOCCER Awards with Ousmane Dembélé, Vinícius Júnior and Cristiano Ronaldo
nominated

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Taking place on Sunday
December 28 2025 at Atlantis The Royal in Dubai, around 15 main categories will
be awarded on the night

· Nine categories are open to public voting and football
fans worldwide can now vote for their favourite nominees until November 27

·
European
champions Paris Saint-Germain dominate the nominations following the most
successful season in the club’s history

·
PSG forward
Ousmane Dembélé, 2024 winner Vinícius Júnior of Real Madrid, and FC Barcelona’s
Lamine Yamal are among the candidates for Best Men’s Player

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Portugal and
Al-Nassr star Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the nominees for Best Middle East
Player

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Spain’s LALIGA
will also announce five awards at Atlantis The Royal

Dubai, UAE – November
19 2025: Football fans around
the world can now vote for their favourite nominees for this year’s BEYOND Developments
GLOBE SOCCER Awards, which will be held on Sunday December 28 2025 at the
five-star Atlantis The Royal hotel on Palm Jumeirah in Dubai.

The
16th edition of the star-studded event will feature around 15 award categories,
including nine that are open to a worldwide
public vote until November 27 to decide the finalists.

The second
round of voting window to decide each winner will then be active from December
3-11. Final winners will be determined by a combination of fan votes and the GLOBE
SOCCER Jury, made up of legendary names such as Marcello Lippi, Francesco
Totti, Iker Casillas, and Luis Figo.

Categories open
to public vote:

· Best Men’s Player

· Best Women’s Player

· Best Men’s Club

· Best Women’s Club

· Best Coach

· Best Midfielder

· Best Forward

· Emerging Player

· Best Middle East Player

After winning
the UEFA Champions League and Super Cup, Ligue 1, and Coupe de France in the
2024-2025 campaign, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) dominate the nominees list and
will be looking to end the calendar year with even more silverware at the GLOBE
SOCCER Awards.

As well as being
nominated for the Best Men’s Club accolade, Luis Enrique and Luís Campos
are in the running for the Best Coach and Best Sporting Director
awards respectively. Eight of PSG’s Champions League-winning side – Ousmane
Dembélé, Désiré Doué, Achraf Hakimi, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Nuno Mendes, Fabián
Ruiz, Vitinha, and Gianluigi Donnarumma (now Manchester City) – are on the Best
Men’s Player list, while Doué, João Neves, Ruiz, and Vitinha are nominated
for Best Midfielder; Dembélé and Kvaratskhelia for Best Forward;
and Doué, Neves, and Warren Zaïre-Emery for Emerging Player.

The PSG stars
are joined on the 25-name Best Men’s Player list by a host of
high-profile names, including 2024 winner Vinícius Júnior and his Real Madrid
teammate Kylian Mbappé, FC Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal, Bayern Munich’s Harry
Kane, and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.

Barcelona Femení
and Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmatí will be aiming to win the Best Women’s
Player award for the third successive year. She is selected on the
25-player list alongside Barça teammates Patri Guijarro, Caroline Graham
Hansen, Ewa Pajor, Claudia Pina, and Alexia Putellas. Five of England’s UEFA Women’s
Euro 2025-winning team – Chelsea duo Lucy Bronze and Hannah Hampton and Arsenal
trio Chloe Kelly, Alessia Russo and Leah Williamson – are also shortlisted.

UEFA Women’s
Champions League winners Arsenal are one of seven teams competing for the Best
Women’s Club award, alongside Bayern Frauen, Chelsea Women, Barcelona
Femení, Juventus, OL Lyonnes, and Orlando Pride.

The Best
Men’s Club category will see PSG go head-to-head with the likes of Al-Ahli
(Saudi Arabia), FC Barcelona (Spain), Bayern München (Germany), Flamengo
(Brazil), Inter (Italy), Liverpool (England), Napoli (Italy) and Pyramids FC (Egypt)
for the highly coveted award. PSG boss Enrique is joined on the Best Coach
shortlist by Enzo Maresca (Chelsea), Arne Slot (Liverpool), Antonio Conte
(Napoli), Vincent Kompany (Bayern Munich), Hansi Flick (Barcelona), Roberto
Martínez (Portugal), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) and
Eddie Howe (Newcastle United).

Portugal and
Al-Nassr star Cristiano Ronaldo is nominated for Best Middle East Player and
he will go up against Salem Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal), Karim Benzema (Al-Ittihad), Roberto Firmino
(Al-Ahli/Al-Sadd), N’Golo Kanté (Al-Ittihad), Riyad Mahrez (Al-Ahli) and Ivan
Toney (Al-Ahli) for the award.

Tommaso Bendoni,
Founder and CEO of GLOBE SOCCER, said: “We are delighted to welcome once again the
world’s top football stars to Dubai for the BEYOND Developments GLOBE SOCCER Awards,
this time at Atlantis The Royal. Dubai has been the host city for our event for
16 years, and the vision and ambition of the emirate’s leadership means it always
provides an incredible backdrop. We look forward to honouring the football
industry’s best performers and creating another unforgettable evening
celebrating the beautiful game in this incredible city.”

As well as the GLOBE
SOCCER Awards, Spain’s LALIGA EASPORTS will also present the winners of its
season-end awards for 2024-2025. With the winners already confirmed, LALIGA
will formally recognise FC Barcelona’s Raphinha as Best Player, Hansi Flick as Best
Coach, and Lamine Yamal as Best Emerging Player. The Best Goal award will go to
Luka Sučić for his sensational strike for Real
Sociedad against Atlético Madrid in October 2024, and Best Save to Atlético
goalkeeper Jan Oblak for a remarkable double-block in the same
match.

For the 2024 GLOBE
SOCCER Awards, more than 100 million votes were cast by the public worldwide and
the GLOBE SOCCER
mobile app had 1.5 million downloads, underlining the event’s
global appeal. Fans have until November 27 to vote for the first round of nominees
at vote.globesoccer.com.

GLOBE SOCCER is
delighted to continue its strategic partnership with title sponsor BEYOND Developments
for a second successive year, while new partnerships have also been confirmed
with Saltanat Diamond Gallery as presenting sponsor;
Mansory, OnePlayr, and Atlantis The Royal as platinum sponsors. Silversands
North Coast is a gold sponsor this year. Among our media partners, CNN, SKY,
Koora Break, MARCA and La Presse.

As anticipation
builds ahead of the event, fans can stay updated through GLOBE SOCCER’s social
media channels and the GLOBE SOCCER mobile app, available on iOS and Android.

For more
information visit www.globesoccer.com

-ENDS-

Note for editors:

·
For a press kit
including images, videos and various artworks, visit https://bit.ly/GSA25PressKit

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For
a selection of nominee’s images, visit https://bit.ly/GSA25NomineesImages

· For a full list of award nominees please
see below

How to vote:

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For the official
voting page: vote.globesoccer.com

·
Vote via the GLOBE
SOCCER app: get.globesoccer.com

16^th BEYOND
DEVELOPMENTS GLOBE SOCCER AWARDS – NOMINEES LIST

Award Categories: Best Men’s Player; Best Women’s Player; Best Men’s
Club; Best Women’s Club; Best Coach; Best Midfielder; Best Forward; Emerging
Player; Best Agent; Best Sporting Director; Best Middle East Player

Public Voting
Categories: Best Men’s Player;
Best Women’s Player; Best Men’s Club; Best Women’s Club; Best Coach; Best
Midfielder; Best Forward; Emerging Player; Best Middle East Player

About GLOBE SOCCER

GLOBE SOCCER,
founded by Tommaso Bendoni and co-owned by Riccardo Silva, is a
Dubai-based football organisation. Since 2010, it has hosted the annual GLOBE
SOCCER Awards, a prestigious event that recognises all football
stakeholders, from players to chairmen, fans to agents, and directors to
referees. This unique, high-profile ceremony has become a significant fixture
in the global football calendar.

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