Muslim fans celebrated Muslim players’ achievements during Ballon d’Or awards, with Real Madrid and France forward Karim Benzema winning the prestigious award, thus becoming the only second Muslim to earn the glory.
Benzema was ahead of Senegalese Muslim star Sadio Mane, who came in second place, while Mohamed Salah, Egyptian Muslim star, came in the fifth place.
🚨 Three footballers who were voted as the best in the world are Muslim.
Karim Benzema was voted the best player in the world, with Sadio Mané coming second. Mohamed Salah came fifth in the Ballon d’Or rankings.#islam #muslim #benzema #Mane #Salah #football #fifa #BallonDor pic.twitter.com/mQ13w6nNAd
— Maaiz #RiseRT 🇲🇻🤝🇵🇸 (@Maaix4) October 18, 2022
2 Muslims Karim Benzema and Mane come 1st and 2nd for the ballon d’Or. Say ma sha Allah
— Yahya • يَحْيَىٰ 🇮🇳☝ (@Chagzyahya) October 17, 2022
I’m not a Real Madrid fan, I’m a Barcelona fan but no one can compete with Karim Benzema the best player of this season.
Congratulations to the Muslim star whose Islam is high to Karim Benzema, the winner of Ballon d’or. pic.twitter.com/mlIp7iEJ6P
— Abu mansur (@abdihakim_06) October 18, 2022
For the 2022 Ballon d’Or, Karim Benzema was named the best footballer of the year, Sadio Mane came second and Mohamed Salah was fifth. It means three of the top five footballers in the world are Muslim.
Read more: https://t.co/zr0C2KwAZ0#benzema #mane #ballondor pic.twitter.com/5UkVKdWG2k
— Islam Channel (@Islamchannel) October 18, 2022