The 5 Best Football Players in the world right now
Football is a team game and about sharing. It makes one learn about the various phenomenon of life, such as discipline, coordination, brainstorming, trust in each other, and more. The most challenging thing is to score a ‘GOAL’ similarly in life. Also, one shall have a consistent approach to achieve the goal. We are discussing the top players of football games here because they have imbibed these characteristics.
It is challenging to choose the five best footballers in the world. The list is extensive, and many players have shown extraordinary playing abilities, scoring and assisting winning records. But after checking all the statistics and performance, we have picked the five best football players in the world in recent times. The criteria for picking up these five players are based on their playing performance, goal scoring, assists, and winning titles and trophies in the last season (2021–22).
All football lovers live with one belief that Christino Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the legends of the football game. They are the ones who had beautifully framed this entire game and achieved the love of various fans all across the globe. They are the superheroes and players of all time. So, we have considered them always on top. Let’s read ahead of the top fair most football players.
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/France)
Statistics
- 27 goals in La Liga (2021–2022)
- 15 goals in Champions League (2021–2022)
- Won Spanish League title and Champions League (fifth title)
These statistics make him the world’s number one footballer.
The name of this titan player is Karim Benzema. The French nationalist and world giant football club, Real Madrid’s great forward player, played incapable football this season.
As an assistant captain band under coach Ancelotti, Benzema became a star player for the Spanish club. After last year’s failure, Real Madrid stood up again this season for Karim’s outstanding performance.
Benzema has already achieved many big titles for the club. He has four La Liga Titles, Five Champions League Trophies, two Copa Del Ray, three UEFA Super Cups, and four Fifa club world cups. But Benzema needs to prove more. Earlier, Christiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos took maximum glory and limelight for the club performances. But last season, Benzema proved he has great ability to win the world-famous champions.
Karim’s 27 goals in 32 matches helped the “La Casa Blanca” club secure 35 La Liga titles this year. Besides this, on 28 May 2022, Karim’s Real Madrid won the 14 Champions League Glory by beating Liverpool in the final. Most importantly, Benzema lifted the UCL trophy in the homeland with an extraordinary performance. He scored 15 goals in 12 matches. This season, Benzema won the “Pichichi Trophy” for the first time for his gigantic performance. Coco (Benzema’sBenzema’s nickname) also won “Supercopa De Espana” in the same season.
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munchen/Poland)
Robert Lewandowski becomes a goal machine for his team. Lewandowski plays a crucial role in Bundesliga for Bayern Munchen (Munich). His goals helped Bayern become a dominant Bundesliga Title winner. Lewandowski won the top goal scorer award for the fifth time. Last season the Polish nationalist scored 35 goals in Bundesliga and 13 in the Champions League (2021–22).
His football career in Bayern is called the Lewandowski era. He has played unbelievable and outstanding football for the last nine years. The Polish footballer joined Bayern from Borussia Dortmund in the 2014 season. Lewandowski played 253 matches for Bayern and scored 238 goals up to last season.
The number 9 jersey has a remarkable ability to score in any situation. The expert believes that Lewandowski can explode any case to achieve a goal. His scoring ability helps “The Reds” consecutive 8 Bundesliga Titles (2014 to 2022), 3 DFB Pokal Title, 4 DFL Super-cup, Champions League Title (2019–2020), UEFA Super Cup (2020), and Fifa Club World Cup (2020). Robert is a crucial player for his national team. For his country Poland, he played 130 matches and scored 75 goals.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City/Belgium)
Kevin De Bruyne is a technically gifted player on the football pitch. Kevin becomes a star player for Manchester City for his stamina, football intelligence, and ability to scan the game.
Kevin is one of the vital game makers in the club.
If we check the game statistic of De Bruyne, he has an outstanding result. The 29 years Belgium star assisted another striker in scoring a goal. Besides this, in English Premium League, with Manchester City, Kevin played almost 207 matches (including the 2021–22 season).
In each game, Kevin plays 50 passes per match. Last season, these Belgian players created 116 goal situations or chances and contributed 120 goals.
In the last season for this club, Kevin scored 15 goals in the EPL and two goals in the Champions League. Kevin won significant trophies and league titles like EPL, FA Cup, League Cup, and DFB Pokal, but he is still waiting for the Champions League title.
Mohamad Salah (Liverpool/Egypt)
The Egyptian Player will stand number four position. Salah becomes one of the best front-line players in the English Premium League and the world football phenomenon.
Salah joined Liverpool in the 2017 season. He played 180 matches for Liverpool and scored 118 goals.
The Egypt National Team Captain played 35 premium league matches and scored 23 goals last season. In the Champions League, he played 13 games and scored eight goals. In this Premium League season, he won the “Third Golden Boot Award” with Tottenham’s Son-Heung Min.
As one of the game makers for his club team, Liverpool, Salah already won one EPL title in the 2019–20 season Champions League Title in 2018–19. Last year despite playing outstanding football, Liverpool managed the second position in English Premium League and runner up in the Champions League Final. But Salah helped Liverpool to win the prestigious FA Cup and EFL Cup (Carabao Cup) against arch-rival Chelsea. Salah also won the best “Playmaker of the Season Award” for 13 assists for his team.
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint Germain/France)
Recently Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain fought for this forward-line player. At last, Mbappe’s old club won this player by offering him record fees. It is proved how Kylian has become the most crucial player for the club at the international level.
Mbappe, who already won four Ligue 1 titles and is runner-up in the Champions League final (2019–20), is his team’s solid goal scorer element. In the last season, Paris Saint Germain won the 10th league title because of the continuous goal-scoring performance of Mbappe.
In the French domestic league (2021–22), Kylian scored 28 goals and assisted in 18 destinations. Kylian kept his fantastic performance in the Uefa Champions League season also.
Kylian scored six goals in the competition. Kylian Mbappe has excellent running speed, dribbling, and finishing abilities. Currently, Mbappe is the highest-paid footballer in the universe and one of the best finishers in the world. Mbappe won two major tournaments for France at a very young age. For his present club, Mbappe scored 106 goals in 115 appearances.
Final Words
“Set your goals high and never stops until you achieve!” This attitude is what every football player has in their mind and takes the right approach to achieve. They are the top players because they have imbibed that “Winning is not everything, but it is the only thing!”
For them, football is their unconditional love, and that’s why they have become a “CHAMPION.”
A Champion is one who never gives up!
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