Salah, Ibrahimovic, Ramos, Totti, Rooney, Maldini attend Dubai Globe Soccer Awards 2022

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Mohamed Salah, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sergio Ramos, Wayne Rooney and Francesco Totti. It sounds like a dream team to end all dream teams. These stars of the beautiful game - and countless others - were at the 13th edition of the Dubai Globe Soccer awards, organized by the Dubai Sports Council, at the Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, just days before the start of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/sport/football/dubai-globe-soccer-awards-real-madrid-striker-karim-benzema-named-mens-player-of-the-year-1.92076605  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #Dubai #soccer

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00:00Good evening from Madinat Jumeirah, where the 13th edition of the Dubai Globe Soccer

00:19Awards is about to take place. This is the 2022 edition and it promises to be bigger

00:24and better than ever before. Some of the most famous names in football are going to be here

00:29to pick up awards at the stunning Johara Ballroom. So, without any further ado, let's go and

00:34spot some footballers. Oh, Salah!

00:42This year's event will anticipate the FIFA World Cup in Qatar and will crown the footballers,

00:47coaches, managers, agents and promising players who have distinguished themselves both on

00:53and off the pitch in the past season. Some of the past winners include Carlo Ancelotti,

00:58Samuel Eto'o, Frank Ribery, James Rodriguez, Unai Emery, people like Didier Deschamps,

01:06Jose Mourinho, Frank Lampard. I mean, the list goes on. Carlos Puyol, Pep Guardiola,

01:14Fabio Capello, Kylian Mbappé, Cristiano Ronaldo, of course, Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona,

01:21Pirlo, Zidane. I mean, the list is endless. Here we are. The first player to arrive is

01:25AC Milan legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Swedish international. He's 41 years old. He's been

01:31carrying a knee injury, but he's going to be coming back to Dubai for some warm-weather

01:35training to try and heal that injury as quick as it can. He's an absolute superstar. Everything

01:40he says is just comedy gold. He's hilarious. He's one of the best players. He's scored

01:44some of the most incredible goals. Probably his best goal ever was against England, that

01:48Scorpion kick. They scored four goals in that game. It was a tremendous strike. And there

01:54we have Fabio Capello, legendary Italian manager. He's seen and done absolutely everything.

01:59One of the most successful coaches in the game. He's now retired. He had a spell as

02:03the England manager between, I think, 2010 and 2015. He got to the quarter-finals of

02:09the World Cup. He's well-known in the game, extremely well-known in the game. He's a legend

02:15of coaching. Here comes Wayne Rooney, England legend, former Man United legend, Everton

02:21legend. Started his career at Everton when he was just 16, scored on his debut, scored

02:26a great goal against Arsenal. And from there, a huge money move, followed to Man United

02:30for £25m. Alex Ferguson signed him up. And at the club at Man United, he went on to score

02:35dozens of goals, broke so many records, countless records, and for England. He's got more than

02:40125 appearances for England. After his playing career, he's retired. He's now a manager at

02:46DC United in the US. He had spells at Derby County as manager. And he's one of the best

02:51players that England have ever produced. Wayne Rooney. Here we go. That's another legend.

02:56Paolo Maldini, widely regarded as one of the best defenders of all time. He was a left-back,

03:01played in Serie A, 647 games. He was one of the best defenders they could ever find. And

03:07for Italy, he'd done it all in his career. Now he's become sporting director for the

03:11club, AC Milan. Italy, 126 appearances, 7 goals. He was absolutely phenomenal. What

03:18a legendary player. Spent 25 seasons of his playing career in Serie A with Milan, before

03:24retiring at age 41. Absolute legend, Paolo Maldini. France international, Mikel Silvestre,

03:29Man United legend, played for Arsenal as well. What a legendary player. There he goes, Mikel

03:34Silvestre. This is the legendary French freestyle footballer, Sean Gaultier. Loads of skills.

03:40He's a magician with the ball. He can do it all. He's very entertaining. There's no football

03:44here though, unfortunately. Sean, get a football. Where's your football? We want to see some

03:51tricks. We need to see you do some tricks. There was one ball over here somewhere.

03:59Mo Salah. What's happened to Liverpool, Mo? Why are we struggling this season?

04:04Here we go. Legend, Sergio Ramos. Real Madrid superstar. Now currently with Paris Saint-Germain.

04:11Spain international, he's done it all. Legendary player. Here we go, that's Unai Emery. Currently

04:16the latest manager for Aston Villa. Former Arsenal manager. He's won the European Cup

04:24three times in a row. He's a tremendous manager. He's doing a great job now at Aston Villa.

04:29Wow, here we go. Another legend. AS Roma legend. That's Francesco Totti. Italy international.

04:34He's won the World Cup. He's an absolute top quality striker. How the Azzurri could have

04:39done with a striker like him. Perhaps they could have qualified for the World Cup. Unfortunately,

04:44he'd retired a couple of years before that. Italy have been missing a goal scorer of Totti's

04:49character for some time. Here we go, Francesco Totti. Absolute legendary player. Here we

04:54go, that's Mamadou Sakho. Former Liverpool defender. Former Crystal Palace defender.

04:58Now playing for Montpellier. Centre-back. France international. Hasn't been selected

05:03for the World Cup, surprisingly, even though France are struggling. They've had injuries

05:07to their centre-back, Wesley Fofana. Sakho could have been an ideal replacement but maybe

05:14he'll get a late call. He's a solid, reliable type. Plays centre-back, left-footed. He's

05:20loved in Liverpool, loved by Crystal Palace, both in the Premier League. I think he won

05:24the Carabao Cup for Liverpool, got to the finals at least. He's done lots of work for

05:29charity. He does the AMSAC Foundation, which is raising money for children in need. He's

05:34an all-round nice guy. He's always smiling as well. I know you're doing a lot of charity

05:39work. Tell us about your AMSAC Foundation. How is it going there? Yeah, it's really good.

05:43It's why this year I decided to do it here in Dubai. It was yesterday. It was unbelievable,

05:51really beautiful. Everyone loved it. I think it's really good for the players just to try

06:03to inspire people. Many players come from far with a real-life story. When we make it,

06:13I think it's good to share and to give back. It's just what I'm trying to do. The game

06:20is full of money. Should more be done to help charities around the world? I think in football

06:25we always try. Every team tries to do their best for the kids. I think all the industry

06:36must do more. Step by step, I think we will do it. What do you think of the World Cup

06:42happening for the first time in the Middle East? How is it going to be? Hopefully it's

06:47going to be a great event. It's a fantastic opportunity for people here to be able to

06:53leave this competition. Even more because it's an Arabic country hosting the World Cup.

07:00It's a major trophy. It's the biggest trophy you can be able to host. I'm looking forward

07:05to see how they're going to do it. Can your team France defend the title? Yes, of course.

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