The luxurious Atlantis The Royal hotel on Palm Jumeirah in Dubai is ready to roll out the red carpet and celebrate the best in world football as host venue for the 16th edition of the BEYOND Developments GLOBE SOCCER Awards.
Taking place on Sunday 28 December 2025, this star-studded event will feature around 15 award categories on the night, including nine categories that are open to a worldwide public vote.
The first round of voting is open until 27 November, followed by second round of voting to decide each winner from 3-11 December. 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.
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.”
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.
Award categories for 2025 will include:
- 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
PSG dominate nominees list
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.
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.
GLOBE SOCCER has extended 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.
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