List of top 100 footballers in 2023
“The Guardian” published its annual list of the 100 best players in the world for 2022, and Lionel Messi, the star of French Saint-Germain, topped it.
Late last year, Messi led his country to win the 2022 World Cup, for the third time in the history of “Tango”. And he won the best player award in the tournament that was held in Qatar, after he contributed a major role in this coronation.
And French international Kylian Mbappe, his colleague in Saint-Germain, ranked second in the “Guardian” list.
Among the first 50 names were 4 Arab players, including the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, the Moroccans Ashraf Hakimi, Yassin Bono and Sofiane Merabet, while the Algerian Riyad Mahrez was missing.
Here are the names of the 50 best players in the world for 2022, according to the Guardian:
1- Lionel Messi – Saint-Germain
2- Kylian Mbappe – Saint-Germain
3- Karim Benzema – Real Madrid
4- Erling Haaland – Manchester City
5- Luka Modric – Real Madrid
6- Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City
Robert Lewandowski – Barcelona
8- Vinicius Junior – Real Madrid
9- Thibaut Courtois – Real Madrid
10- Mohamed Salah – Liverpool
11- Sadio Mane – Bayern Munich
12- Neymar da Silva – Saint-Germain
13- Harry Kane – Tottenham Hotspur
14- Judy Bellingham – Borussia Dortmund
15- Casemiro – Manchester United
16- Ashraf Hakimi – Saint-Germain.
17- Antoine Griezmann – Atletico Madrid
18- Federico Valverde – Real Madrid
19- Pedi Gonzalez – Barcelona
20- Emiliano Martinez – Aston Villa
21- Enzo Fernandez – Benfica.
22- Bukayo Saka – Arsenal
23- Raphael Liao – Milan
24- Phil Foden – Manchester City
25- Jamal Musiala – Bayern Munich
26- Heung Son Min – Tottenham Hotspur.
27- Virgil van Dyck – Liverpool
28- Bruno Fernandes – Manchester United
29- Bernando Silva – Manchester City
30- Olivier Giroud – Milan
31- Joshko Gvardiol – Leipzig.
32- Julian Alvarez – Manchester City
33- Christopher Nkunku – Leipzig
34- Alisson Becker – Liverpool
35- Martin Odegaard – Arsenal
36- Joao Cancelo – Manchester City.
37- Gavi – Barcelona
38- Angel Di Maria – Juventus
39- Toni Kroos – Real Madrid
40- Khvica Kvaratskhelia – Naples
41- Joshua Kimmich – Bayern Munich.
42- David Alaba – Real Madrid
43- Yassin Bono – Seville
44- Robin Diaz – Manchester City
45- Aurelien Chawamini – Real Madrid
46- Theo Hernandez – Milan.
47- Alex McAllister – Brighton
48- Rodrigo de Paul – Atletico Madrid
49- Sufyan Amrabat – Fiorentina
50- Cody Jacobo – Liverpool
Source: Guardian
