Cristiano Ronaldo voted best player by the Arab world

12.01.2014 12:01

Le Buteur, one of Algeria's most prestigious sporting publications, organised a vote among media outlets representing 22 countries of the Arab world (Lebanon, Kuwait, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Bahrain, Sudan and Libya, among others) to choose the best player in the world. About a hundred people voted, under the same system used to assign the Balon d'Or, and the winner was Cristiano Ronaldo on 314 points ahead of Ribery (245) and Messi (240).