It is not the Ballon d'Or hooked in 2022 but it necessarily counts. A fortiori when you display 37 spring on the clock. Karim Benzema was appointed best Saudi Pro League player after a fruitful season. A new individual trophy at its record.
For his second Saudi exercise after an initial year disturbed by icy relations with his coach Marcelo Gallardo, KB9 was able to lead Al-Ittihad as champion. Credited with 21 goals – only Cristiano Ronaldo (25 achievements) and Ivan Toney (23) did better – the former Merengue also delivered nine assists. All in 29 championship matches.
In the past, Karim Benzema has already known such an honor, in other colors. Best Ligue 1 player in 2008 while he was wearing the OL jersey, his training club, the former Blues striker also won two players of the year in Liga in his career with Real Madrid. In 2020 and 2022.
The season is not over for Benzema
Like his scorer, Laurent Blanc, the strategist of the flagship club of Djeddah, was distinguished at the end of the season. By inheriting the trophy of best coach. A first concerning him since his title of best coach of the year 2016 in Ligue 1, while he directed PSG.
Note that the season is not over for Al-Ittihad and the Karim Benzema, N'Golo Kanté and Houssem Aouar. On Saturday, the Tigers have an appointment with Al-Qadisiyah, the team of a certain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, in the final of the King's Cup.
