And one more individual reward for Karim Benzema. Author of a brilliant season with his team from Al-Ittihad, the former Real Madrid was honored with the title of best player in the Saudi championship this Wednesday. Additional proof of talent and efficiency still present in the Ballon d'Or 2022.
For his second season in Saudi Pro League, the player trained at Olympique Lyonnais won the championship. Al-Ittihad simply crushed the competition and finished eight points ahead of his runner-up, Al-Hilal. Twenty-six victories in thirty-four championship meetings and for KB9, a third place in the scorer ranking. Twenty-one achievements on the clock, not so far from the twenty-five of the number one in the matter since Cristiano Ronaldo planted twenty-five goals.
Karim Benzema also distributed nine assists. A set of statistics which therefore allowed him to win the thirty-fourth title of his career. And if the former tricolor international has been rewarded, he is not the only one to have been since his coach also received a distinction. Al-Ittihad coach, Laurent Blanc was appointed best coach of the season in Saudi Pro League.
Benzema participates in the 10th title of al-Ittihad champion
The former Tactician of PSG and OL offered his club the tenth title of champion of Saudi Arabia in his history. And it's not over since Al-Hilal competes this Saturday the King Cup final against Al-Qadisiya. A double in mind, this would be the most beautiful effect for the CV of Laurent Blanc who had not won a title for nine years and his visit to Paris.
All this also augurs for a beautiful 2025-2026 season for a particularly solid al-Ittihad team with talents such as N'Golo Kanté, Houssem Aouar or Moussa Diaby.
