On Thursday, the European Union chose the French star Karim Benzema European Player of the Year, after beating his teammate in Real Madrid Spaniard Thibaut Courtois, and Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne, to succeed Chelsea player, Italian Jorginho, who won the title last year, after winning with Chelsea in the Champions League, and with the “Azuri” in the European Cup of Nations.
Benzema scored with the Royal team last season, which is considered the best in his career at all, 44 goals in 46 matches in which he participated, including 27 in the Spanish League, two goals in the Spanish Super Cup, and 15 goals in the Champions League, making him the only French player who He scored 15 goals in one season in the European Cup Winners’ Cup.
The Algerian-born player led his team to win the Champions League for the 14th time in its history, achieving its fifth title in the same competition since joining the team from Olympique Lyonnais in 2009, and was also chosen as the best player in the competition.
Benzema made a great contribution to the Royal team’s victory in the Spanish League for the 35th time in the history of Real, after he finished the season as the league’s top scorer, with 27 goals and 12 assists in 27 matches in which he participated.
Benzema also won the European Nations League title with the “Rooster” national team, with 10 matches with the national team, in which he scored 6 goals.
The player’s last title was crowning the European Super Cup, so that the French “rooster” was steps away from surpassing Marcelo’s historical number, as the most player to win championships with the Royal Club, where the Brazilian star was crowned with 25 championships, while Benzema owns 23, which is the same number of titles. Spanish legend Paco Gento.