The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) has just announced the typical squad for 2023. Immediately, fans realized the unusual thing was that Cristiano Ronaldo was not included. The 3 names appearing on the attack are Harry Kane (Tottenham), Erling Haaland (Man City) and Kylian Mbappe (PSG). All three of these stars have less achievements than Ronaldo in 2023. Kane and Mbappe have 52 goals, while Ronaldo has 54 goals.

IFFHS even reserved a position in the squad for Lionel Messi, a player who ends 2023 with only 28 goals and 12 assists. Besides “EL Pulga” is a group of midfielders with impressive performances including Rodri, Jude Bellingham and Kevin De Bruyne.

IFFHS’s move created a wave of intense controversy on social networks. “So what is Ronaldo’s striker award with the most goals of the year for?”, a fan wondered. “This is like Ronaldo winning the Golden Ball but not being in the representative team. It’s ridiculous,” another fan said. “Ronaldo deserves a place in this squad,” a CR7 fan called out.

Previously, IFFHS posted an article confirming that Ronaldo is the owner of the award for the highest scoring player in 2023. The former MU star received this individual award for the 5th time, even going down in history as the only player won the prize in the colors of 2 different teams.

After the World Federation of Football History and Statistics, Globe Soccer also announced that Ronaldo won the “Diego Maradona Award” for the number one goalscorer in the calendar year. CR7 is also competing in many other categories such as Best Player of the Year (Dubai Golden Ball), best player in the Middle East, and player most loved by fans.

Particularly in the Dubai Golden Ball category, Ronaldo finished in first place in the voting phase by fans. Now, an expert panel of former players and coaches will decide whether CR7 deserves this award or not. Previously, Ronaldo had won the Dubai Golden Ball 6 times.

In another development, on January 5, the organizing committee of the Saudi Arabia national championship announced that Cristiano Ronaldo is the owner of the Best Player award for December 2023.

In the past year, no player won more of these awards than the Portuguese superstar. CR7 has been honored four times, in February, August, September and December respectively.

This is a worthy reward for Ronaldo’s efforts. After opening December with a loss to Al Hilal, Ronaldo “turned on destruction mode” with 5 goals in just the last 4 matches of the calendar year.

Currently, Ronaldo is on his New Year’s holiday with his family in Dubai. In the latest video, fans discovered the Portuguese superstar enjoying dinner at a luxury restaurant with his family. Before that, Ronaldo visited his hometown of Madeira with Georgina Rodriguez and her children.

Ronaldo is leaving open the possibility of attending the Globe Soccer gala on January 19 because he is busy preparing for the China tour with Al Nassr. CR7’s schedule is quite busy. At the end of February, he will return to Saudi Arabia to face Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami in a friendly match that the whole world is waiting for.

On February 12, the 2023/24 season officially returned for Ronaldo and his teammates, when they had to march to Al Feiha’s field in the AFC Champions League knock-out round. CR7 does not hesitate to aim to become king on two continents.