Bellingham ‘overtakes’ Vinicius in the AFE recognition for the best player of the last edition of LaLiga | Soccer

Throughout Thursday, AFE revealed its selection of the best players from last season in Spanish football. The name of Jude Bellingham has stood out throughout this list, recognized as the best First Division player in the EA Sports 23/24 League and modifying the decision revealed just a month ago at the Ballon d’Or gala, which classified the best in the world taking into account all competitions. In this Parisian event, Rodri Hernández stood out, awarded with the most coveted trophy at an individual level, with Vinicius Júnior (second) being the first LaLiga exponent in this ranking, just ahead of Bellingham. However, the tables have turned taking into account only the league competition, or at least according to the footballers’ union.

Likewise, Barcelona’s Norwegian forward Caroline Graham Hansen and the three-time badminton world champion, seven-time European champion and Olympic gold medalist in Rio 2016, Carolina Marín, will be among those awarded at the Spanish Footballers’ Association Gala ( AFE) on Monday, November 25.

Bellingham and Graham Hansen will be distinguished as the best players of last season in the highest categories and Carolina Marín with the award to Manuel Esteo for his career, his spirit of improvement and for being a source of inspiration and transmitter of the values ​​that make the team great. world of sport. The player from Huelva, winner of the 2024 Princess of Asturias Sports Award, had to withdraw from the semifinals of the Paris Games when she was ahead of the Chinese He Bing Jiao in the second game after having won the first, suffering for the third time a torn cruciate ligament in the right knee.

The Norwegian Caroline Graham Hansen was the top scorer in the F League, with 21 goals after scoring in 19 of the 25 games in which she participated with Barcelona, ​​whose squad she has been a part of since 2019. For her part, the Englishman Jude Bellingham scored 19 goals in LaLiga EA Sports in his first season with the white team, finishing third in the race for top scorer as a midfielder.

In the lower categories, the award for best LaLiga Hypermotion player went to Gerard Fernández ‘Peque’, current Sevilla striker, for his last season at Racing Club de Santander, with which he scored 18 goals and was second scorer in the category. Yeremay Hernández, from RC Deportivo de La Coruña, and Jesús de Miguel, from CD Castellón, were also named the best players in each group of the Primera RFEF.

The Spanish union’s gala, which will be held in the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, will also reward the best footballers of the 2023-24 campaign in the rest of the national categories through voting by their own teammates in their respective categories. , as well as the goalkeepers with fewer goals scored. In addition to the Manuel Esteo award to Carolina Marín, the AFE Foundation and sports career awards will also be presented.