Madrid, Nov 21 (EFE).- Real Madrid’s English midfielder Jude Bellingham, Barcelona’s Norwegian forward Caroline Graham Hansen and the triple badminton world champion, seven-time European champion and Olympic gold medalist in Rio 2016, Carolina Marín, will be part of those awarded at the Gala of the Association of Spanish Footballers (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 and the Englishman Jude Bellingham scored 19 goals in LaLiga EA Sports, in his first season with the white team.
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.
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. EFE
