Karim Benzema wins the Ballon d'Or 0:52
(CNN Spanish) --
Karim Benzema had a dream season, which not only saw him redeem himself with his national team and achieve glory with Real Madrid as the main scorer, but also came as the undisputed favorite for the greatest individual distinction of the footballers: the Ballon d'Or from France Football magazine.
Benzema, who had already been named UEFA Player of the Year after leading the Merengue club to their fourteenth Champions League last season.
This weekend he scored in the Spanish classic, the Madrid victory over Barça (he is the eighth highest scorer in the classics), and put the icing on the cake: in the 2021-2022 season he did a total of 46 games:
44 goals
15 assists
Average scorer: 0.96
He was the top scorer in last LaLiga, obtaining the Pichichi distinction, with 27 goals.
In addition, he was the highest scorer in the Champions League, with 16 goals.
He was the player of the tournament.
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In the season that passed he won:
The league
the Spanish Super Cup
the European Super Cup
the Champions League
After the great European title with Real Madrid, Benzema is like the fourth top scorer in the history of the UEFA Champions League, behind Robert Lewandowski, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
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In this season that started, he has not yet scored in the Champions League.
He has 4 goals in LaLiga.
With the France team (he returned in June 2021 after a difficult hiatus due to a legal process), Benzema has played 16 games in which he has scored 10 goals and made two assists.
In the 2021 Nations League, from which France emerged champion, Benzema contributed with two goals, one of them in the final against Spain.
Benzema is essential for the national team and has been incorporated very well into the scheme of a team that already knows how to be a champion and which is not lacking in figures.
Karim Benzema, at 34, is the fifth Frenchman to win the Ballon d'Or.
With information from Sebastian Jimenez
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