DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Athletes chat with Al-Hilal Club and Saudi national team player Salem Al-Dosari, who won the Asian Continent’s Man of the Year award at the Asian Football Confederation Awards. 2022 was held on Tuesday in Doha, the capital of Qatar.

The AFC chose the 32-year-old striker to win the best award on the Yellow Continent, at the expense of Qatari Almos Ali and Australian Matthew Leckie.

Sports clubs and dignitaries were eager to congratulate Al-Dosari, as Saudi Sports Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal wrote on the “X” site (formerly Twitter): “I congratulate our star Salem Al-Dosari on his arrival. Best Asian Player Award 2023 Congratulations and keep up the good work to our stars.” In various sports.

Fahd bin Nafel, chairman of the non-profit Blue Crescent Team Foundation, tweeted: “Salem Al-Dosari is the best in Asia…the product of a career evidenced by fame and gold…a long journey of effort and dedication to the justice of the past and motivation for the future, giving what deserves to be crowned with an award. Greetings. “For the homeland… for Al-Hilal… for Salem the Knight.”

Player Salman Al-Faraj said: “Congratulations to the nation, congratulations, champion Salem Al-Dosari.” Former player Sami Al-Jaber wrote: “A thousand thousand congratulations to Tornado on a well-deserved award. In recent years, the award has stopped your initial coronation. You deserve it, champion.”

Sports commentator Fares Awad tweeted: “Belated crowning of Asia’s first player, well-deserved award and legend #Salem_Al-Dosari for a life full of gold and immortal moments,” and his counterpart Ali Saeed Al-Kaabi wrote: “Asia’s best ever, Salem Al-Dosari deserves it. . Logic has spoken.”

Meanwhile, Al Hilal club’s account tweeted: “The best in the continent.. Salem Al-Dosari wins Asia’s Player of the Year award. ‘Tornado’ deserves the award.. Congratulations to the nation.”

An account from Spanish club Villarreal, where Salem Al-Dosari previously played, said: “Who else deserves it? Magic Mixer Salem Al-Dosari wins Asia’s best award. Congratulations, Salem.”

Al-Thawsari wrote, in the aftermath: “I would like to extend a special greeting to each of you…and I greatly respect your sentiments…and you have overwhelmed me with your love…you are all partners in this achievement, and you are honored after God Almighty in achieving it. , we always meet in the paths of love.