Today, Tuesday, the Asian Football Confederation announced the list of expected candidates to win the 2023 annual awards in Seoul, less than a month before the ceremony. For the first time in history, the list witnessed the presence of two players from Jordan, the stars of the star team, Musa Al-Taamari and Yazan Al-Naimat.
The selection of the Jordanian duo is good news for Jordanian football fans, who always look at them with admiration for their unparalleled talent and artistic abilities.
Al-Taamari, a French professional from Montpellier, entered the list of candidates for the AFC Awards in the category of best professional player outside the continent. Competing for the award are Iranian Mehdi Taremi (Porto/Inter Milan) and South Korean Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur).
Yazan Al-Naimat…a rocket launch
Although he is still 25 years old, Yazan Al-Naimat has rocketed towards the world of stardom and fame, and has become one of the most important and popular stars in Jordanian football alongside his professional colleague in Montpellier.
Al-Naimat began his football career with the Jordanian team Sahab, competing for the top scorer award in the local league, after which he received an offer from Al-Ahly of Qatar, where he played professionally for two seasons before terminating his contract and moving this season to the Qatari team, Al-Arabi.
And a star shines He weighs the bliss With the Jordanian national team in the last edition of the Asian Cup, which took place in Qatar, where he contributed, thanks to his goals and brilliance, to leading Al-Nashama to win runner-up in the competition.
Al-Naimat currently plays an influential role in leading the Al-Nashama team to the World Cup for the first time in its history, which recently reached the decisive round, as Jordan leads its group standings with 4 points, ahead of South Korea and Iraq on goal difference.
The Jordanian national team had begun its campaign in the decisive round with a 1-1 draw with Kuwait before defeating Palestine in Malaysia 3-1, of which Yazan Al-Naimat scored two goals.
Al-Taamari…the most prominent professional in the history of Jordanian football
Musa Al-Taamari, a professional with French club Montpellier, is considered the most expensive player in the history of Jordanian football, with his market value reaching 8 million euros.
Al-Taamari was able to quickly catch the attention, as the buds of his talent blossomed when he was a player in the ranks of the Jordanian youth team, and he moved on loan to the Al-Jazira team before having the first professional experience in his career at the age of 21 years, with the Cypriot club APOEL Nicosia, from which he became a professional in the Belgian league before he became a player. He moves to the French club Montpellier.
Al-Taamari, 27 years old, is considered the most prominent star in the history of Jordanian football based on his professional experiences in Europe, and the star team and the Jordanian fans are counting on him a lot to achieve the dream of reaching the 2026 World Cup.
