Nigeria’s Beach Soccer national team captain Abu Azeez has been nominated for the 2019 Best Beach Soccer Player Award.
The World Beach Soccer Ambassador led a list of fifty nominated players released on beachsoccer.com.
The former Enugu Rangers forward had a fantastic year since December, 2018 after helping Nigeria beat Egypt in the semifinals of the 2018 African Beach Soccer Championship and consequently picking a qualification slot for the World Cup alongside scoring more than a century goals.
Although, Azeez expressed his regrets about Nigeria’s inability to qualify for the World Beach Games in California, the 25-year-old’s focus is already set on defeating Brazil and Argentina at the World Cup in Paraguay.
The 50 nominees for the Best Beach Soccer Player of the Year award:
ABU Azeez (NGA)
AMJAD Addallah Al Hamdani (OMA)
Elinton ANDRADE (POR)
ANTONIO Mayor Hernández (ESP)
BE MARTINS (POR)
Christian BIERMANN (GER)
BRUNO XAVIER Da Silva (BRA)
Ihar BRYSHTEL (BLR)
Carlos CARBALLO (PAR)
CEM KESKIN (TUR)
Maksim CHUZHKOV (RUS)
Luiz Alberto Do Nascimento, DATINHA (BRA)
Simone DEL MESTRE (ITA)
Lansana DIASSY (SEN)
Diego VILLASEÑOR (MEX)
Francisco Jesus Donaire, DONA (ESP)
Eduard Suárez, EDU (ESP)
Babacar FALL (SEN)
FILIPE Duarte (BRA)
Gabriele GORI (ITA)
JORDAN Alexandre Grilo (POR)
JOSEP JR Gentilin (ITA)
Yuri KRASHeninnikov (RUS)
LLORENÇ Gómez (ESP)
LUCÃO Tadeu (BRA)
Moustafa Aly, SASA (EGY)
Mohammad AHMADZADEH (IRN)
João Vitor Tavares, MADJER (POR)
José Ramón MALDONADO (MEX)
Jenilson Brito Rodrigues, MÃO (BRA)
MAURICINHO Pereira (BRA)
Ivan MIRANOVIC (BLR)
Mohammad MORADI (IRN)
Pedro MORÁN (PAR)
Al Seyni N’DIAYE (SEN)
NASSIM El Hadaoui (MOR)
Boris NIKONOROV (RUS)
Noel OTT (SUI)
Osmar Moreira, OZU (JPN)
Artur PAPOROTNYI (RUS)
Exon PERDOMO (SLV)
Nick PERERA (USA)
Peyman HOSSEINI (IRN)
REGIS Enidiel (MAD)
RODRIGO Soares da Costa (BRA)
Leslie ST. FLEUR (BAH)
Dejan STANKOVIC (SUI)
Heimanu TAIARUI (TAH)
Chris TOTH (USA)
WALID Mohammad Mohammadi (UAE)
Also, twelve coaches have been shortlisted for the Best Coach Award.
Votes by coaches and players of all the beach soccer national teams will determine the winner of the Best Player and Best Coach awards.
The Best Goalkeeper and the Best 5 stars will also be determined through voting.
