The name of the 26 -year award is increasingly related to the Golden Ball Prize, which is the award provided by the France Football magazine annually for the best football player in the world, especially with new amendments made by the magazine award.
The Football magazine announced in May last year, important amendments to the criteria for choosing a prize winner for 2025, including: includes:
1. Individual performances during the season
2. Collective achievements and reached championships
3. Sports behavior and competitive spirit
The full March standard was excluded, which makes an assessment of more focused on performance only during the season, which causes βlogicallyβ from wise chances to win a reward or, at least, to compete for it.
Exceptional performance in the season 2024-2025
Hakimy presented a very high level in the season of 2024-2025, whether with his club or with his country.
A great contribution to all the competitions appeared, especially in the Champions League and the World Cup League, since he showed that he is not just the right, but a player who can change the difference, having a wonderful meaning of the goal, super -speed, skilled crosses and exclusive physical training.
Hakimy statistics (season 2024-2025)
Hakimi reached 26 contributions (goals + Passes) at all championships this season, which is an exceptional number for guns and puts it among the best players in the French League and Europe.
The last contribution of Khakim was the decisive passage that he gave his colleague to the Izman Dembele, and the latter scored the goal of confirming the victory over Bavaria Munich (2: 0) in the quarterfinals of the 2025 club in the United States.
The French website PSGIN confirmed that he broke the record number of paced contributions for a defender in one season, which indicates that he exceeded the previous number belonging to the Brazilian Danny Alves when he was a player in the Barcelona 2010-2011 season (25 GOLS + 21 passes).
Achraf Hakimi beats a record all the time for most G/A defender C (27 g/A)
Making a record of Dani Alves in progress pic.twitter.com/iqvkhutp3l
– ππππππ (@psget_) July 6, 2025
Collective achievements: Historical trilogy for Paris Saint -Germain
Hakimi helped his team Paris Saint-Germain in achieving a historical trilogy in the 2024-2025 season, including the French League (League 1), the France Cup and the Champions League.
The role of the Moroccan star was key in all championships, especially in the Champions League, where he presented unforgettable levels.
Hakim May is crowned by another big title with his team at the club world championship, which is currently taking place in the United States, where Paris Saint -Hermen reached the semifinals.
Can a prize defender?
In fact, the number of defenders who won the golden ball is very few. The last defender won Fabio Cannavaro in 2006 after the leadership of Italy to introduce the World Cup.
Competition: Dembele in the team
Otman Dembele can be a wise colleague in Paris Saint -Herthrum, his most outstanding competitor to the Golden Ball from the inside of the team. The French introduced the exceptional season of scoring heads and published the best list of team bombers, but the vote unit between the two players from the same team can weaken both chances of victory.
Does the wise golden ball deserve?
Haki deserves to be at least the first three candidates, but problems still exist from competition from his teammate (demobilization), historical bias against the defenders.
The victory of the hacks in this award will be a historical event that reflects the development of modern football and redirects the evaluation criteria to become the first Arab and second African player to receive a reward after the Liberian George Vera (1995).
Source: RT
