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How Super Eagles coach Rohr and captain Mikel voted

Luka Modric
Luka Modric
National team coaches and captains from around the world were asked to vote for three nominees for both awards.
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Modri beat his former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah to win the Men’s Player of the Year award after getting 29.05% of the votes.

Ronaldo got 19. 08% while Salah managed 11.23% of the votes with the rest shared among the top 10.

National team coaches and captains from around the world were asked to vote for three nominees for both awards and the results of the votes have been published.

Rohr and Mikel's votes

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Super Eagles boss Rohr voted for Modric, French youngster Kylian Mbappe and Belgian international Eden Hazard.

Captain of the Super Eagles Mikel had Lionel Messi, Mbappe and Modric in that order.

Gernot Rohr's votes for 2018 FIFA Player of the Year
Gernot Rohr's votes for 2018 FIFA Player of the Year
Mikel John Obi votes for 2018 FIFA Player of the Year
Mikel John Obi votes for 2018 FIFA Player of the Year
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Nigerian journalist Christian Okpara represented the Nigerian media in the votes and had Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane, Modric and Mbappe in that order.

For Coach of the Year,  Rohr had Deschamps, Zinedine Zidane and Pep Guardiola in that order while his captain Mikel chose Zidane first with Guardiola and Croatia coach Dalic Zlatko.

Gernot Rohr votes for 2018 Coach of the Year
Gernot Rohr votes for 2018 Coach of the Year
John Mikel Obi votes for 2018 Coach of the Year
John Mikel Obi votes for 2018 Coach of the Year

For the Nigerian media, Okpara went with Zidane, Deschamps and Zlatko.

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As Argentina captain, Messi has Ronaldo in his top three votes with Modric and Mbappe.

Ronaldo, however, did not return the favour voting for his former Real Madrid teammates Varane, Modric and Antoine Griezmann.

Modric has Varane, Ronaldo and Griezmann in his top three.

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