Twitter Unites With One Voice to Congratulate Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema on Ballon d’Or Success

• Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema won the 2022 Ballon d'Or award, producing arguably the best season of his career
• The 35-year-old striker picked up the Ballon d'Or at the annual ceremony in Paris following his magnificent 2021-22 season for both club and country
• He beat Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne and Sadio Mane of Bayern Munich to win the 66th edition of the Golden Ball Awards

Football fans took to social media to congratulate Karim Benzema after the Real Madrid frontman was crowned the 2022 Ballon d'Or winner on Monday, October 17.

Benzema was the icon of the 66th edition of the Ballon d'Or ceremony held at the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris.

He became the fifth French footballer to receive the coveted prize on the back of a spectacular 2021-22 campaign.

The 35-year-old played a crucial role in Real Madrid's route to winning the Champions League, La Liga and Supercopa de Espana crowns while scoring 44 goals in 46 games across all competitions.

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His exploits ensured he beat off competition from Sadio Mane, Kevin De Bruyne and Robert Lewandowski to annex the award, reports GOAL.

Following his Ballon d'Or glory, football fans took to the micro-blogging App, Twitter, to congratulate Benzema.

@grobler_zach tweeted:

"Fully deserved."

@KiriagoSure believes Benzema's Ballon d'Or success was a perfect blend of patience and persistence:

"Benzema's win goes beyond football. It's patience, resilience, consistency and hard work. Above all, clap for others when they win, your time will come eventually. Congratulations Benzema."

@Bilaldinho10 added:

"After all those years helping his team make history, Karim Benzema became the main man and deserves all the honours."

@Kahalamahp concurred with the thoughts of @Bilaldinho10:

"Congrats to Benzema. The best player of the year."

@gustmythoughts, who claimed to be a Barcelona fan, threw away his rivalry to salute Benzema:

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"As a Barca fan I think and believe that last season was his to shine and to prove others wrong he deserves it more than any player in the arena."

Benzema shares Ballon d'Or success with family

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Karim Benzema shared his crowning moment as the 2022 Ballon d'Or recipient with his mum and son on stage.

Benzema became the fifth French player to clinch the coveted individual diadem after edging competition from Robert Lewandowski, Sadio Mane and Kevin De Bruyne.

The 34-year-old France international enjoyed a stunning 2021-22 campaign, scoring an eyewatering 44 goals in 46 games across all competitions.