Tunisian Star Anice Badri Tops France Football’s Maghreb Player Poll, Outshining Ziyech and Mahrez

The Espérance de Tunis player won 47% of the votes, ahead of Moroccan Ziyech 15%, Riyad Mahrez 12% and a little further behind Moroccans Achraf Hakimi (2%) and Medhi Benatia, also 2%, a player who had won the title the previous year.

Interviewed by France Football, the Tunisian born in France admitted to having voted by mistake for the Moroccan. "I have to admit that I voted, well I tried to vote for myself, but I slipped without meaning to on Hakim Ziyech (Laughs...) It was too late, I couldn’t click on my name!" he confessed.

Here is the detailed ranking:

1. Anice Badri (Espérance Tunis / Tunisia): 47%
2. Hakim Ziyech (Ajax Amsterdam / Morocco): 15%
3. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City / Algeria) 12%
4. Wahbi Khazri (Rennes / Saint-Étienne / Tunisia): 10%
5. Baghdad Bounedjah (Al Sadd / Algeria): 6%
6. Youcef Atal (Courtrai / Nice / Algeria): 4%
7. Achraf Hakimi (Real Madrid / Borussia Dortmund / Morocco): 3%
8. Mehdi Benatia (Juventus Turin / Morocco): 2%
9. Naïm Sliti (Dijon / Tunisia): 1%

Here is the previous honor roll:

2013: Islam Slimani (Algeria)
2014: Yacine Brahimi (Algeria)
2015: Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)
2016: Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)
2017: Mehdi Benatia (Morocco)
2018: Anice Badri (Tunisia)