PLDC - Tehran, The first stage of the election of the most popular football players for 2012 performed by IFFHS ends with the names of Mehdi Mahdavikia, Seyed Mehdi Rahmati, and Moharam Navidkia from Iran on the list for the second stage of the election.

Voting for the second stage of election of the most popular player of 2012 started on October 15 and continues to November 30.

The users of the Site of IFFHS can vote over this time interval to elect the most popular player from among 33 players from South America, 13 from North and Central America, 18 from Africa, 27 from Asia, 8 from Oceania, and 79 players from Europe.

The third and final stage of this election is done with the presence of 8 players from Europe, 8 from South America, 5 from North America, 5 from Africa, 5 from Asia, and one from Oceania as of December 1st to January 3rd to elect the most popular player of 2012.

Football enthusiasts in our country can vote for their favorite players through the IFFHS.

It should be mentioned that in voting for the election of the best world player of 2011, The International Federation of Football History & Statistics dropped the names of Ali Karimi and Farhad Majidi from the final list of the most popular players of the year due to violations made by their fans.