The Dhaka Times Desk Argentine striker Lionel Messi is arguably the most popular in his country. Or perhaps the most popular in terms of popularity in his club football country, Spain. But the interesting thing is that Argentina striker is more popular in Bangladesh than Argentina or Spain.
This information is known from Facebook's live page called 'Trending World Cup'. Facebook launched this trending World Cup page on the occasion of World Cup football. Here users express their support for their favorite team. Facebook also provides game updates here during the game. This page is a fanmap of fans around the world based on their location based on their favorite player's fanpage likes. Based on this fanmap, it is known that Lionel Messi is the favorite player of nearly 58 million Facebook users worldwide. Among them, 10.2 percent means almost 6 million Bangladeshi fans of Lionel Messi. And Messi's country Argentina is in the second position with 5.7 million fans. And Iran is in the third position with 4.3 million fans.
But the most popular among star footballers is Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo. He has 8 crore 48 lakh fans worldwide. Sri Lankans are the most in this list of fans. Cristiano Ronaldo is the favorite player of about 20.5 percent of Facebook users in Sri Lanka. Ronaldo fans in Bangladesh are only 0.9 percent. Even in Ronaldo's home country, his position is far behind, with only 2.6 percent of fans there. Brazilian young striker Neymar is next to Messi in Bangladesh. His fan base is 2.9 percent. To know more see: https://www.facebook.com/worldcup/map
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