Bangladeshi football fans outnumber fans of all other countries in the world when it comes to supporting the diminutive Argentine phenomenon: Lionel Messi, who also holds the unique record of being voted world’s best player of the year a total number of four times.
According to the Facebook Fan Map (https://www.facebook.com/worldcup/map), Messi’s fan base in Bangladesh is even greater than the fan base in his own country, Argentina. Facebook created a new application entirely for the World Cup season known as the ‘Fan Map’ where Bangladesh is ranked no. 1 for casting maximum votes into the global fan base of Messi while his worldwide fanbase currently stands at a whopping 58,800,000.
Despite failing to participate in the finals of the world’s greatest festival of football, Bangladesh have always expressed unbound enthusiasm for Fifa World Cup and Argentina has always been known as one of the most loved, adored and popular football teams in this country, and this latest Facebook initiative has just re-authenticated this popular notion.
Messi hits the field on Saturday as Argentina’s match against Iran is set for a 10 pm [Bangladesh time]. Being among the finest footballers, Messi proved his worth once again in Argentina’s first match of this World Cup against Bosnia Herzegovina with a spectacular goal which only bodes well for another victory for Argentina today.
For those interested in finding the top World Cup sportsmen on Facebook and where their biggest fans are located, this new implementation will keep them well informed of the most popular football player in their region.
This new installment can be found through the search option on Facebook. Facebook users just need to type ‘Trending World Cup’ which will then direct users to the World Cup fan page on Facebook.
Meanwhile, among the ten players Facebook has mapped, the football player with the highest number of fans on the Facebook Fan Map is Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, who has a global fan base of approximately 86,300,000. However, according to Facebook statistics, Bangladesh is ranked 82 among his fanbase around the world.
The Brazilian footballer Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, commonly known as Neymar and who plays for World Cup 2014’s hosts Brazil, has 26,400,000 fans all over the world. Bangladesh is his 13 largest fan base.
