Argentine superstar Lionel Messi, who has announced his retirement from international football, has emerged as the most desirable footballer for Indian women, in a poll conducted by an online matrimony platform.
With the Euro football championship underway, Shaadi.com conducted an online poll, ‘The Most Eligible and Desirable Football Player’, with 6,500 responses from single and married women of 25 to 34 years of age.
As many as 49.7 percent of the respondents gave their vote to Barcelona icon Messi when asked about the ‘Most Desirable Footballer’. Following close behind is Neymar (31.5 percent) and Antoine Griezmann (18.8 percent).
When they were asked to vote for the Most Eligible Footballer, 46.4 percent of the respondent women voted for Cristiano Ronaldo, 43.1 percent voted for Messi and 10.5 percent voted for Manuel Neuer.
When the women were asked if they watch football, 33.6 percent said “Yes”, 20.9 percent said “No” and 45.5 per cent said “Sometimes/Important leagues”.
Talking about the result of the poll, Shaadi.com CEO, Gourav Rakshit said:
Compatibility has a very different approach and meaning for this generation like. We at Shaadi.com always aspire and make an attempt to remain relevant for our audience to help them find the right one.
(With agency inputs.)
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