Forward of Syria's National Football Team and the Qatari Umm Salal Club Firas al-Khatib ranked seventh in the list of best soccer players of the world for 2011, according to a report published by The International Federation of Football History & Statistics. Al-Khatib took seventh place in the list scoring 9 goals while the Mexican Javier Hernandez, Striker of the English Manchester United, topped the list with 13 goals and the Brazilian soccer player Neymar ranked third with 11 goals.