Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (officially abbreviated as PES 2012 and known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2012 or just Winning Eleven 12 in Asia is a video game which is the eleventh edition in the "Pro Evolution Soccer" series developed and published by Konami (and MicroByte in Argentina) with production assistance from the Blue Sky Team.
 Lionel Messi, who was the cover star for the series since "PES 2009", was replaced by "PES 2008" cover star Cristiano Ronaldo, while Shinji Kagawa replaces Messi as the cover star for the Japanese version.
 The US and Latin American cover features the back then Santos player Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (] ; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team.
 Often considered the best player in the world and regarded by many as the greatest of all time, Messi is the only player in history to win five FIFA Ballon d'Or awards, four of which he won consecutively, and a record-tying four European Golden Shoes.
 He has won 29 trophies with Barcelona, including eight La Liga titles, four UEFA Champions League titles, and five Copas del Rey.
 Both a prolific goalscorer and a creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most official goals scored in La Liga (358), a La Liga season (50) and a club football season in Europe (73), a calendar year (91), as well as those for most assists made in La Liga (138) and the Copa América (11).
 He has scored over 600 senior career goals for club and country.
The 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year awards took place on 21 December 2009 at the , Zürich, Switzerland.
 Shortlists of 23 men and 10 women were announced on 30 October 2009.
 The final five contenders for this year’s FIFA World Player of the Year and FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year awards were announced on 7 December 2009.
 Lionel Messi was announced as the World Player of the Year with a record points total.
The Messi–Ronaldo rivalry is an association football rivalry between fans of Argentine forward Lionel Messi and Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, and supposedly between the athletes themselves.
 Having won a combined nine Ballon d'Or/FIFA Ballon d'Or awards (record 5 for Messi and 4 for Ronaldo), both are widely regarded as the two best players of their generation and often as two of the best of all time.
 Both players have regularly broken the 50 goal barrier in a single season, and have scored over 500 goals each in their careers for club and country.
 They are also the only two players to score seven UEFA Champions League hat-tricks.
 Sports journalists and pundits regularly argue the individual merits of both players in an attempt to establish who they believe is the best player in modern football.
 It has been compared to past global sports rivalries such as the Muhammad Ali–Joe Frazier rivalry in boxing, the Björn Borg–John McEnroe rivalry in tennis and the Ayrton Senna–Alain Prost rivalry in Formula One motor racing.
Yasser Gharsan Al-Shahrani (Arabic: ياسر غرسان الشهراني‎ ‎ , born May 25, 1992 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia ) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays for the club Al-Hilal in the Saudi Premier League as a defender.
 He moved from Al-Qadisiya to Al-Hilal in 2012.
 He played in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and scored against Guatemala.
 Al-Shahrani is featured, alongside Lionel Messi, on the official cover of the video game "FIFA 16" as distributed for the Middle East.
The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format.
 The final was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 27 May 2009.
 It was the eighth time the European Cup final has been held in Italy and the fourth time it has been held at the Stadio Olimpico.
 The final was contested by the defending champions, Manchester United, and Barcelona, who had last won the tournament in 2006.
 Barcelona won the match 2–0, with goals from Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi, securing The Treble in the process.
 In addition, both UEFA Cup finalists, Werder Bremen and Shakhtar Donetsk featured in the Champions League group stage.
The 2014–15 season was Futbol Club Barcelona's 115th in existence and the club's 84th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
 It was one of the most successful seasons in the club's history as they clinched the Treble by winning La Liga, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League.
 By doing so, the Catalans became the first European team to twice win the domestic double as well as the highest continental tournament, after winning their first treble in the 2008–09 season.
 Barcelona's success was due to a large extent to their formidable forward trio composed of Lionel Messi, Neymar and summer signing Luis Suárez, who scored an unprecedented total of 122 goals in all competitions to become the trio with most goals in Spanish football history.
Abdullaziz Saeed Al-Dawsari (Arabic: عبد العزيز سعيد الدوسري‎ ‎ ; born 11 October 1988) is a Saudi football player.
 He currently plays for his country, Saudi Arabia, as well as Al-Hilal in the Saudi Professional League.
 In 2012, Al-Dosari was featured on the cover of the Middle Eastern edition of "FIFA 13", alongside Lionel Messi and Joe Hart.
The 2004-05 season saw Fútbol Club Barcelona end their six-year wait for the La Liga title, having not won the league or, indeed, any trophy since the 1998–99 season and thus La Liga trophy returned in Barcelona's trophy room.
 Having finished second in La Liga the previous season, Barcelona once again competed in the UEFA Champions League as well as the Copa del Rey.
 The squad was restructured significantly following the retirement of key players Luis Enrique and Marc Overmars, as well as the return of Edgar Davids to Juventus and first team regulars Patrick Kluivert and Phillip Cocu moving onto new clubs.
 Ronaldinho's and new signing Samuel Eto'o's performances won them places in FIFPro's XI of 2004–05.
 Ronaldinho was later named FIFA World Player of the Year for 2005 for the second time in succession and with the highest points total ever; Eto'o came third.
 This season was also notable for the debut of Lionel Messi.
The 2009 UEFA Champions League Final was played on 27 May 2009 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy.
 The match determined the winners of the 2008–09 season of the UEFA Champions League, a tournament for the top football clubs in Europe.
 The match was won by Barcelona of Spain, who beat England's Manchester United 2–0.
 Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring in the 10th minute, and Lionel Messi added another goal 20 minutes from the end to earn Barcelona a historic treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League, a feat never before achieved by a Spanish club.
 The match was refereed by Swiss referee Massimo Busacca.

Question: Yasser Al-Shahrani of Al-Hilal, and Barcelona's Lionel Messi, both appear on the cover of the FIFA 16 game that's sold in which global region?
Answer: Middle East