The names of the 30 football players who are candidates to claim the coveted prize have been announced Golden Ball!
The winner of last year’s award is missing from the list published by “France Football”. Lionel Messiwho is not a candidate for the first time since the distant 2005, while his teammate at Paris Saint-Germain was also left out, Neymar.
The list includes six players from the European champions, Real Madrid, and six from the English champions, Manchester City, while Cristiano Ronaldo he is nominated for the 18th (!) time in his career!
The award ceremony will be held on October 17at the “Theater du Chatelet” in Paris!
The candidates for this year’s Ballon d’Or award in detail:
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Rafael Leao (Milan)
Christopher Enkunku (Leipzig)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern)
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Vinicius (Real Madrid)
Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
Luis Diaz (Liverpool)
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
Casemiro (Real Madrid)
Sean (Tottenham)
Fabinho (Liverpool)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Mike Menian (Milan)
Harry Kane (Tottenham)
Darwin Nunez (Liverpool)
Phil Foden (Manchester City)
Sadio Mane (Bayern)
Sebastian Ale (Dortmund)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Antonio Riediger (Real Madrid)
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)
Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
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