Ballon d’Or Nominations Announced: Messi And Ronaldo Not Nominated Since 2003 The nominations for the Ballon d’Or, the world’s most famous football award given by France Football Magazine, have been announced.
France Football announced the nominations of men’s player of the year, women’s player of the year, coach, young player, and goalkeeper on Wednesday night.
The funny part of the nomination is that the two superstars of world football, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, have not been nominated for the first time since 2003.
Messi has won the Ballon d’Or the most 8 times while Ronaldo has won 5 times.
Men’s Player of the Year: Jude Bellingham, Ruben Diaz, Phil Foden, Federico Valverde, Emiliano Martinez, Erling Haaland, Nico Williams, Grant Xhaka, Artem Dovbic, Toni Kroos, Vinicius Junior, Dani Olmo, Florin Witz, Martin Odegaard, Mats Hummels, Rodri, Harry Kane, Declan Rice, Vitinha, Cole Palmer, Dani Carvajal, Lamin Yamal, Bucayo Saka, Hakan Calhanoglu, William Saliva, Kylian Mbappe, Lautaro Martinez, Ademola Lookman, Antonio Rudiger, Alejandro Grimaldo are among the 30 nominees.
Likewise, Diego Costa, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Gregor Kobel, Andre Lounin, Mike Mignon, Giorgi Mamardachvili, Emiliano Martinez, Unai Simon, Yann Sommer and Ronwen Williams are nominated for best goalkeeper.
Pou Kubarci, Alejandro Garnacho, Arda Guler, Jao Neves, Karim Konate, Kobi Maino, Savinho, Mathis Tel, Lamin Yamal, and Warren Zaire Emery have been nominated for the Copa trophy, which is awarded to the best young player.
Sonia Bomvastor, Arthur Elias, Jonathan Giraldez, Emma Hayes, Philippa Patao, and Sarina Wiegman are nominated for women’s coaches.
Similarly, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, and Girona are nominated for the best club of the year.
