France Football Magazine It was published Names of the 2024 Ballon d’Or candidates.
The nominees for the best footballer of the year award include Bellingham, Dias, Foden, Valverde, Martinez, Holland, Williams, Xhaka, Dovbik, Kroos, Vinicius, Olmo, Wirtz, Odegaard, Hummels, Rodri, Kane, Rice , Vitinha, Palmer, Carvajal, Yamal, Saka, Çalhanoğlu, Saliba, Mbappe, Martinez, Lookman, Rüdiger, Grimaldo.
The list did not include Argentine national team and American Inter Miami striker Lionel Messi and Portuguese national team and Saudi Al-Nasr forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
The awards ceremony will take place on October 28.
The Ballon d’Or is an annual football award given by the French magazine France Football to the best football player of the calendar year. It is generally considered the most prestigious individual award given to a football player. The first Ballon d’Or was awarded in 1956.
In 2023, the award was received by Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, who won the World Cup with the Argentine national team in December 2022. It was the eighth award in his career for the player. The forward has the most such awards, with Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo in second place.
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