BALLON D’OR 2022 NOMINEES
The 66th edition of the prestigious Ballon d’Or award is set to take place earlier this year due to a change in format which is expected to take place from this year on.
The football prize, presented and nominated by France Football, and voted on by International Journalists, will be awarded for performances of footballers over a full season from this year on instead of the previous years which was awarded based on players’ displays in a calendar year.
The previous edition of the Ballon d’Or was won by Lionel Messi making it the seventh time he is winning the award. In second place is Cristiano Ronaldo with a total of five, having won it last in 2017.
For the previous edition of the women’s Ballon d’Or, also known as Ballon d’Or Féminin, the award was won by Alexis Putellas.
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For this year’s nominations, Asisat Oshoala, five times best female African football player made it to the list of the Ballon d’Or Féminin nominees following her achievements at the Club and International levels.
Below is the list of Ballon d’Or 2022 nominees. This list was announced by France Football and revealed on the 12th of August, 2022:
- Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
Rafael Leao (AC Milan)
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
Luiz Diaz (Liverpool)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Casemiro (Real Madrid, now Manchester United)
Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Heung-Min Son (Tottenham Hotspur)
Fabinho (Liverpool)
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Robert Lewandoski (Barcelona)
Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
Darwin Nunez (Liverpool)
Phil Foden (Manchester City)
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
Sadio Mané (Bayern Munich)
Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
Sebastian Haller (Borussia Dortmund)
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool)
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint Germain)
João Cancelo (Manchester City)
Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)
Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
Ballon d’Or 2022 will take place on October 17, 2022, at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.
The ceremony will feature the presentation of the Kopa Trophy (award for U-21 best performing player) and the Yashin Trophy (award for the best goalkeeper).
