A handful of the world’s finest will convene in Paris on Monday to seek out out who will win the Ballon d’Or, awarded to the highest participant of the yr. The Ballon d’Or is introduced by the French Soccer journal to the very best participant within the males’s and girls’s sport, whereas a handful of different awards can even be introduced on the ceremony. The Kopa Trophy will go to the very best participant below the age of 21, the Yashin Trophy shall be awarded to the highest goalkeeper of the yr, and the Gerd Muller Trophy celebrates strikers. A membership of the yr can even be handed out, as will the Socrates Award for humanitarian work.
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- Date: Monday, Oct. 30 | Time: 2 p.m. ET
- Location: Theatre du Chatelet — Paris, France
- Stay stream: Paramount+
Nominees for Ballon d’Or
Seven time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi is amongst the checklist of nominees once more this yr after profitable the World Cup with Argentina final December, whereas the 2022 winner Karim Benzema can also be on the shortlist. Three different members from Argentina’s World Cup-winning staff additionally made the minimize, in addition to some members of the France staff that completed runners-up, together with Kylian Mbappe.
- Julian Alvarez (Argentina/Manchester Metropolis)
- Nicolo Barella (Italy/Inter)
- Jude Bellingham (England/Actual Madrid)
- Karim Benzema (France/Al-Ittihad)
- Yassine Bounou (Morocco/Al-Hilal)
- Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester Metropolis)
- Ruben Dias (Portugal/Manchester Metropolis)
- Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid)
- Ilkay Gundogan (Germany/FC Barcelona)
- Josko Gvardiol (Croatia/Manchester Metropolis)
- Erling Haaland (Norway/Manchester Metropolis)
- Harry Kane (England/Bayern Munich)
- Kim Min-jae (South Korea/Bayern Munich)
- Randal Kolo Muani (France/Paris Saint-Germain)
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia/Napoli)
- Robert Lewandowski (Poland/FC Barcelona)
- Emiliano Martinez (Argentina/Aston Villa)
- Lautaro Martinez (Argentina/Inter)
- Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris Saint-Germain)
- Lionel Messi (Argentina/Inter Miami)
- Luka Modric (Croatia/Actual Madrid)
- Jamal Musiala (Germany/Bayern Munich)
- Martin Odegaard (Norway/Arsenal)
- Andrea Onana (Cameroon/Manchester United)
- Victor Osimhen (Nigeria/Napoli)
- Rodri (Spain/Manchester Metropolis)
- Bukayo Saka (England/Arsenal)
- Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool)
- Bernardo Silva (Portugal/Manchester Metropolis)
- Vinicius Junior (Brazil/Actual Madrid)
Nominees for Ballon d’Or Feminin
As for the Ballon d’Or Feminin, 4 members of the Spain staff that received the Ladies’s World Cup in August are on the checklist, together with golden boot winner Aitana Bonmati. Sophia Smith is the lone consultant from the U.S. ladies’s nationwide staff.
- Aitana Bonmati (Spain/FC Barcelona)
- Millie Vivid (England/Chelsea)
- Linda Caicedo (Colombia/Actual Madrid)
- Olga Carmona (Spain/Actual Madrid)
- Rachel Daly (England/Aston Villa)
- Debinha (Brazil/Kansas Metropolis Present)
- Kadidatou Diani (France/Lyon)
- Mary Earps (England/Manchester United)
- Patricia Guijarro (Spain/FC Barcelona)
- Yui Hasegawa (Japan/Manchester Metropolis)
- Amanda Ilestedt (Sweden/Arsenal)
- Sam Kerr (Australia/Chelsea)
- Mapi Leon (Spain/FC Barcelona)
- Katie McCabe (Eire/Arsenal)
- Hinata Miyazawa( (Japan/MyNavi Sendai)
- Lena Oberdorf (Germany/VfL Wolfsburg)
- Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria/FC Barcelona)
- Ewa Pajor (Poland/VfL Wolfsburg)
- Salma Paralluelo (Spain/FC Barcelona)
- Alexandra Popp (Germany/VfL Wolfsburg)
- Hayley Raso (Australia/Actual Madrid)
- Alba Redondo (Spain/Levante)
- Guro Reiten (Norway/Chelsea)
- Wendie Renard (France/Lyon)
- Fridolina Rolfo (Sweden/FC Barcelona)
- Jill Roord (Netherlands/Manchester Metropolis)
- Khadija Shaw (Jamaica/Manchester Metropolis)
- Sophia Smith (USA/Portland Thorns)
- Georgia Stanway (England/Bayern Munich)
- Daphne van Domselaar (Netherlands/Aston Villa)
Prediction
Since awards like these are inclined to reward those that excelled at main worldwide tournaments, Messi is probably going the frontrunner for the boys’s award after lastly main Argentina to World Cup glory within the final yr. The identical is probably going true for Bonmati, who emerged as Spain’s star as they lifted their first World Cup title over the summer season.
This is a take a look at the opposite awards up for grabs:
Kopa Trophy 2023 nominees
Finest under-21 participant in males’s soccer
- Alejandro Balde (Spain/Barcelona)
- Jude Bellingham (England/Actual Madrid)
- Eduardo Camavinga (France/Actual Madrid)
- Gavi (Spain/Barcelona)
- Rasmus Hojlund (Denmark/Manchester United)
- Jamal Musiala (Germany/Bayern Munich)
- Pedri (Spain/Barcelona)
- Antonio Silva (Portugal/Benfica)
- Xavi Simons (Netherlands/RB Leipzig
- Elye Wahi (France/Lens)
Yashin Trophy 2023 nominees
Awarded to the highest goalkeeper
- Yassine Bounou (Morocco/Al Hilal)
- Thibaut Courtois (Belgium/Actual Madrid)
- Ederson (Brazil/Manchester Metropolis)
- Dominik Livakovic (Croatia/Fenerbahce)
- Mike Maignan (France/AC Milan)
- Emiliano Martinez (Argentina/Aston Villa)
- Andre Onana (Cameroon/Manchester United)
- Aaron Ramsdale (England/Arsenal)
- Brice Samba (France/Lens)
- Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (Germany/Barcelona)
