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For the 18th time in a row, the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo (37) is one of the nominees for the Ballon d'Or, unlike the Argentinian Lionel Messi (35), defending champion and seven-time winner of the trophy.
A great upheaval which undoubtedly betrays the end of a generation (Agüero, Bale, Luis Suarez...) and the difficulties of other leaders to stay at the top (De Jong, De Ligt, Griezmann, Hazard, Joao Felix, Neymar, Pogba, Sterling...).
From the 2019 list , only eight "resistants" (Benzema, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Lewandowski, Mbappé, Salah, Mané and Cristiano Ronaldo) continued in 2021 and 2022 (no edition in 2020). Behind the indestructible CR7, Benzema and his eleven presences casually return the impression of indisputable legitimacy over time. The proof, too, that staying in this elite remains difficult.
It should be noted that, for the first time since 2004, Argentina, Spain and Italy have no representatives. And that Portugal, with its four representatives (Joao Cancelo, Leao, Cristiano Ronaldo and Bernardo Silva) has never been so present since 2004 (Deco, Ricardo Carvalho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Figo and Maniche).
Nominated for the 2022 Ballon d’Or … ✨🌕
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2022 Men's Ballon d'Or nominees list.
There are 30 players in total nominated for the men's prize - with half of the names on that list playing in this season's Premier League. This precisely means that the 2022 vintage of the Ballon d'Or is unprecedented.
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool, England)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, France)
Joao Cancelo (Manchester City, Portugal)
Casemiro (Real Madrid, Brazil)
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid, Belgium)
Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium)
Luis Diaz (Liverpool, Colombia)
Fabinho (Liverpool, Brazil)
Phil Foden (Manchester City, England)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City, Norway)
Sebastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund, Ivory Coast)
Harry Kane (Tottenham, England)
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich, Germany)
Rafael Leao (AC Milan, Portugal)
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona, Poland)
Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City, Algeria)
Mike Maignan (AC Milan, France)
Kylian Mbappe (Paris St-Germain, France)
Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich, Senegal)
Luka Modric (Real Madrid, Croatia)
Darwin Nunez (Liverpool, Uruguay)
Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig, France)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Portugal)
Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid, Germany)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt)
Bernardo Silva (Manchester City, Portugal)
Son Heung-min (Tottenham, South Korea)
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool, Netherlands)
Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid, Brazil)
Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus, Serbia)
2022 Women's Ballon d'Or nominees
- Selma Bacha (Lyon, France
- Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona, Spain
- Millie Bright (Chelsea, England)
- Lucy Bronze (Barcelona, England)
- Kadidiatou Diani (Paris St-Germain, France)
- Christiane Endler (Lyon, Chile)
- Ada Hegerberg (Lyon, Norway)
- Marie-Antoinette Katoto (Paris St-Germain, France)
- Sam Kerr (Chelsea, Australia)
- Catarina Macario (Lyon, United States)
- Beth Mead (Arsenal, England)
- Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal, Netherlands)
- Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave, United States)
- Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg, Germany)
- Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona, Nigeria)
- Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg, Germany)
- Alexia Putellas (Barcelona, Spain)
- Wendie Renard (Lyon, France)
- Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit, United States)
- Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona, Sweden)
Ballon d’Or winner 2022 odds
Odds per Skybet as of 14 August:
- Karim Benzema: 1.25
- Sadio Mane : 12.1
- Kevin De Bruyne: 16.1
- Robert Lewandowski: 16.1
- Kylian Mbappe: 20.1
- Mohamed Salah: 20.1
- Harry Kane: 25.1
- Cristiano Ronaldo: 25.1
- Thibaut Courtois: 33.1
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