Discover the nominees for the Ballon d’Or 2024

France Football magazine has unveiled the list of players nominated to win the 2024 Ballon d’Or for the best footballer in the world, in the presence of the tournament’s most notable stars, in order to succeed Argentinian star Lionel Messi – holder of the title in the last edition – and the record holder for the number of times the award has been won with 8 times.

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were absent from the list of players nominated to win the Ballon d’Or for the first time since 2003, and that appears to be down to their advanced age and their departure from Europe’s top five leagues, as the Portuguese plays for Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, while the Argentine plays for Inter Miami of the United States.

The awards ceremony will take place in Paris, the French capital, more precisely at the Théâtre du Châtelet, on October 28, where other awards will be presented, such as the best goalkeeper, the best coach, the best emerging player and the best goal, in addition to other honors.

International stars from the world of football are expected to attend the 2024 Ballon d’Or ceremony, held every year in Paris and whose awards have been dominated by the duo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in recent years, as the next edition will be No. 68.

The list included 30 players and saw the absence of the duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, something that had not happened for 21 years, since since 2003 their name, or one of them, has always been present. Here is the list of nominated players, specifying that the ceremony to announce the winner will be held on October 28 in France:

– Jude Bellingham (21 years old, England – Real Madrid): 54 matches, 27 goals, 16 assists.

– Vinicius Junior (24 years old, Brazil – Real Madrid): 49 matches, 26 goals, 12 assists.

– Kylian Mbappé (26 years old, France – Real Madrid): 62 matches, 52 goals, 20 assists.

– Federico Valverde (26 years old, Uruguay – Real Madrid): 67 matches, 5 goals, 7 assists.

– Dani Carvajal (32 years old, Spain – Real Madrid): 54 matches, 7 goals, 7 assists.

– Antonio Rudiger (31 years old, Germany – Real Madrid): 62 matches, 3 goals, 1 assist.

– Toni Kroos (34 years old, Germany – Real Madrid – retired): 56 matches, one goal, 12 assists

– Bukayo Saka (22 years old, England – Arsenal): 59 matches, 21 goals, 16 assists

– William Saliba (23 years old, France – Arsenal): 63 matches, two goals, one assist.

– Martin Odegaard (25 years old, Norway – Arsenal): 56 matches, 12 goals, 12 assists.

– Declan Rice (25 years old, England – Arsenal): 66 matches, 7 goals, 10 assists.

– Ruben Diaz (27 years old, Portugal – Manchester City): 54 matches, one goal, one assist

– Phil Foden (24 years old, England – Manchester City): 69 matches, 28 goals, 12 assists.

– Erling Haaland (24 years old, Norway – Manchester City): 53 matches, 45 goals, 5 assists.

– Rodri (28 years old, Spain – Manchester City): 63 matches, 12 goals, 14 assists.

– Alejandro Grimaldo (28 years old, Spain – Bayer Leverkusen): 57 matches, 12 goals, 20 assists.

– Florian Wirtz (21 years old, Germany – Bayer Leverkusen): 64 matches, 21 goals, 21 assists.

– Granit Xhaka (31 years old, Switzerland – Bayer Leverkusen): 65 matches, 5 goals, 3 assists

– Dani Olmo (26 years old, Spain – Barcelona): 33 matches, 13 goals, 7 assists.

– Lamine Yamal (17 years old, Spain – Barcelona): 65 matches, 10 goals, 14 assists.

– Lautaro Martinez (27 years old, Argentina – Internazionale): 60 matches, 35 goals, 4 assists.

– Hakan Calhanoglu (30 years old, Turkey – Internazionale): 52 matches, 17 goals, 3 assists.

– Mats Hummels (35 years old, Germany – Borussia Dortmund): 42 matches, 4 goals, 1 assist.

– Harry Kane (31 years old, England – Bayern Munich): 59 matches, 52 goals, 13 assists

– Ademola Lookman (26 years old, Nigeria – Atalanta): 61 matches, 22 goals, 11 assists.

– Emiliano Martinez (32 years old, Argentina – Aston Villa): 62 matches, 27 clean sheets (clean sheet)

– Cole Palmer (22 years old, England – Chelsea): 57 matches, 30 goals, 17 assists.

– Vitinha (24 years old, Portugal – Paris Saint-Germain): 57 matches, 9 goals, 6 assists

– Neco Williams (22 years old, Spain – Athletic Bilbao): 49 matches, 11 goals, 22 assists.

– Artem Dovbek (27 years old, Ukraine – Rome): 54 matches, 29 goals, 11 assists.

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