‘France Football’ announces Ballon d’Or finalists

The French magazine ‘France Football’ released, this Friday, the 30 finalists for the Golden Ball Award, given to the best player in the world of the year. Among the names on the list, Messi, CR7, five players from Chelsea, champion of the Champions League and Neymar, the only Brazilian among the candidates, stand out.

In addition to the Golden Ball award, ‘France Football’ also has the Kopa Trophy for the best under-21 in the world, the Yashin Trophy, which rewards the best goalkeeper in the world – Ederson is the only Brazilian on the list – and, finally, the women’s Ballon d’Or.

SEE THE THIRTY FINALISTS (ORDER OF ANNOUNCEMENT)

Riyad Mahrez – Manchester City

N’golo Kante – Chelsea

Erling Braut Haaland – Borussia Dortmund

Leonardo Bonucci – Juventus

Mason Mount – Chelsea

Harry Kane – Tottenham

Gianluigi Donnarumma – PSG

Karim Benzema – Real Madrid

Raheem Sterling – Manchester City

Nicolo Barella – Inter Milan

Lionel Messi-PSG

Bruno Fernandes – Manchester United

Pedro – Barcelona

Luka Modric – Real Madrid

Giorgio Chiellini – Juventus

Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City

Neymar-PSG

Ruben Dias – Manchester City

Lautaro Martinez – Inter Milan

Simon Kjaer – Milan

Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich

Jorginho-Chelsea

Mohamed Salah-Liverpool

Cesar Azpilicueta – Chelsea

Romelu Lukaku – Chelsea

Cristiano Ronaldo – Manchester United

Gerard Moreno – Villarreal

Phil Foden – Manchester City

Kylian Mbappe – PSG

Luis Suarez – Atletico Madrid

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