This Monday in Paris, the 2022 Ballon d’Or gala was held, an award for the best player of the season, which is awarded by France Football magazine.
Relive every detail of the gala in Paris:
Karim Benzema, a Real Madrid player, is the new owner of the 2021/22 Ballon d’Or. Successor of Lionel Messi, who won the last two balls.
Position 2: Sadio Mané (Liverpool, currently at Bayern)
Position 3: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Position 4: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern, currently in Barcelona)
14:44 – Luis Figo awards the prize to the best club of the year: Manchester City . Liverpool and Real Madrid completed the podium.
14:30 – Thibaut Courtois winner of the Yashin award, for the best goalkeeper of the season.
14:20 – Gerd Muller Award, for the best scorer, is presented to Robert Lewandowski for his season at Bayern Munich and national team.
The Spanish Alexis Putellas repeats as the winner of the 2022 Women’s Ballon d’Or.
13:55 – The 2022 Women’s Ballon d’Or nominees are announced: Aitana Bonmati, Sna JKerr, Neth Mead, Lena Oberdorf, Alexia Putellas.
Sadio Mané , current Bayern Munich player and former teammate of Luis Díaz in Liverpool, is recognized with the Sócrates award for his social work. He has built hospitals and schools in Senegal. He today he takes this distinction. “I want to push things to be better.”
Position 5: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Position 6: Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
Position 7: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Rank 8: Vinicius Jrfrom Real Madrid.
Position 9: Luka Modricfrom Real Madrid.
Rank 10: Erling Haaland (current Man. City player), for his season with Borussia Dortmund.
13:42 – Delivered on Kopa award for best player under 21: Gavi, del Barcelona a, is the winner. Ronaldo and Pedri present the award. “I want to thank the club of my life, Barça,” he said.
1:30 p.m. – The Ballon d’Or gala begins with a show by Andrea Bocelli, while the main figures are remembered in a video.
Rank 11: Son Heung-min Tottenham player
Rank 12: Riyad Mahrez del Manchester City.
Rank 13: Sebastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund) following signing a great season with Ajax.
Rank 14: Rafael Leao (AC Milan) and Fabinho (Liverpool).
Rank 16: Virgil Van Dijk Liverpool player.
The Colombian Luis Diaz (Liverpool) shares position 17 with Casemiro and Dusan Vlahovic.
22nd place is occupied by three Premier League players: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Phil Foden y Bernardo Silva (Manchester City).
Position 25 in the Ballon d’Or: six players share this position. Darwin Nunez (Liverpool), Nkunku (Leipzig), Joao Cancelo (Manchester City), Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern), Mike Maignan (AC Milan) and Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid).