2023-09-06 17:51:00
We will know, on October 30, the name of Karim Benzema’s successor to the Ballon d’Or winners. If the French striker is not, on paper, the main candidate for his own succession in the race for the Ballon d’Or 2023, they will once more be 30 to claim the supreme individual reward. The list of nominees was unveiled in dribs and drabs on Wednesday. We also know the list of nominees for the Women’s Ballon d’Or, the Raymond Kopa trophy for best young player, as well as the Yachine trophy for best goalkeeper.
Karim Benzema, Ballon d’Or 2022
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The list of nominees for the Ballon d’Or
Erling Haaland is obviously one of the big favorites for this 2023 edition of the Ballon d’Or. The Norwegian striker was certainly absent from the World Cup with Norway, but he won everything in club with Manchester City, very represented in this list. Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, nothing escaped him. And especially not the goals: 52 in 53 matches last season with the Citizens. You will also have to count on Lionel Messi, who has already won seven times. It was obviously not his title of champion of France with PSG that caught the attention, but his coronation with Argentina at the last World Cup. La Pulga had carried its selection, with 7 goals including a double in the final once morest the Blues. Kylian Mbappé will have his say thanks to the criterion of “individual performance and the decisive and impressive character of the contenders”. His hat-trick in the final of the last World Cup, in which he finished top scorer, is a major asset.
Benzema, he is present in the list but has come down from his cloud. The one who left Real Madrid for Saudi Arabia missed the World Cup through injury, and might only win a King’s Cup with Real Madrid despite a still solid statistical season (31 achievements in all competitions) . Among the other Tricolores is Randal Kolo Muani, freshly transferred to PSG following having shone for a season in Frankfurt. He came within inches of becoming a national hero in the final of the last World Cup, following scoring in the half once morest Morocco. But also Antoine Griezmann, who has regained all his splendor in the jersey of Atlético Madrid.
No trace, on the other hand, of an Olivier Giroud always precious with AC Milan and the Blues, semi-finalist of the Champions League and finalist of the World Cup. Not expected in this list, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo, however, leave some serious holes on the paper. We can also highlight the presence of only one Moroccan international, Yassine Bounou, while the Atlas Lions had marked the spirits in Qatar.
Josko Gvardiol (21 years old, Manchester City/Croatia)Jamal Musiala (20 years old, Bayern Munich/Germany)André Onana (27 years old, Manchester United/Cameroon)Karim Benzema (35 years old, Al-Ittihad/France)Mohamed Salah (31 years old , Liverpool/Egypt)Bukayo Saka (22, Arsenal/England)Kevin De Bruyne (32, Manchester City/Belgium)Jude Bellingham (20, Real Madrid/England)Randal Kolo Muani (24, PSG/France)Bernardo Silva (29, Manchester City/Portugal) Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (22, Napoli/Georgia) Nicolo Barella (26, Inter Milan/Italy) Emiliano Martinez (31, Aston Villa/Argentina) Ruben Dias (26, Manchester City /Portugal)Erling Haaland (23, Manchester City/Norway)Martin Odegaard (24, Arsenal/Norway)Ilkay Gündogan (32, Barça/Germany)Yassine Bounou (32, Al-Hilal/Morocco)Julian Alvarez (23 years old, Manchester City/Argentina)Vinicius Junior (23 years old, Real Madrid/Brazil)Rodri (27 years old, Manchester City/Spain)Antoine Griezmann (32 years old, Atlético Madrid/France)Lionel Messi (36 years old, Inter Miami/Argentina) Lautaro Martinez (26 years old, Inter Milan/Argentina)Robert Lewandowski (35 years old, Barça/Poland)Kim Min-Jae (26 years old, Bayern Munich/South Korea)Luka Modric (37 years old, Real Madrid/Croatia)Kylian Mbappé ( 24, PSG/France) Victor Osimhen (24, Napoli/Nigeria) Harry Kane (30, Bayern Munich/England)
Erling Haaland with City.
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Women’s Golden Ball
Transferred from PSG to OL a few weeks ago, Kadidiatou Diani will represent France as will Wendie Renard, part of the Rhone club and Les Bleues. The Habs, who stopped in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, are two fewer than last year. Spain, world champion and who saw Barça win the Champions League, has a good chance, with Alba Redondo, Olga Carmona, Salma Paralluelo and even Aitana Bonmati, voted best UEFA player a week ago. Sam Kerr, the great Australian star, for his part crossed the World Cup like a shadow or almost because of an injury, and seems further from the debates.
Kadidiatou Diani (28 years old, OL/France) Linda Caicedo (18 years old, Real Madrid/Colombia) Alba Redondo (27 years old; Levante/Spain) Rachel Daly (31 years old, Aston Villa/England) Fridolina Rolfo (29 years old, Barça/ Sweden)Olga Carmona (23, Real Madrid/Spain)Georgia Stanway (24, Bayern Munich/England)Amanda Ilestedt (30, Arsenal/Sweden)Hayley Raso (29, Real Madrid/Australia)Sophia Smith (23 , Portland/United States)Salma Paralluelo (19 years old, Barça/Spain)Millie Bright (30 years old, Chelsea/England)Hinata Miyazawa (23 years old, Manchester United/Japan)Lena Oberdorf (21 years old, Wolfsburg/Germany)Daphne van Domselaar (23, Aston Villa/Netherlands)Sam Kerr (29, Chelsea/Australia)Debinha (31, Kansas City/Brazil)Patricia Guijarro (25, Barça/Spain)Ewa Pajor (26, Wolfsburg/ Poland)Guro Reiten (29, Chelsea/Norway)Aitana Bonmati (25, Barça/Spain)Alexandra Popp (32, Wolfsburg/Germany)Yui Hasegawa (26, Manchester City/Japan)Jill Roord (26, Manchester City/Netherlands)Katie Mccabe (27, Arsenal/Ireland)Wendie Renard (33, OL/France)Asisat Oshoala (28, Barça/Nigeria)Mary Earps (30, Manchester United/England)Mapi Leon ( 28, Barça/Spain)Khadija Shaw (26, Manchester City/Jamaica)
Salma Paralluelo
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Raymond Kopa Trophy
Two French people are among the nominees for this title of best player under 21 of the season: Eduardo Camavinga, who has proven his sense of adaptation with the Blues and Real Madrid, and Elye Wahi, who exploded in the eyes of Ligue 1 under the colors of Montpellier before being transferred to Lens this summer. Barça has three representatives. Jude Bellingham, who is carrying Real Madrid at the start of the season following having shone in Dortmund and with England at the World Cup, is a serious contender. He is also on the list of Ballon d’Or nominees, like Jamal Musiala.
Alejandro Baldé (19 years old, Barça/Spain)Jude Bellingham (20 years old, Real Madrid/England)Eduardo Camavinga (20 years old, Real Madrid/France)Gavi (19 years old, Barça/Spain)Rasmus Hojlund (20 years old, Manchester United/ Denmark)Jamal Musiala (20, Bayern Munich/Germany)Pedri (20, Barça/Spain)Antonio Silva (19, Benfica/Portugal)Xavi Simons (20, Leipzig/Netherlands)Elye Wahi (20, Lens/France)
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
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Yachine Trophy
Hugo Lloris is not one of the goalkeepers who can claim the title of best goalkeeper of the season. But two of his compatriots are present in the list: Mike Maignan, yet injured for several months with Milan and absent from the World Cup with the Blues. And Brice Samba, decisive during the magnificent Lensoise season and now international tricolor. Ederson, a Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup winner with Manchester City and Emiliano Martinez, who lifted the World Cup with Argentina, start with a head start.
Yassine Bounou (32, Al-Hilal/Morocco) Thibaut Courtois (31, Real Madrid/Belgium) Ederson (30, Manchester City/Brazil) Doinik Livakovic (28, Fenerbahçe/Croatia) Mike Maignan (28, AC Milan/France)Emiliano Martinez (31, Aston Villa/Argentina)André Onana (27, Manchester United/Cameroon)Aaron Ramsdale (25, Arsenal/England)Brice Samba (29, Lens/France)Marc-André Ter Stegen (31, Barca/Germany)
Ederson facing Lautaro Martinez in the final of the last Champions League
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