You know who won Ballon d’Or 2022. Numerous world soccer stars were present at the gala that took place in Paris, France. The winner of the night was Karim Benzema, current Real Madrid player, who received the award at the hands of Zinedine Zidane.
Check out the list of Ballon d’Or winners below.
LIST OF BALLOON D’OR WINNERS
- Kopa Trophy: Gavi (Barcelona)
- Women’s Golden Ball: Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
- Socrates Trophy: Sadio Mané (Bayern Munich)
- Gerd Muller Trophy: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich/Barcelona)
- Trofeo Yashin: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
- Club of the Year: Manchester City
- Ballon d’Or: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
2022 GOLDEN BALLOON RANKING
Created in 1956, the Ballon d’Or of France Football magazine changes this year, a reform intended to make it “more understandable”. After rewarding players for their performance for a calendar year, the trophy now adjusts to the sporting calendar and takes into account the 2021-2022 financial year.
It should be noted that the men’s League of Nations in October 2021 is also included in the jury’s analysis, as well as the women’s European Championship in July 2022. But not the debut of the 2022-2023 course, which began in August.
LIST OF NOMINEES FOR THE GOLDEN BALLOON 2022
There are 30 nominees for the 2022 Ballon d’Or but only one will be privileged to take home such an emblem. However, international media affirm that the next to be the successor of Lionel Messi will be Karim Benzema. Why does everything point to the French being the winner? As you remember, last season he had great performances both in the local tournament and in the Champions League. Precisely, he would be the architect of collaborating in obtaining the famous ‘Orejona’ once morest Liverpool.
- Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
- Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
- Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
- Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
- Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC)
- Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
- Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
- Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool FC)
- Harry Kane (Tottenham)
- Phil Foden (Manchester City)
- Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
- casemiro (Manchester United)
- Fabinho (Liverpool FC)
- Bernard Silva (Manchester City)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
- Rafael Leao (AC Milan)
- João Cancelo (Manchester City)
- Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona)
- Heung-Min Son (Tottenham)
- Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
- Darwin Núñez (Liverpool FC)
- Sadio Mané (Bayern Munich)
- Sebastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund)
- Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
- Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)
- Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool FC)
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
- Louis Diaz (Liverpool FC)
WHAT ARE THE RULES OF THE GOLDEN BALL?
The attribution criteria have also changed. “Individual performance” and “the decisive and impressive character of the applicants” will be the number 1 criteria, ahead of “collective appearance and trophies won”, and “the class of the player and his sense of fair-play”.
The entire career of a player will no longer be taken into account, to avoid the risks of a “saved chair”, following a spectacular period with 12 Balls shared between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The jury has also been reviewed, with 100 voters, journalists from each of the top 100 nations in the FIFA ranking (which has 170 countries) and 50 voters for the women’s Ballon d’Or.
LIST OF NOMINEES FOR THE WOMEN’S GOLDEN BALLOON 2022
- Selma Bacha (FRA, Lyon)
- Aitana Bonmatí (ESP, FC Barcelona)
- Millie Bright (ENG, Chelsea)
- Lucy Bronze (ENG, FC Barcelona)
- Kadidiatou Diani (FRA, Paris SG)
- Christiane Endler (CHL, Lyon)
- Ada Hegerberg (NOR, Lyon)
- Marie-Antoinette Katoto (FRA, Paris SG)
- Sam Kerr (AUS, Chelsea)
- Catarina Macario (USA, Lyon)
- Beth Mead (ENG, Arsenal)
- Vivianne Miedema (NED, Arsenal)
- Alex Morgan (USA, San Diego Wave)
- Lena Oberdorf (GER, Wolfsburg)
- Asisat Oshoala (NGA, FC Barcelona)
- Alexandra Popp (GER, Wolfsburg)
- Alexia Putellas (ESP, FC Barcelona)
- Wendie Renard (FRA, Lyon)
- Trinity Rodman (USA, Spirit of Washington)
- Fridolina Rolfö (SWE, FC Barcelona)
