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Ballon d’Or 2024 nominations: full player, team, coach confirmations, as it happened
The nominations are out for the 2024 Ballon d’Or Awards with the ceremony itself set to take place in Paris at the end of October.
Argentina and Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi was the surprise winner last year but injury has hampered the Argentine this season and the veteran striker is not expected to scoop a ninth award.
Last year, Barcelona and Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati secured the fifth edition of the Ballon d’Or Feminin with her 2023 win the first time the 25-year-old has received the award. Bonmati, who won the World Cup Golden Ball, helped Spain win the 2023 World Cup in Australia-New Zealand.
The Ballon d’Or Awards
Created by France Football in 1956, the Ballon d’Or is generally regarded as soccer’s most prestigious award. Blackpool and England’s Stanley Matthews was its first winner, while Lionel Messi is the record holder with eight wins.
The winner is selected following the votes of a select number of journalists from around the world and, up until 2022, was based on player performance during the calendar year. As of this year, however, jurors have been instructed to take into account the previous season with the event held in Paris since 2016.
The awards have branched out to also include prizes for the best young player, women’s player, goalkeeper...
2024 Nominations
Yashin trophy nominees:
Diogo Costa - FC Porto & Portugal
Gianluigi Donnarumma - PSG & Italy
Gregor Kobel - Borussia Dortmund & Switzerland
Andrei Lunin - Real Madrid & Ukraine
Mike Maignan - AC Milan & France
Giorgi Mamardachvili - Valencia & Georgia
Emiliano Martinez - Aston Villa & Argentina
Unai Simon - Athletic Club & Spain
Yann Sommer - Inter & Switzerland
Ronwen Williams - Mamelodi Sundowns & South Africa
Kopa Trophy nominees:
Pau Cubarsi - Barça
Alejandro Garnacho - Man United
Arda Guler - Real Madrid
Karim Konate - RB Salzburg
Kobbie Mainoo - Man United
Joao Neves - Benfica
Savinho - Girona
Mathys Tel - Bayern Munich
Lamine Yamal - Barça
Warren Zaire-Emery - PSG
Men’s coach of the year nominees:
Carlo Ancelotti - Real Madrid
Xabi Alonso - Bayer Leverkusen
Luis de la Fuente - Spain
Gian Piero Gasperini - Atalanta
Pep Guardiola - Manchester City
Lionel Scaloni - Argentina
Men’s Club of the Year nominees:
Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Girona, Real Madrid and Manchester City have been shortlisted for the Men’s Club of the Year award.
Women’s Ballon d’Or nominees:
Lauren Hemp - Man City
Trinity Rodman - Washington Spirit
Barbra Banda Shanghai - Shanghai RCB/Orlando Pride
Tarciane Lime - Houston Dash
Manuela Giugliano - Roma
Mallory Swanso - Chicago Red Stars
Glodis Viggosdottir - Bayern Munich
Mariona Caldentey - Barcelona/Arsenal
Lauren James - Chelsea
Patricia Guijarro - Barcelona
Lea Schuller - Bayern Munich
Gabi Portilho - Corinthians
Tabitha Chawinga - PSG
Caroline Graham Hansen - Barcelona
Lindsey Horan - Lyon
Lucy Bronze - Barcelona/Chelsea
Yui Hasegawa - Man City
Ada Hegerberg - Lyon
Sjoeke Nüsken - Chelsea
Aitana Bonmati - Barcelona
Alexia Putellas - Barcelona
Grace Geyoro - PSG
Khadija Shaw - Man City
Guilia Gwinn - Bayern Munich
Salma Paralluelo - Barcelona
Ewa Pajor - Wolfsburg/Barcelona
Sophie Smith - Portland Thorns
Marie-Antoinette Katoto - PSG
Mayra Ramirez - Chelsea
Alyssa Naeher - Chicago Red Stars
2024 Women’s Club of the Year nominees:
Five clubs have been shortlisted for the prestigious award: FC Barcelona, NY-NJ Gotham, Chelsea FC, Lyon and PSG.
2024 Women’s Team Coach of the Year nominees:
Sonia Bompastor - Lyon/Chelsea
Arthur Elias - Corinthians/Brazil
Jonatan Giraldez - Barcelona/Washington Spirit
Filipa Patao - Benfica
Sarina Wiegman - England
Emma Hayes - Chelsea
2024 Men’s Player of the Year nominees:
Jude Bellingham - Real Madrid & England
Phil Foden - Man City & England
Ruben Dias - Man City & Portugal
Federico Valverde - Real Madrid & Uruguay
Emiliano Martinez - Aston VIlla & Argentina
Artem Dovbik - Girona (AS Roma) & Ukraine
Erling Haaland - Man City & Norway
Nico Williams - Athletic Club & Spain
Toni Kroos - Real Madrid & Germany
Granit Xhaka - Bayer Leverkusen & Switzerland
Dani Olmo - RB Leipzig (Barça) & Spain
Florian Wirtz - Bayer Leverkusen & Germany
Mats Hummels - Dortmund (AS Roma) & Germany
Martin Odegaard - Arsenal & Norway
Vinicius Júnior - Real Madrid & Brazil
Rodri - Man City & Spain
Declan Rice- Arsenal & England
Harry Kane - Bayern Munich & England
Cole Palmer - Chelsea & England
Vitinha - Porto (PSG) & Portugal
Dani Carvajal - Real Madrid Spain
William Saliba - Arsenal & France
Lamine Yamal - Barcelona & Spain
Bukayo Saka - Arsenal & England
Hakan Calhanoglu - Inter & Turkey
Kylian Mbappé - PSG (Real Madrid) & France
Lautaro Martinez - Inter & Argentina
Ademola Lookman - Atalanta & Nigeria
Alejandro Grimaldo - Bayer Leverkusen & Spain
Antonio Rudiger - Real Madrid & Germany
Don’t forget, the 2024 Ballon d’Or Awards ceremony itself is set to take place in Paris at the end of October (28th) at the Théâtre du Châtelet.
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