The French news magazine France Football released its annual Ballon d'Or nominees on Friday. Players Selma Bacha, Alex Morgan, Alexia Putellas, Catarina Macario, Rafael Leão and Mohamed Salah were among the shortlist's nominees, along with several of their peers.
For the first time since 2005, Lionel Messi failed to make the list. While the likes of
Riyad Mahrez
Casemiro
Heung-Min Son Fabinho
Karim Benzema
Darwin NunezAll made the list for the very first time.
Here's a full list of the nominees
BALLON D’OR NOMINEES (MEN)
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
Casemiro (Real Madrid)
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Luis Diaz (Liverpool)
Fabinho (Liverpool)
Phil Foden (Manchester City)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Sebastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund)
Harry Kane (Tottenham)
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
Rafael Leao (AC Milan)
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich)
Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
Darwin Nunez (Liverpool)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
Heung-Min Son (Tottenham)
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
Vinicius JR (Real Madrid)
Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)
BALLON D’OR FEMININ NOMINEES
Selma Bacha (Lyon)Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
Millie Bright (Chelsea)
Lucy Bronze (Barcelona)
Kadidiatou Diani (PSG)
Christiane Endler (Lyon)
Ada Hegerberg (Lyon)
Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG)
Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
Catarina Macario (Lyon)
Beth Mead (Arsenal)
Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal)
Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave)
Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg)
Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona)
Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg)
Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
Wendie Renard (Lyon)
Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit)
Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona)
KOPA TROPHY NOMINEES
Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund)Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)
Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid)
Gavi (Barcelona)
Ryan Gravenberch (Bayern Munich)
Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig)
Nuno Mendes (PSG)
Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
YACHINE TROPHY NOMINEES
Alisson Becker (Liverpool)Yassine Bounou (Sevilla)
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Ederson (Manchester City)
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham)
Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
Edouard Mendy (Chelsea)
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid)
Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt)
The awards will be given out at a ceremony in Paris on October 17.
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