Ballon d'Or 2022

The 2022-23 Women's Champions League group stages get underway on October 19, with some of the world's best players showcasing their talents.

[Last year’s Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/barcelona-putellas-wins-women-ballon-d-or/blt8af530865bee9187) is hoping to retain her title as the best around and help Barcelona recover from last year’s upset. After all, the English team boast two nominees in the form of goal machine Vivianne Miedema and England hero Beth Mead, who helped fire England to Euro 2022 success this year.Getty Images [Heineken's Fresher Football](https://www.goal.com/story/fresherfootball/), GOAL takes a look at the nominees who are set to kick off their Champions League group-stage campaign. [guide Chelsea to a fifth domestic title](https://www.goal.com/en/news/kerr-class-chelsea-womens-super-league-title-stunning-style/blt957a0c86a62c813d), so group rivals Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Vllaznia will all have to be wary of the Blues’ threat. [Lucy Bronze having swapped Manchester City for Barcelona in the summer](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/barcelona-bronze-england-manchester-city/blt05c0018af9aa7aa5) and Chelsea defender Millie Bright competing in the Champions League. [up for the Ballon d’Or this year](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/women-s-ballon-d-or-2022-nominees-announced/bltfed69c275729f39d).

The four awards that will be given out by France Football on Monday, Oct. 17, will be the Yashin Trophy (best goalkeeper), Kopa Trophy (best u-21 men's player) ...

3. 2. As you can see by the title, we’re so anxious to see the winners that we decided to name them on our own. 17, will be the Yashin Trophy (best goalkeeper), Kopa Trophy (best u-21 men's player) and the men's and women’s Ballon d’Or (best player).

Stars from Real Madrid and Barcelona are predicted to win the three key awards at the 2022 Ballon d'Or ceremony tomorrow. The 66th Ballon d'Or awards are ...

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The 2022 Ballon d'Or ceremony is nearly upon us and we've got all the details on how to tune in.

2 Only 10 players all-time have claimed multiple Ballon d'Or awards. SBS On Demand SBS The player with the most Ballon d'Or awards all-time is Lionel Messi who has won it seven times.

The18's individual votes and winners · 1. Alexia Putellas · 2. Beth Mead · 3. Sam Kerr · 4. Wendie Renard · 5. Ada Hegerberg.

3. 2. As you can see by the title, we’re so anxious to see the winners that we decided to name them on our own. 17, will be the Yashin Trophy (best goalkeeper), Kopa Trophy (best u-21 men's player) and the men's and women’s Ballon d’Or (best player).

Who is nominated for the men's award? · Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) · Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) · João Cancelo (Manchester City) · Casemiro (Real Madrid).

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The Ballon d'Or ceremony takes place on October 17 in Paris at 19:30 UK time. Watch it here.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have won 12 of the last 13 Ballon d’Ors - with Real Madrid’s Luka Modric winning as the sole outlier in 2018 - but Messi was not even nominated for the 2022 award. Awards for the best goalkeeper - the Yashin Trophy - and the best young player in the world - the Kopa Trophy - will also be awarded at the Ballon d'Or ceremony. The ceremony starts at 19:30 UK time.

The 2022 winner of the Ballon d'Or will be unveiled on Monday at a ceremony in Paris and The Sporting News will follow all the developments throughout the ...

Barcelona's Pedri did not have enough appearances to make the final cut, The nominees include last year's winner Alexia Putellas, EA FIFA 23 cover star Sam Kerr, three American national team players, and three members of England's Euro 2022 winning side. FW The belief is that this will ensure a more knowledgeable voter base given the importance of football in the country and the likelihood matches from around the world are available. It's nonetheless interesting to see the names of the three players who have the next best odds behind Benzema. SBS On Demand SBS The rest of the world can tune in to the live stream provided by France Football via the channels of French sister publication L'Equipe. There are a total of seven awards that will be handed out on Monday. Check back here for updates throughout the day on Monday. Messi has won it a record seven times, while Ronaldo has claimed five. For months it's been considered a foregone conclusion that Real Madrid and France forward Karim Benzema will be honored with his first career Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball) as the best player in the world.

SportsBrief.com News ☆ A new voting criteria has denied a Erling Haalnd a chance to challenge for the 2022 edition of the Ballon d'Or. Karim Benzema is a ...

[Karim Benzema](https://sportsbrief.com/tag/karim-benzema/) is the current favourite to clinch the coveted individual accolade in 2022. [footballers](https://sportsbrief.com/facts/top-listicles/13546-who-top-10-handsome-footballers-world-2022/) who will be challenging for the award. Erling Haaland will not be in the running for the 2022 edition of the Ballon d'Or award. [EPL](https://sportsbrief.com/tag/epl-english-premier-league/) outings, the Norwegian star is no doubt the favourite to win the Golden Boot award in his first year in the English top-flight. - With 29 goals to his name in his last season with Dortmund and 20 so far with City, Haaland was expected to be among the favourites for the award - Man City superstar Erling Haaland will not be among the contenders for the 2022 edition of the Ballon d'Or award

The event takes place in Paris this evening, with Frenchman Karim Benzema the clear favourite to win the men's award after he scored 44 goals in 46 games ...

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The Ballon d'Or, the Ballon d'Or Feminin, the Kopa Trophy and the Yashin Trophy will be awarded on October 17 in Paris in a lavish ceremony.

Darwin Nunez (Benfica - moved to Liverpool). =17: Luis Diaz (Porto / Liverpool). Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina / Juventus). Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea / Real Madrid). Tomorrow hopefully he can win the Ballon d'Or and we are going to congratulate him because a little bit of that Ballon is also ours." Want to know how the Ballon d'Or works for this year? 'I want to firstly thank my teammates, the club Real Madrid, to be part of this amazing team," he says. A shame that voting closed before Foden's hat-trick against Manchester United a fortnight ago. =25: Joao Cancelo (Manchester City). In third place, Champions League and La Liga winners Real Madrid. Mike Maignan (AC Milan). Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich).

The Real Madrid forward won the voting after a season when Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were nowhere in sight. Barcelona's Alexia Putellas repeated as ...

That he has had to wait so long to flourish on his own accord is a measure of the height of the bar set by Messi and Ronaldo, and of the challenge of thriving in an era marked by twin greats. Benzema may not have been the decisive player in the Champions League final, an honor that fell to his teammate Vinícius Júnior, but he had unquestionably been the defining figure in Real’s journey to the final in Paris. When that advantage seemed to have been wasted in the return fixture, it was Benzema who lifted Real Madrid once more, scoring the extra-time goal that sealed its place in the semifinal. Benzema joined Real Madrid in the same summer as Ronaldo, though to rather less fanfare. And yet that assessment risks not only turning Benzema’s triumph into a subplot in a story of Messi and Ronaldo’s fall, but also ignoring the context for his victory. Benzema did not win the Ballon d’Or because Messi and Ronaldo finally fell to earth. (Benzema’s Real Madrid teammate Luka Modric was the other exception, in 2018.) It is the first time since 2006 that neither man has at least been on the podium. The blunt measures, of course, are the trophies — his fifth Champions League, another Spanish title — and the goals: 27 in La Liga, 15 in just a dozen games in Europe. Ferré hoped that measure — clearly directed at what might be regarded as legacy voters for Messi and Ronaldo — would make the Ballon d’Or an “open competition, rather than a preserve.” It is, after all, only the second time since 2008 that a player other than Messi or Ronaldo has been anointed as the best on the planet. (Ferré, more than a little disparagingly, said this new “elite” panel represented the “real connoisseurs” of the game.) But the tournament is a feeling that money can’t buy,

The striker guided Real Madrid to their 14th Champions League crown last season.

Senegal international Mane, who left Liverpool this summer, was recognized for his contribution towards development in his home country where the 30-year-old has helped to build schools and hospitals -- notably in his hometown of Bambali. Well, it wasn't Real Madrid as the award went to Manchester City, with six total Ballon d'Or nominees, including Lucy Bronze on the women's team. Borussia Dortmund's Jude Bellingham might feel that he had a strong case to pip the Spain international to the prize, but the Englishman will have to wait again after finishing second and now fourth. Courtois succeeds PSG and Italy's Gianluigi Donnarumma with 23 competitive clean sheets across all competitions. I am still here, though!" Two years into this award and the 34-year-old has established a 100 percent win rate by taking the two maiden titles. Listen below and follow ¡Qué Golazo! I want to thank the technical staff and the coach as well. Barca lost out to Olympique Lyonnais in the women's Champions League, but the Spaniard was still voted the best player and top scored with 11 goals. I always had motivation thanks to my two role models of Zizou (Zinedine Zidane) and Ronaldo (Nazario), but I did not give up. (Real Madrid) Real Madrid and France's Karim Benzema has won the 2022 Ballon d'Or title on the men's side after topping the 2021-22 season voting.

France Football have announced the final rankings for the 2022 Ballon d'Or after Karim Benzema picked up his first Golden Ball.

Benzema's was rewarded for the lead role he played in Madrid winning both the Champions League and La Liga, while he also lifted the Nations League trophy with France back in October 2021. Benzema, though, was just one of 30 nominees for the most prestigious individual award in world football, and France Football has revealed the final standings of where all 30 ranked after the final voting. [The Real Madrid striker picked up the Golden Ball at the annual ceremony](https://www.goal.com/en/news/benzema-2022-ballon-d-or-winner-real-madrid-champions-league-la-liga/blt205c771507d61f07) in Paris following his superb 2021-22 season for both club and country.

Karim Benzema was awarded the 2022 men's Ballon d'Or on Monday after leading Real Madrid to a Champions League and LaLiga double.

He succeeds Barca teammate [Pedri](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/250465/Pedri), last year's winner. [Bayern Munich](/soccer/team?id=132)'s [Sadio Mane](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/169797/Sadio-Mané) and [Manchester City](/soccer/team?id=382)'s [Kevin de Bruyne](http://www.espnfc.com/socer/player/_/id/134947/kevin-de-bruyne), who came in second and third, respectively. Ballon d'Or organisers added a humanitarian prize named after the late Brazil midfielder Socrates. [Robert Lewandowski](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/125824/Robert-Lewandowski) won the Gerd Muller award for the best striker of the year, and Madrid's [Thibaut Courtois](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/134283/Thibaut-Courtois) won the Lev Yashin for best goalkeeper. [Borussia Dortmund](/soccer/team?id=124)'s [Jude Bellingham](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/291281/Jude-Bellingham) and [Bayern Munich](/soccer/team?id=132)'s [Jamal Musiala](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/303821/Jamal-Musiala). It's a lot of work; I never gave up and I kept that dream in my head. It's been difficult for me and that just makes me stronger mentally. "I had two role models in my life: Zizou [Zinedine Zidane] and [Brazil legend] Ronaldo. "I'm really proud seeing this prize, it's been my dream since I was a kid. [Gavi](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/323702/Gavi) won the Kopa Trophy, the award presented to the best player under age 21. "It's been difficult for me. PSG striker [Kylian Mbappe](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/231388/Kylian-Mbappé) came in sixth, while [Manchester United](/soccer/team?id=360) forward [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/22774/Cristiano-Ronaldo) was 20th.