Ballon d'Or 2022

Benzema won the 2022 Ballon d'Or award for first time while Putellas won the women's award for a second time.

A panel of international journalists chose the winners. With Barcelona, she won La Liga and reached the Champions League final. Spanish player Alexia Putellas won the women’s trophy for the second straight year following another standout season with Barcelona.

For just the second time since 2008, a player not called Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo has collected France Football's coveted award, with Benzema following ...

“Without my team-mates this would not have been possible,” Putellas said. - 8th – Wendie Renard (Lyon and France) - Joint 22nd – Bernardo Silva (Manchester City and Portugal), Phil Foden (Manchester City and England), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool and England) I had two motivations in my life – Zidane and Ronaldo. “I have a lot of people to thank. “There was a difficult period where I wasn’t in the French team, but I never stopped working hard nor gave up.

We've moved on from the Messi and Ronaldo duopoly but Real Madrid and Barcelona continue to dominate in the individual awards.

[Just ask the Mexicans](https://en.as.com/soccer/how-many-mexican-players-have-been-nominated-for-the-ballon-dor-complete-list-n/). This year there were a number of changes to the process, most notably, the jury of journalists was instructed to take into account players’ performances in the 2021/22 season, rather than the 2022 calendar year. Well, the truth is that we don’t yet know. Fans will always have their own favourites and will find ways to doubt the integrity or intelligence of those voting a different way, especially if choosing a rival player. ](https://en.as.com/soccer/ballon-dor-2022-live-online-today-awards-nominees-winners-and-latest-updates-from-the-ceremony-n/)The sight of sweaty athletes showing their prowess on a muddy field was swapped for a red carpet filled with those same individuals wearing expensive suits, glamorous dresses and big smiles. And the supporting cast of families, friends, club officials and sporting executives took their own places as we gathered for the crowning of the best players in the world.

France Football's award for the best men's player during the 2021/22 season, the Ballon d'Or, was presented to Real Madrid's French striker Karim Benzema ...

Casemiro (Real Madrid/Manchester United) Fabinho (Liverpool) (Real Madrid) Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) France Football’s award for the best men’s player during the 2021/22 season, the Ballon d’Or, was presented to Real Madrid’s French striker Karim Benzema yesterday evening during a prize-giving ceremony in Paris. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

Benzema also joined his Real Madrid teammate Luka Modric to become only the second player not named Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to win this award since ...

Sadio Mane was ranked “2st”, while Alex Morgan was numbered “13rd” in the list. Everything about the night was perfect, except for the silly mistake in the numberings of footballers. Barcelona captain Alexia Putellas won the Ballon d’Or feminine for the second time in a row. The golden ball, this year, was brought to the venue by Alpine’s Esteban Ocon in his racing car. He was presented with the trophy by his idol and former coach Zinedine Zidane. Ensconced in the middle of Sadio Mane and Kevin de Bruyne in Théâtre du Châtelet, Benzema was the center of attraction of the event, and his expression exuded the confidence that it was going to be his night alone.

Thibaut Courtois was named man of the match in last season's Champions League final, but the Belgian goalkeeper came seventh in the Ballon d'Or rankings on ...

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Real Madrid's Thibaut Courtois has said it's "impossible" for a goalkeeper to win the Ballon d'Or. The 30-year-old finished seventh in the 2022 ranking,

It’s a bit difficult. It’s what happens. Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois has said it’s “impossible” for a goalkeeper to win the Ballon d’Or.

Moroccan international and Sevilla FC goalkeeper Yassine Bounou was named the ninth-best goalkeeper in the world in the Yashin trophy ranking.

Despite winning the Yashin Trophy, Courtois did not hesitate to voice his frustration for finishing seventh in the Ballon d’Or rankings. However, Bounou’s fans were not the only ones unsatisfied with the Ballon d’Or results. “I want to thank my teammates at Real Madrid”, Courtois said as he collected the award. [he] should be at least among the top 5.” Many bombarded the comment section with complaints that Bounou deserves a higher ranking. The results were revealed at the 2022 Ballon d’Or award ceremony, which took place on Monday in Paris.