BALLON D’OR 2022 NOMINEES list was released moments ago.
Touchaheart Nigeria has gotten the full list of Ballon d’or 2022 nominations, read till the end to see which of your favourite players were nominated
The 2022 Ballon D’or top 30 lists was released about some moments ago with some star players appearing on the list following their beautiful performances for their respective clubs last season.
Below is the list of players who made it to the Balon d’or 30-man shortlist.
premier league club Liverpool, dominates the 20-man list released by FIFA earlier, as :
Mohamed Salah,
Trent Alexander-Arnold,
Luis Diaz,
Fabinho,
Darwin Nunez and
Virgil Van Dijk,
got nominated for the award this year.
Manchester City – Pep Guardiola men also dominate the list released as;
Bernado Silva,
Riyad Mahrez,
Erling Haaland,
Joao Cancelo,
Kevin De Bruyne and
Phil Foden
got nominated for the prestigious award.
Ballon d’Or 2022 Nominees
- Benzema, (Real Madrid)
- Courtois, (Real Madrid)
- Vinicius, (Real Madrid)
- Casemiro, (Real Madrid)
- Modric, (Real Madrid)
- Rüdiger, (Real Madrid)
- Salah, (Liverpool)
- Trent Alexander-Arnold, (Liverpool)
- Luis Díaz, (Liverpool)
- Fabinho, (Liverpool)
- Darwin Núñez, (Liverpool)
- Van Dijk, (Liverpool)
- Mahrez, (Manchester City)
- Bernardo Silva, (Manchester City)
- Phil Foden, (Manchester City)
- De Bruyne, (Manchester City)
- Cancelo, (Manchester City)
- Haaland, (Manchester City)
- Lewandowski, (Barcelona)
- Heung-Min Son, (Tottenham)
- Karry Kane, (Tottenham)
- Kimmich, (Bayern Munich)
- Sadio Mané, (Bayern Munich)
- Leao, (AC Milan)
- Mike Maignan, (AC Milan)
- Nkunku, (Leipzig)
- Cristiano Ronaldo, (Manchester United)
- Kylian Mbappe, (PSG)
- Haller, (Borussia Dortmund)
- Vlahovic, (Juventus)
2022 Ballon d’Or, which will be awarded on October 17, 2022, in Paris, but PSG star surprisingly Leo Messi is not among them.
Messi is the current holder of the award, and will not be in the running for the prize, which will be given before the start of the World Cup in Qatar.
Winner of seven Ballon d’Ors, the most in history, Messi has not missed a final list to lift the trophy since 2006.
The early elimination of his team in the Champions League at the hands of Real Madrid in the round of 16 was one of the factors that weighed most heavily on the Argentinian, who missed a penalty kick in that tie.
Neymar is also missing from a list led by Karim Benzema, who is the overwhelming favourite to lift his first Ballon d’Or after playing a key role in helping Real Madrid win LaLiga and the Champions League.