The winning player of the Ballon d’Or corresponding to the last season in the world of football will be announced this Monday, with the Argentine striker Lautaro Martínez as one of the great candidates.
The footballer who emerged in racingwas champion with Inter Milan in Serie A and the top scorer in that league, with 24 goals.
Martinez He also had a great performance with the Argentine team in the Copa Américawhere he became champion and top scorer with five goals, one of them the decisive one in the final against Colombia.
The other Argentine who appears among the 30 nominees is the goalkeeper Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez, great season with Aston Villa, who classified the UEFA Champions League after 41 years, and protagonist in obtaining the America’s Cup with Argentine national teamwhere he only conceded one goal in the entire tournament.
The ceremony will take place in Paris, Franceand is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. (Argentina time). Despite the good records of Lautaro and Emiliano Martínezthe main candidate to win the award is the Brazilian Vinicius Jr.champion de LaLiga of Spain and the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid.
Other players with a good chance of keeping him are the Norwegian Erling Haaland (Manchester City) and the Englishman Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid).
The nominees for the 2024 Ballon d’Or
- Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid / England)
- Ruben Días (Manchester City / Portugal)
- Phil Foden (Manchester City / England)
- Federico Valverde (Real Madrid / Uruguay)
- Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa / Argentina)
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City / Norway)
- Nico Wiliams (Athletic Club / Spain)
- Tony Kroos (Real Madrid / Germany)
- Artem Dovbyk (Dnipro, Girona and Rome / Ukraine)
- Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen / Switzerland)
- Vinícius Jr. (Real Madrid / Brazil)
- Dani Olmo (Leipzig and Barcelona / Spain)
- Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen / Germany)
- Martin Odegaard (Arsenal / Norway)
- Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund / Germany)
- Rodri (Manchester City / Spain)
- Harry Kane (Bayern Munich / England)
- Declan Rice (Arsenal/England)
- Vitinha (PSG / Portugal)
- Cole Palmer (Chelsea/England)
- Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid / Spain)
- Lamine Yamal (Barcelona / Spain)
- Bukayo Saka (Arsenal / England)
- Hakan Çalhanolu (Inter Milan / Türkiye)
- William Saliba (Arsenal / France)
- Kylian Mbappé (PSG and Real Madrid / France)
- Ademola Lookman (Atalanta/Nigeria)
- Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan / Argentina)
- Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid / Germany)
- Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen / Espanyol)
Who are the top winners of the Ballon d’Or?
The player with the most Ballon d’Or awards is the Argentine Lionel Messi with 8 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023), followed by Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo with 5 (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017).
Below, with three Ballon d’Ors, French appears Michel Platini (1983, 1984 and 1985) and the Dutch Marco Van Basten (1988, 1989 and 1992) and Johan Cruyff (1971, 1973 and 1974).
Source: Ambito
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