France Football magazine announced the vote that culminated in the crowning of the Argentine as the best footballer in the world.
He world champion Lionel Messi received 462 points in the election of the Ballon d’Or winneragainst 357 for Norwegian goalscorer Erling Haalandaccording to the data revealed this Saturday in the ceremony that allowed the man from Rosario to obtain his eighth award in history as the best player of the year by a difference of 105 units.
The French newspaper L’Equipe today revealed the final figures of the election held last Monday in which French star Kyllan Mbappe third with 270 points.
For your part, Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez was 15th. with seven points and the forward Lautaro Martínez 20th. with four units.
Messi He was chosen by 87 of the 92 journalists, 65 of whom voted him the best of the year and as a curiosity, the Cameroonian, Cape Verdean, Jordanian, Salvadoran and Swiss representatives did not vote for him, reported the DPA news agency.
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The Ballon d’Or jury, presented by the French weekly France Football, is made up of 92 journalists from the top 100 countries in the FIFA ranking and the organizing media establishes the list of 30 nominees and each member of the jury must indicate, in order, their five first.
The player in first position gets six points, the second four, the third three, the fourth two and the fifth one.
The Ballon d’Or ranking: how many votes each footballer received
The top 10 were the following:
- 1) Lionel Messi (Argentina-PSG-Inter Miami) 462 points
- 2) Erling Haaland (Norway-Manchester City) 357
- 3) Kylian Mbappé (France-PSG) 270
- 4) Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium-Manchester City) 100
- 5) Rodri (Spain-Manchester City) 57
- 6) Vinicius (Brazil-Real Madrid) 49
- 7) Julian Alvarez (Argentina-Manchester City) 28
- 8) Victor Osimhen (Nigeria-Napoli) 24
- 9) Bernardo Silva (Portugal-Manchester City) 20
- 10) Luka Modric (Croatia-Real Madrid) 19.
- 15) Emiliano Martínez (Argentina-Aston Villa) 7
- 20) Lautaro Martínez (Argentina-Inter Milan) 4
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