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The Ballon d’Or 2024 is scheduled for today, Monday, October 28, 2024 at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France.
This year’s edition marks the 68th annual ceremony of the Ballon d’Or organized by the France Football.
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The award ceremony put together best footballers in the world in the 2023-24 calendar year. The 2024 edition of Ballon D’or will be the third time of which the award is giving based on the results of the season instead of the calendar year, considering the period from August 1 2023 to July 31, 2024.
Ballon d’or 2024 comes with two new categories including ‘Men’s coach of the year, and Women’s coach of the Year. This was purposefuly to recognize the contribution of coaches to the success on the pitch.
Ballon d’Or 2024 Categories
There are only nine (9) categories for this year’s Ballon d’or. These includes;
- Men’s Ballon d’Or
- Women’s Ballon d’Or
- Kopa Trophy (best player under 21 years old)
- Yashin Trophy (best goalkeeper)
- Gerd Muller Trophy (top goalscorer from 2023/24 season)
- Men’s Club of the Year trophy
- Women’s Club of the Year trophy
- Men’s Coach of the Year
- Women’s Coach of the Year
2024 Ballon d’Or Nominees
30 players received nomination at the Ballon d’Or 2024 award. The list was dominated by Real Madrid players with seven nominees.
Check out the full nominees list for the 2024 Ballon d’Or Awards below.
- Jude Bellingham – England, Real Madrid
- Hakan Calhanoglu – Turkey, Inter Milan
- Dani Carvajal – Spain, Real Madrid
- Ruben Dias – Portugal, Manchester City
- Artem Dovbyk – Ukraine, Girona/Roma
- Phil Foden – England, Manchester City
- Alejandro Grimaldo – Spain, Bayer Leverkusen
- Erling Haaland – Norway, Manchester City
- Mats Hummels – Germany, Borussia Dortmund
- Harry Kane – England, Bayern Munich
- Toni Kroos – Germany, Real Madrid
- Ademola Lookman – Nigeria, Atalanta
- Emiliano Martinez – Argentina, Aston Villa
- Lautaro Martinez – Argentina, Inter
- Kylian Mbappe – France, Paris Saint-Germain/Real Madrid
- Martin Odegaard – Norway, Arsenal
- Dani Olmo – Spain, RB Leipzig/Barcelona
- Cole Palmer – England, Manchester City/Chelsea
- Declan Rice England, Arsenal
- Rodri – Spain, Manchester City
- Antonio Rudiger – Germany, Real Madrid
- Bukayo Saka – England, Arsenal
- William Saliba – France, Arsenal
- Federico Valverde – Uruguay, Real Madrid
- Vinicius Junior – Brazil, Real Madrid
- Vitinha – Portugal, Paris Saint-Germain
- Nico Williams – Spain, Athletic Club
- Florian Wirtz – Germany, Bayer Leverkusen
- Granit Xhaka – Switzerland, Bayer Leverkusen
- Lamine Yamal – Spain, Barcelona
2024 Ballon d’Or feminin nominees
- Barbra Banda – Zambia, Shanghai RCB/Orlando Pride
- Aitana Bonmati – Spain, Barcelona
- Lucy Bronze – England, Barcelona/Chelsea
- Mariona Caldentey – Spain, Barcelona/Arsenal
- Tabitha Chawinga – Malawi, Paris Saint-Germain/Olympique Lyonnais
- Grace Geyoro – France, Paris Saint-Germain
- Manuela Giugliano – Italy, AS Roma
- Caroline Graham Hansen – Norway, Barcelona
- Patricia Guijarro – Spain, Barcelona
- Giulia Gwinn – Germany, Bayern Munich
- Yui Hasegawa – Japan, Manchester City
- Ada Hegerberg – Norway, Olympique Lyonnais
- Lauren Hemp – England, Manchester City
- Lindsey Horan – USA, Olympique Lyonnais
- Lauren James – England, Chelsea
- Marie-Antoinette Katoto – France, Paris Saint-Germain
- Alyssa Naeher – USA, Chicago Red Stars
- Sjoeke Nusken – Germany, Chelsea
- Ewa Pajor – Poland, VfL Wolfsburg/Barcelona
- Salma Paralluelo – Spain, Barcelona
- Gabi Portilho – Brazil, Corinthians
- Alexia Putellas – Spain, Barcelona
- Mayra Ramirez – Colombia, Levante/Chelsea
- Trinity Rodman – (USA, Washington Spirit
- Lea Schuller – Germany, Bayern Munich
- Khadija Shaw – Jamaica, Manchester City
- Sophia Smith – USA, Portland Thorns
- Mallory Swanson – USA, Chicago Red Stars
- Tarciane – Brazil, Corinthians/Houston Dash
- GlódÃs Viggosdottir – Iceland, Bayern Munich
Ballon d’or 2024 Winner
Vinicius Jr, Jude Bellingham, and Rodrigo are the three men players who have receive endorsements from the media and sport panelists of winning the Ballon d’Or 2024.
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The winner of the 2024 Ballon d’Or will be announced later at the ceremony.
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