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The Ballon d’Or 2024, the single most prestigious and prestigious prize in the world of football, will be awarded in Paris tonight.
For the first time since 2003, neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Messi are on the list of finalists published by France Football: for the past two decades there has always been at least one of the two.
The ceremony will start at 19:45 and also includes the presentation of other individual awards, such as the best goalkeeper of the season, the best female player and the award for the best coach, among others.
Here are the 30 contenders for Ballon d’Or 2024, and Vinicius Junior’s “shares” seem to be increasing more and more:
- Emiliano Martins (Aston Villa)
- Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)
- Phil Foden (Manchester City)
- Ruben Diaz (Manchester City)
- Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
- Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao)
- Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen)
- Artem Dovbyk (Girona-Roma)
- Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
- Hummels Mats (Borussia Dortmund-Roma)
- Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)
- Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
- Dani Olmo (Leipzig-Barcelona)
- Vinicius (Real Madrid)
- Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
- Rhodri (Manchester City)
- Bithynia (Paris Saint Germain)
- Declan Rice (Arsenal)
- Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
- William Saliba (Arsenal)
- Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan)
- Boukayo Saka (Arsenal)
- Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
- Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)
- Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Ademola Lukman (Atalanta)
- Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
- Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)
- Lautaro Martins (Inter)
