2023-11-03 16:05:34
Friday, November 3, 2023, 2:54 p.m. | Updated 3:05 p.m.
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UEFA will co-organize the Ballon d’Or together with France Football from 2024. The highest European body announced this Friday an agreement with the Amaury Group, owner of France Football magazine and the L’Equipe newspaper, to share the prize awarded for the best player of the season. FIFA joined France Football from 2010 to 2015, until the break between both parties occurred, and from the next edition it will be UEFA that will join the awards, which will have two new awards, for the male and female coaches. most outstanding female of the year.
“Together, UEFA and the Amaury Group aim to enhance the stature and global reach of the award, while fostering a sense of unity and collaboration within the football community,” highlighted the body chaired by Aleksander Ceferin. France Football will continue to oversee the voting system, “which will remain unchanged and independent”, while UEFA “will contribute its football expertise, commercialize global commercial rights and organize the annual awards gala.”
“UEFA and the Ballon d’Or are synonymous with sporting excellence, so our association will be a natural mix of prominence and a synergy that promises to be nothing less than exceptional,” stressed Ceferin, who recalled that “for almost 70 years (since The first edition in 1956), the Ballon d’Or has been the most prestigious individual award in the world of football and is a testament to the extraordinary skill, dedication and impact of the legends of the game and their lasting mark on the history of the sport. ».
The men’s Ballon d’Or record is led by Leo Messi with eight awards, won between 2009 and 2023, while the women’s award has been won in the last three editions by Alexia Putellas (2021 and 2022) and Aitana Bonmatí (2023).
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