Last Wednesday, the list of thirty players nominated for the Ballon d’Or was revealed. Cristiano Ronaldo is not among them, like Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski or Rodrygo. Which does not prevent the Portuguese international, five-time winner of the trophy rewarding the best footballer of the year, from having his opinion on the future winner.
Cristiano Ronaldo puts a coin on Mbappé
According to him, Kylian Mbappé would be able to win on Monday October 28 at the Théâtre du Châtelet. ” I think he will succeed at Real Madridbecause the club’s structure is very solid. He can become a Ballon d’Or winner for the next few years.”said Cristiano Ronaldo during a YouTube exchange with Rio Ferdinand. “Erling Haaland, Jude Bellingham and Lamine Yamal too”he then took care to clarify.
As a reminder, three criteria are retained by the organizers: individual performance, track record and fair play, the positive attitude of the player. One hundred journalists from one hundred different countries, representing the top one hundred countries in the FIFA rankings, participate in the vote.
Players nominated for the 2024 Ballon d’Or:
Jude Bellingham (ENG, 21 years old, Real Madrid): 54 matches, 27 goals, 16 assists
Hakan Çalhanoglu (TUR, 30, Inter Milan): 52 matches, 17 goals, 3 assists
Dani Carvajal (ESP, 32 years old, Real Madrid): 54 matches, 7 goals, 7 assists
Ruben Dias (POR, 27 years old, Manchester City): 54 matches, 1 goal, 1 assist
Artem Dovbik (UKR, 27 years old, SK Dnipro-1 / Girona / AS Roma): 54 matches, 29 goals, 11 assists
Phil Foden (ENG, 24 years old, Manchester City): 69 matches, 28 goals, 12 assists
Alejandro Grimaldo (ESP, 28 years old, Bayer Leverkusen): 57 matches, 12 goals, 20 assists
Erling Haaland (NOR, 24 years old, Manchester City): 53 matches, 45 goals, 5 assists
Mats Hummels (ALL, 35 years old, Borussia Dortmund): 42 matches, 4 goals, 1 assist
Harry Kane (ANG, 31 years old, Bayern Munich): 59 matches, 52 goals, 13 assists
Toni Kroos (ALL, 34 years old, Real Madrid / retired): 56 matches, 1 goal, 12 assists
Ademola Lookman (NGA, 26 years old, Atalanta Bergamo): 61 matches, 22 goals, 11 assists
Emiliano Martinez (ARG, 32 years old, Aston Villa): 62 matches, 27 clean sheets
Lautaro Martinez (ARG, 27 years old, Inter Milan): 60 matches, 35 goals, 4 assists
Kylian Mbappé (FRA, 25 years old, Paris-SG / Real Madrid): 62 matches, 52 goals, 20 assists
Martin Ödegaard (NOR, 25 years old, Arsenal): 56 matches, 12 goals, 12 assists
Dani Olmo (ESP, 26 years old, RB Leipzig / FC Barcelona): 33 matches, 13 goals, 7 assists
Cole Palmer (ENG, 22 years old, Manchester City / Chelsea): 57 matches, 30 goals, 17 assists
Declan Rice (ENG, 25 years old, Arsenal): 66 matches, 7 goals, 10 assists
Rodri (ESP, 28 years old, Manchester City): 63 matches, 12 goals, 14 assists
Antonio Rüdiger (ALL, 31 years old, Real Madrid): 62 matches, 3 goals, 1 assist
Bukayo Saka (ANG, 22 years old, Arsenal): 59 matches, 21 goals, 16 assists
William Saliba (FRA, 23 years old, Arsenal): 63 matches, 2 goals, 1 assist
Federico Valverde (URU, 26 years old, Real Madrid): 67 matches, 5 goals, 7 assists
Vinicius Jr (BRE, 24 years old, Real Madrid): 49 matches, 26 goals, 12 assists
Vitinha (POR, 24 years old, Paris-SG): 57 matches, 9 goals, 6 assists
Nico Williams (ESP, 22 years old, Athletic Bilbao): 49 matches, 11 goals, 22 assists
Florian Wirtz (ALL, 21 years old, Bayer Leverkusen): 64 matches, 21 goals, 21 assists
Granit Xhaka (SUI, 31 years old, Bayer Leverkusen): 65 matches, 5 goals, 3 assists
Lamine Yamal (ESP, 17 years old, FC Barcelona)) : 65 matches, 10 goals, 14 assists
