Ball – Ballon d’Or 2022: Announcing the nominees (Golden Ball)

Ball – Ballon d’Or 2022: Announcing the nominees (Golden Ball)

France Football will release, on Friday, the list of 30 players nominated for the Ballon d’Or, the award for the best player in the world in 2022. Remember that Messi is the current award holder and record holder, with seven wins, twice more than Ronaldo.

Follow with announcing the names:

19.36 hours: The Portuguese player appears fourth on the list. Joao Cancelo (Manchester City) is nominated along with Vlahovic (Juventus), Van Dijk (Liverpool), Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) and Haaland (Manchester City).

19.26 hours: Here comes Ronaldo (Manchester United). The Portugal international, who has won the award on five occasions already, is accompanied by Sebastian Haller (Dortmund), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid) and Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City).

19.16 hoursThere is another well-known face of Portuguese football on the list. Darwin Nunez (Liverpool) transferred from Benfica is part of the list, with Mike Minnian (AC Milan), Kane (Tottenham), Phil Foden (Manchester City) and Sadio Mane (Bayern)

19.06 hours: Five known candidates. Benzema (Real Madrid), considered one of the favorites, appeared alongside Fabinho (Liverpool), Heung-Min Son (Tottenham), Casemiro (Real Madrid) and Mahrez (Manchester City).

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18.59 hours: Five more names were released, with another Portuguese. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City). In addition to the Portuguese midfielder, there is also former Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid), Robert Lewandowski (Poland) and former Porto Luis Diaz (Liverpool).

18.53 hours: The top five candidates began to appear with Grandma Rafael Liao. He joins AC Milan’s Courtois (Real Madrid), Nkonko (Leipzig), Salah (Liverpool) and Kimmich.

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