By Melody Gross 
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).
Among the year 2022 #baloundau names ??
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– Ballon d’Or #ballondor (@Francefootball) August 12 2022
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).
Among the year 2022 #baloundau Noun!
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– Ballon d’Or #ballondor (@Francefootball) August 12 2022
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)
Among the year 2022 #baloundau Noun!
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– Ballon d’Or #ballondor (@Francefootball) August 12 2022
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).
We still have a lot to announce! Here are five new matches in 2022 #baloundau Noun!
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– Ballon d’Or #ballondor (@Francefootball) August 12 2022
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).
Let’s continue in 2022 #baloundau Noun!
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– Ballon d’Or #ballondor (@Francefootball) August 12 2022
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.
Here are the first candidates for 2022 #baloundau!
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– Ballon d’Or #ballondor (@Francefootball) August 12 2022