If there have been any lingering doubts, a altering of the guard is really going down in males’s soccer.
Lionel Messi, the Ballon d’Or holder and document eight-time recipient of the game’s most prestigious particular person award, was not among the many 30 nominees introduced Wednesday for the 2024 honor. With Cristiano Ronaldo additionally omitted – as he was final 12 months – this marks the primary time since 2003 that neither world megastar has been in competition for the coveted trophy.
As a substitute, the boys’s record of finalists is unsurprisingly dominated by Actual Madrid gamers, together with the likes of Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham, and new signing Kylian Mbappe. Spain and England are additionally well-represented after reaching the Euro 2024 last – which Spain received – with midfield maestro Rodri a powerful contender for the award.
The winner shall be introduced throughout a ceremony on Oct. 28 on the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.
2024 Males’s Ballon d’Or nominees
Participant
Membership
Nation
Jude Bellingham
Actual Madrid
England
Phil Foden
Manchester Metropolis
England
Federico Valverde
Actual Madrid
Uruguay
Emiliano Martinez
Aston Villa
Argentina
Ruben Dias
Manchester Metropolis
Portugal
Erling Haaland
Manchester Metropolis
Norway
Nico Williams
Athletic Bilbao
Spain
Granit Xhaka
Bayer Leverkusen
Switzerland
Artem Dovbyk
Roma/Girona
Ukraine
Toni Kroos
Actual Madrid (retired)
Germany (retired)
Vinicius Junior
Actual Madrid
Brazil
Dani Olmo
Barcelona/RB Leipzig
Spain
Florian Wirtz
Bayer Leverkusen
Germany
Martin Odegaard
Arsenal
Norway
Mats Hummels
Roma/Borussia Dortmund
Germany
Rodri
Manchester Metropolis
Spain
Harry Kane
Bayern Munich
England
Declan Rice
Arsenal
England
Vitinha
PSG
Portugal
Cole Palmer
Chelsea
England
Dani Carvajal
Actual Madrid
Spain
Lamine Yamal
Barcelona
Spain
Bukayo Saka
Arsenal
England
Hakan Calhanoglu
Inter Milan
Turkey
William Saliba
Arsenal
France
Kylian Mbappe
Actual Madrid/PSG
France
Lautaro Martinez
Inter Milan
Argentina
Ademola Lookman
Atalanta
Nigeria
Antonio Rudiger
Actual Madrid
Germany
Alejandro Grimaldo
Bayer Leverkusen
Spain
2024 Ladies’s Ballon d’Or nominees
Aitana Bonmati, final 12 months’s winner, headlines the record of nominees for the Ballon d’Or Feminin, which was first handed out in 2018. The Spanish celebrity will face robust competitors from a handful of People after america captured the most important prize in girls’s soccer this 12 months by successful gold on the Paris Olympics. Standout forwards Trinity Rodman, Mallory Swanson, and Sophia Smith are all within the working.
Participant
Membership
Nation
Aitana Bonmati
Barcelona
Spain
Barbra Banda
Orlando Delight/Shanghai RCB
Zambia
Tarciane
Houston Sprint/Corinthians
Brazil
Lauren Hemp
Manchester Metropolis
England
Trinity Rodman
Washington Spirit
United States
Ada Hegerberg
Lyon
Norway
Manuela Giugliano
Roma
Italy
Mallory Swanson
Chicago Purple Stars
United States
Glodis Viggosdottir
Bayern Munich
Iceland
Mariona Caldentey
Arsenal/Barcelona
Spain
Lauren James
Chelsea
England
Lea Schuller
Bayern Munich
Germany
Patricia Guijarro
Barcelona
Spain
Gabi Portilho
Corinthians
Brazil
Tabitha Chawinga
Lyon/PSG
Malawi
Caroline Graham Hansen
Barcelona
Norway
Lindsey Horan
Lyon
United States
Sjoeke Nusken
Chelsea
Germany
Yui Hasegawa
Manchester Metropolis
Japan
Lucy Bronze
Chelsea/Barcelona
England
Salma Paralluelo
Barcelona
Spain
Giulia Gwinn
Bayern Munich
Germany
Khadija Shaw
Manchester Metropolis
Jamaica
Grace Geyoro
PSG
France
Alexia Putellas
Barcelona
Spain
Sophia Smith
Portland Thorns
United States
Ewa Pajor
Barcelona/Wolfsburg
Poland
Alyssa Naeher
Chicago Purple Stars
United States
Mayra Ramirez
Chelsea/Levante
Colombia
Marie-Antoinette Katoto
PSG
France
Kopa Trophy nominees
Awarded to the sport’s finest participant underneath 21 years of age, the Kopa Trophy might as soon as once more go to a Spanish-based teenager after Bellingham, Gavi, and Pedri took residence the final three editions. Barcelona sensation Lamine Yamal is the front-runner after backing up his breakout season at membership degree by taking part in a important position in Spain’s Euro 2024 triumph. Victory for the 17-year-old would sign the third time a Barcelona participant has taken residence the respect since this piece of {hardware} was launched in 2018.
Participant
Membership
Nation
Pau Cubarsi
Barcelona
Spain
Alejandro Garnacho
Manchester United
Argentina
Arda Guler
Actual Madrid
Turkey
Karim Konate
Purple Bull Salzburg
Ivory Coast
Kobbie Mainoo
Manchester United
England
Joao Neves
PSG/Benfica
Portugal
Savinho
Manchester Metropolis/Girona
Brazil
Mathys Tel
Bayern Munich
France
Lamine Yamal
Barcelona
Spain
Warren Zaire-Emery
PSG
France
Yachine Trophy nominees
Named after the long-lasting Lev Yashin – the one goalkeeper to ever win the Ballon d’Or when he achieved the feat in 1963 – the Yachine Trophy goes to the sport’s high shot-stopper. Present holder Emiliano Martinez shall be a powerful contender as soon as once more after backstopping Argentina to victory on the Copa America this summer season.
Participant
Membership
Nation
Diogo Costa
FC Porto
Portugal
Gianluigi Donnarumma
PSG
Italy
Gregor Kobel
Borussia Dortmund
Switzerland
Andriy Lunin
Actual Madrid
Ukraine
Mike Maignan
AC Milan
France
Giorgi Mamardashvili
Valencia
Georgia
Emiliano Martinez
Aston Villa
Argentina
Unai Simon
Athletic Bilbao
Spain
Yann Sommer
Inter Milan
Switzerland
Ronwen Williams
Mamelodi Sundowns
South Africa
Finest coach
Nominees have been additionally introduced Wednesday for the highest coaches within the sport. A set of embellished tacticians spotlight the record on each the boys’s and ladies’s sides. It will likely be attention-grabbing to see how the voters weigh membership accomplishments in comparison with success on the worldwide degree after a 12 months through which the latter was so distinguished.
Males’s crew coach of the 12 months
Coach
Staff
Carlo Ancelotti
Actual Madrid
Xabi Alonso
Bayer Leverkusen
Luis de la Fuente
Spain
Gian Piero Gasperini
Atalanta
Pep Guardiola
Manchester Metropolis
Lionel Scaloni
Argentina
Ladies’s crew coach of the 12 months
Coach
Staff
Sonia Bompastor
Chelsea/Lyon
Arthur Elias
Brazil/Corinthians
Jonatan Giraldez
Washington Spirit/Barcelona
Filipa Patao
Benfica
Sarina Wiegman
England
Emma Hayes
United States/Chelsea
