Messi omitted as Real Madrid, Spain stars headline Ballon d'Or nominees

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