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(CNN Spanish) – We are at the gates of the 2022 Ballon d’Or. This Monday we will meet the winner of the 66th edition of this award given by the magazine French football.
Among the 30 nominees for this year’s award, Karim Benzema He is one of those with the greatest chance of winning it, as he was a key piece for Real Madrid to win the 14th Champions League and La Liga. Meanwhile, among the 20 nominees for the Women’s Award, several nominations stand out, including those of Alexia Putillaswinner of the award in 2021 and who won the award in January Better FIFA Player of the Year.
However, the 2022 Ballon d’Or will be atypical, as it is the first time in 17 years that Lionel Messi, the first winner in the history of this award, is not in the final list of 30 nominees.
In addition to Messi, who are the most successful players with this award?
Big Ballon d’Or winners
Next, we bring you the most Golden Ball winners, according to UEFA data.
- Lionel Messi (Argentina) – 7 Golden Balls
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 5
- Michel Platini (France) – 3
- Johan Cruyff (Netherlands) – 3
- Marco van Basten (Netherlands) – 3
The above makes Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo the most important players of the twenty-first century so far.
Who won the Golden Ball this century? In the following list you can see all the winners since 2000.
- 2021: Lionel Messi
- 2019: Lionel Messi
- 2018: Luka Modric
- 2017: Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2015: Lionel Messi
- 2014: Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2013: Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2012: Lionel Messi
- 2011: Lionel Messi
- 2010: Lionel Messi
- 2009: Lionel Messi
- 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2007: Kaka
- 2006: Fabio Cannavaro
- 2005: Ronaldinho
- 2004: Andrey Shevchenko
- 2003: Pavel Nedved
- 2002: Ronaldo
- 2001: Michael Owen
- 2000: Luis Figo
Women’s Golden Ball
first time magazine French football She presented the 2018 Women’s Ballon d’Or award when she was the Norwegian star Ada Hegerberg He was chosen to be the winner. (For context, the men’s award is given by 1956).
Since then, the winners have been:
“Analyst. Web buff. Wannabe beer trailblazer. Certified music expert. Zombie lover. Explorer. Pop culture fanatic.”
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