France Football revealed on Wednesday the list of the 30 nominees for the 2023 Ballon d’Or. Four of our African ambassadors can claim to be among the top 30 candidates globally this year.
🚨 OFFICIAL: Mohamed Salah, Victor Osimhen, Yassin Bono and Andre Onana are shortlisted for the 30th Ballon d’Or! 🌍💚 pic.twitter.com/ODPIKVRqCo
– 🏆 Africa Foot News (@ActuFootAfrique) September 6, 2023
Famous magazine France Football Sent on Wednesday, September 6 a list 30 players Nominated for editing 2023 prestigious The golden ball.
To the great joy of African football fans, the “mother continent” was awarded the title four representatives this year. This is the primary Nigerian gunner Victor Osimhenfrom the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, Goalkeeper of the Lions of Morocco Yacine Bono, So is the Cameroonian doorman Andre Onana.
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It should be noted Cristiano Ronaldo, five-time cup winner, does not appear in the list of candidates. His absence for the first time since then 2003Danger of spilling too much ink…
The name of the biggest winner will be chosen by an international jury of journalists and will be recognized in a day Oct. 30 the next.
List of 30 candidates for the 2023 Ballon d’Or award:
(our African representatives in bold)
1) Josko Guardiol (21 years old, Manchester City/Croatia)
2) Jamal Musiala (20 years old, Bayern Munich/Germany)
3) Andre Onana (27, Manchester United/Cameroon)
4) Karim Benzema (35 years old, Al Ittihad / France)
5) Mohamed Salah (31, Liverpool/Egypt)
6) Bukayo Saka (22, Arsenal/England)
7) Kevin De Bruyne (32 years old, Manchester City / Belgium)
8) Jude Bellingham (20, Real Madrid/England)
9) Randall Kolo Mwani (24, Paris Saint-Germain / France)
10) Bernardo Silva (29 years old, Manchester City / Portugal)
11) Khvica Kvaratskhelia (22 years old, Naples / Georgia)
12) Niccolo Barella (26 years old, Inter Milan / Italy)
13) Emiliano Martinez (31, Aston Villa/Argentina)
14) Ruben Dias (26 years old, Manchester City / Portugal)
15) Erling Haaland (23 years old, Manchester City / Norway)
16) Martin Odegaard (24, Arsenal/Norway)
17) Ilkay Gundogan (32 Barcelona / Germany)
18) Yassine Bono (32 Al-Hilal / Morocco)
19) Julian Alvarez (23, Manchester City/Argentina)
20) Vinicius Junior (23, Real Madrid/Brazil)
21) Rodri (27, Manchester City/Spain)
22) Antoine Griezmann (32, Atletico Madrid / France)
23) Lionel Messi (36 years old, Inter Miami / Argentina)
24) Lautaro Martinez (26 years old, Inter Milan / Argentina)
25) Robert Lewandowski (35, Barcelona/Poland)
26) Kim Min-jae (26 years old, Bayern Munich / South Korea)
27) Luka Modric (37, Real Madrid/Croatia)
28) Kylian Mbappe (24, Paris Saint-Germain / France)
29) Victor Osimhen (24 Napoli/Nigeria)
30) Harry Kane (30, Bayern Munich/England)
List of 30 nominees for the 2023 edition of the Ballon d’Or award > https://t.co/zRFot1Hb2x #The golden ball pic.twitter.com/nOoe774K77
– The team (@theteam) September 6, 2023
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