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Publish: 09 Oct 2021, 11:51 am
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo || Photo: Collected
Six-time winner
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, a five-time victor, were among the 30 names
revealed on Friday for the Ballon d'Or award.
The serial favorites face competition that includes Kylian
Mbappe, Neymar, Karim Benzema, Jorginho and N'Golo Kante who are also
considered as leading runners in the list unveiled by France Football magazine.
The prestigious award was not handed out in 2020 due to the
pandemic.
There are also 20 women in the running for their own prize to
be announced in Paris on November 29.
French champions PSG can boast Messi, a winner in the Copa
America this summer, and teammates Mbappe and Neymar who last season took the
ambitious club to the Champions League last-four.
Italian midfielder Jorginho gets the nod after helping
Chelsea to the Champions League title as well as playing a major role as Italy
won the delayed Euro 2000.
Chelsea teammate Kante, man of the match in the Champions
League semi-final and final, is also on the list.
Ronaldo, who was third in the 2019 Ballon d'Or vote behind
Messi and Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk, sees former Real Madrid teammate Karim
Benzema also nominated.
Also in the running are Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski,
the top scorer in Europe with 41 goals, as well as Dortmund's Erling Braut
Haaland, the Champions League's best scorer with 10 goals.
England, the Euro 2020 finalists, are represented by Harry
Kane, Mason Mount, Phil Foden and Raheem Sterling.
Among the women, 2019 winner Megan Rapinoe, whose United
States team were knocked out of the Olympics in the quarter-finals, was missing
from the nominations.
Christine Sinclair, of Olympic gold medal winning Canada, is
in the running.
Champions League winners Barcelona are represented by Alexia
Putellas, already voted UEFA's best player, and Jennifer Hermoso, joint
top-scorer in the Champions League.
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