Joshua Kimmich and Sadio Mane in the shortlist for the 2022 Ballon d’Or
FranceFootball magazine has revealed the nominees in the respective awards for the year 2022.
On 17th October 2022, we will learn the winner of the 66th edition of the Ballon d’Or award. The French football magazine has revealed the shortlists for each category.
Two Bavarians and a former Bayern Munich player has made the shortlist for Ballon d’Or 30-man nominees. Joshua Kimmich has been nominated for the first time in his career in such a prestigious award.
Sadio Mané also made it to the nominees of the Ballon d’Or. While former player Robert Lewandowski was nominated for the seventh time in his career for the award. What is still shocking, is that Thomas Müller is yet to receive a Ballon d’Or nomination in his career.
What was surprising, was the absence of Leo Messi in the nominations, the one who won the Ballon d’Or the previous year. The award „Best Goalscorer of the Year“, has also stopped being awarded.
On the other hand, Manuel Neuer was nominated for the Best Goalkeeper of 2022, also known as „Yashin Trophy“.
Meanwhile, Jamal Musiala and Ryan Gravenberch were nominated for the Best Young Player of 2022, also known as „Kopa Trophy“.
Here are the full nominees for each category
Ballon d’Or 2022:
Thibaut Courtois
Rafael Leao
Mohamed Salah
Joshua Kimmich
Christopher Nkunku
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Robert Lewandowski
Bernardo Silva
Vinicius Junior
Luis Diaz
Karim Benzema
Fabinho
Riyad Mahrez
Heung-min Son
Casemiro
Phil Foden
Harry Kane
Sadio Mané
Darwin Nunez
Mike Maignan
Kevin De Bruyne
Sébastien Haller
Luka Modric
Cristiano Ronaldo
Antonio Rüdiger
Joao Cancelo
Erling Haaland
Kylian Mbappé
Virgil Van Dijk
Dusan Vlahovic
Yashin Trophy 2022
Edouard Mendy
Manuel Neuer
Jan Oblak
Kevin Trapp
Hugo Lloris
Yassine Bounou
Alisson
Thibaut Courtois
Ederson
Mike Maignan
Kopa Trophy 2022
Jamal Musiala
Nuno Mendes
Josko Gvardiol
Bukayo Saka
Florian Wirtz
Karim Adeyemi
Jude Bellingham
Eduardo Camavinga
Gavin
Ryan Gravenberch
