2019 Ballon D’Or

(Source: France Football)

The 2019 Ballon d’Or ceremony is the 64th annual ceremony of the award, which is presented by France Football. The award recognises the best footballer in the world for 2019.

2019 Ballon d’Or

Founded: 1956 (63 Years Ago)

First Awarded: 1956

Country: France

Presented By: France Football

Current Holder: Luka Modric (Real Madrid & Croatia) (1st Award)

Most Awards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus & Portugal) & Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina)

Website: WWW.FranceFootball.FR

Venue: Grand Palais, Paris, France

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Yachine Trophy Shortlist, 10 Nominees

Name	Age	Country	Team	League
Alisson Becker	27	Brazil	Liverpool	Premier League
Manuel Neuer	33	Germany	Bayern Munich	Bundesliga
Ederson	26	Brazil	Manchester City	Premier League
Andre Onana	23	Cameroon	Ajax Amsterdam	Eredivisie
W.Szczesny	29	Poland	Juventus	Serie A
Jan Oblak	26	Slovenia	Atletico Madrid	La Liga
K.Arrizabalaga	25	Spain	Chelsea	Premier League
S.Handanovic	35	Slovenia	Inter Milan	Serie A
Hugo Lloris	32	France	Tottenham	Premier League
M-A T. Stegen	27	Germany	Barcelona	La Liga

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Kopa Trophy Shortlist, 10 Nominees

Name	Age	Country	Club	League
Joao Felix	19	Portugal	Atletico Madrid*	La Liga
Jadon Sancho	19	England	B.Dortmund	Bundesliga
Moise Kean	19	Italy	Everton**	Premier League
S.Chukwueze	20	Nigeria	Villarreal	La Liga
Kang-In Lee	18	South Korea	Valencia	La Liga
M.De Ligt	20	Netherlands	Juventus***	Serie A
Vinicius Jr	19	Brazil	Real Madrid	La Liga
Kai Havertz	20	Germany	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga
M.Guendouzi	20	France	Arsenal	Premier League
Andrii Lunin	20	Ukraine	Real Valladolid****	La Liga

*Atletico signed Joao Felix from Benfica for £113.4M on July 3, 2019

**Everton signed Moise Kean from Juventus for £24.75M on August 4, 2019

***Juventus signed Matthijs De Ligt from Ajax for £76.95M on July 18, 2019

****Real Madrid signed Andrii Lunin from Zorya Luhansk for £7.65M on July, 1 2018, he was then sent on-loan to Leganes for the 2018/19 season also Andrii was sent on-loan again to Real Valladolid for the 2019/20 season.

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Women’s Ballon d’Or Shortlist, 20 Nominees

Name	Age	Country	Club	League
Sam Kerr	26	Australia	Chicago RS*	NWSL
Ellen White	30	England	Man City	Super League
Nilla Ficher	35	Sweden	Wolfsburg	Bundesliga
Amandine Hemry	30	France	Lyon	Division 1
Lucy Bronze	27	England	Lyon	Division 1
Alex Morgan	30	United States	Orlando Pride	NWSL
Vivianne Miedema	23	Netherlands	Arsenal	Super League
Dzsenifer Marozsan	27	Germany	Lyon	Division 1
Pernille Harder	26	Denmark	Wolfsburg	Bundesliga
Sarah Bouhaddi	33	France	Lyon	Division 1
Megan Rapinoe	34	United States	Reign FC	NWSL
Lieke Martens	26	Netherlands	Barcelona	P.Division
S.Van Veenendaal	29	Netherlands	Atletico	P.Division
Wendie Renard	29	France	Lyon	Division 1
Rose Lavelle	24	United States	Washington S	NWSL
Marta	33	Brazil	Orlando Pride	NWSL
Ada Hegerberg	24	Norway	Lyon	Division 1
Kosovare Asllani	30	Sweden	CD Tacon	P.Division
Sofia Jakobsson	29	Sweden	CD Tacon	P.Divison
Tobin Heath	31	United States	Portland FC	NWSL

*Sam Kerr plays for Perth Glory in the Austalian W-League, she also plays for the Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL.

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Ballon D’or Shortlist, 30 Nominees

Name	Age	Country	Club	League
Sadio Mane	27	Senegal	Liverpool	Premier League
Sergio Aguero	31	Argentina	Manchester City	Premier League
Frenkie De Jong	22	Netherlands	Barcelona*	La Liga
Hugo Lloris	32	France	Tottenham	Premier League
Dusan Tadic	30	Serbia	Ajax	Eredivisie
Kylian Mbappe	20	France	Paris S-Germain	Ligue 1
Trent A-Arnold	21	England	Liverpool	Premier League
Donny V.D.Beek	22	Netherlands	Ajax	Eredivisie
P. Aubameyang	30	Gabon	Arsenal	Premier League
M.A. Ter Stegen	27	Germany	Barcelona	La Liga
C.Ronaldo	34	Portugal	Juventus	Serie A
Alisson Becker	27	Brazil	Liverpool	Premier League
M. De Ligt	20	Netherlands	Juventus**	Serie A
Karim Benzema	31	France	Real Madrid	La Liga
G.Wijnaldum	28	Netherlands	Liverpool	Premier League
Virgil Van Dijk	28	Netherlands	Liverpool	Premier League
Bernardo Silva	25	Portugal	Manchester City	Premier League
Heung-Min Son	27	South Korea	Tottenham	Premier League
R.Lewandowski	31	Poland	Bayern Munich	Bundesliga
Bobby Firmino	28	Brazil	Liverpool	Premier League
Lionel Messi	32	Argentina	Barcelona	La Liga
Riyad Mahrez	28	Algeria	Manchester City	Premier League
K. De Bruyne	28	Belgium	Manchester City	Premier League
K.Koulibaly	28	Senegal	Napoli	Serie A
A.Griezmann	28	France	Barcelona***	La Liga
Mohamed Salah	27	Egypt	Liverpool	Premier League
Eden Hazard	28	Belgium	Real Madrid****	La Liga
Marquinhos	25	Brazil	PSG	Ligue 1
R.Sterling	24	England	Manchester City	Premier League
Joao Felix	19	Portugal	Atletico*****	La Liga

*Barcelona signed Frenkie De Jong for £67.5M from Ajax on July 1, 2019.

**Juventus signed Matthijs De Ligt for £76.9M from Ajax on July 18, 2019.

***Barcelona signed Griezmann for £108M from Atletico on July 14, 2019.

****Real Madrid signed Eden Hazard for £90M from Chelsea on July 1, 2019

*****Atletico signed Joao Felix from Benfica for £113.4M on July 3, 2019

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