The shortlists for the 2024 Ballon d’Or have been announced, with Cole Palmer, Bukayo Saka, Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Jr among the nominees for the men’s award.
Palmer, Saka and Bellingham are joined on the 30-man shortlist by England team-mates Harry Kane, Phil Foden and Declan Rice.
Foden, who was crowned PFA player of the year last month, is one of four Man City nominees alongside Erling Haaland, Ruben Dias and Rodri.
Arsenal’s William Saliba and Martin Odegaard are also up for the award, taking the total number of representatives from the Premier League to nine.
The women’s Ballon d’Or shortlist is dominated by reigning Champions League holders Barcelona, with no fewer than six nominees, including 2023 winner Aitana Bonmati.
England trio Lucy Bronze, Lauren James, Lucy Bronze and Lauren Hemp are three of seven players hailing from the Women’s Super League.
The winners will be announced in Paris on October 28.
Vinicius Jr is the favourite for the award after winning La Liga and the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid. The 24-year-old scored 24 goals and assisted 11 times in 39 matches across all competitions, as he also was named as the Champions League player of the season.
Bellingham, meanwhile, enjoyed a hugely successful debut campaign in a Madrid shirt, scoring 23 goals and assisting 13 times in 43 appearances from midfield. The 21-year-old won the Spanish league title, as well as the Champions League, with his club and helped guide his country, England, to the European Championship final in Germany.
Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi is the current holder of the Ballon d’Or.
Ballon d’Or nominees 2024 (best men’s player)
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
Rodri (Manchester City)
Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
William Saliba (Arsenal)
Fede Valverde (Real Madrid)
Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid)
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen)
Artem Dovbyk (Roma)
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
Mats Hummels (Roma)
Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter)
Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao)
Phil Foden (Manchester City)
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
Dani Olmo (Barcelona)
Declan Rice (Arsenal)
Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain)
Ademola Lookman (Atalanta)
Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)
Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid)
Ballon d’Or Feminin nominees 2024 (best women’s player)
Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
Barbra Banda (Orlando Pride)
Tarciane (Houston Dash)
Lauren Hemp (Manchester City)
Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit)
Glodis Viggosdottir (Bayern)
Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal)
Lea Schuller (Bayern)
Lauren James (Chelsea)
Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona)
Gabi Portilho (Corinthians)
Tabitha Chawinga (Lyon)
Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona)
Lindsey Horan (Lyon)
Sjoeje Nusken (Chelsea)
Yui Hasegawa (Man City)
Ada Hegerberg (Lyon)
Mallory Swanson (Chicago Red Stars)
Manuela Giugliano (Roma)
Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona)
Giulia Gwinn (Bayern)
Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
Grace Geyoro (PSG)
Khadija Shaw (Manchester City)
Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns)
Ewa Pajor (Barcelona)
Mayra Ramirez (Chelsea)
Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars)
Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG)
Kopa Trophy nominees 2024 (best under-21 player)
Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona), Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United), Arda Guler (Real Madrid), Karim Konate (Red Bull Salzburg), Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United), Joao Neves (Paris Saint-Germain), Savinho (Manchester City), Mathys Tel (Bayern Munich), Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), Warren Zaire-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain)
Yashin Trophy nominees 2024 (best goalkeeper)
Diogo Costa (Porto), Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG), Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund), Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid)
Mike Maignan (AC Milan), Giorgi Mamardashvili (Valencia, on loan from Liverpool), Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa), Unai Simon (Athletic Bilbao), Yann Sommer (Inter), Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns)
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