Ballon d’Or nominees: Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappe, Mohamed Salah and PSG stars make cut

UEFA Champions League winners and ladies -Ero champions dominated the list of Ballon d’Or nominees, with the announcement of Thursday possibly freeing the way for new winners of the best individual award of the sport in the game for men and ladies.

On the men’s side, nine Paris Saint-Germain players Including Ousmane Dembele And Khvicha kvaratskhelia Made the shortlist only two months after playing a key role when the French club won their very first Champions League title. Other contenders include Liverpool’s Mohamed is wrong After a record-breaking campaign on the way to his second Premier League title and Barcelona’s Lamine YamalA rising star after winning the Double Double last season. Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior is also back among the nominees a year after he and his club teammates had the Boycot ceremony when discovering that he would not win the prize.

Menawhile in the women’s game, four members of England Euro-winning team of ladies, including striking Alessia Russo and Stalwart Lucy Bronze, also made the cut. Two American national team players for women – Emily Fox and Lindsey Heaps – are also on the list and five NWSL players, including MVP from last season A collisionare also in the running.

France Football, the French magazine that the Ballon d’Or organizes, also called the nominees for various other categories – the Kopa -Trophy for young players, the Yashin Trophy for goalkeepers, the Johan Cruyff Award celebrating coaches and the Club of the Year Award. The winners will be announced on September 22 during a ceremony in Paris.

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See below for a complete list of the nominees.

Men’s balloon d’or nominees

• Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid/England)
• Ousmane Dembele (Paris Saint-Germain/France)
• Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain/Italy)
• Long (Paris Saint-Germain/France)
• Denzel Dumfries (Inter/Netherlands)
• Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund/Guinea)
• Viktor Gyokees (Arsenal/Sweden)
• Erling Haaland (Manchester City/Norway)
• Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain/Morocco)
• Harry Kane (Bayern Munich/England)
• Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint-Germain/Georgia)
• Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona/Poland)
• Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool/Argentina)
• Lautaro Martinez (Inter/Argentina)
• Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid/France)
• Scott McTominay (Naples/Scotland)
• Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain/Portugal)
• Joao Neves (Paris Saint-Germain/Portugal)
• Michael Olise (Bavaria Munich/France)
• Cole Palmer (Chelsea/England)
• Pedri (Barcelona/Spain)
• Raphinha (Barcelona/Brazil)
• Declan Rice (Arsenal/England)
• Fabian Ruiz (Paris Saint-Germain/Spain)
• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool/Egypt)
• Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid/Brazil)
• Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool/Netherlands)
• Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain/Portugal)
• Florian Wirtz (Liverpool/Germany)
• Lamine Yamal (Barcelona/Spain)

Ladies balloon d’or nominees

• Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea/France)
• Barbra Banda (Orlando Pride/Zambia)
• Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona/Spain)
• Lucy Bronze (Chelsea/England)
• Klara Buhl (Bavaria Munich/Germany)
• Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal/Spain)
• Sofia Cantore (Washington Spirit/Italy)
• Steph Catley (Arsenal/Australia)
• Comwa (Kansas City Current / Malawi)
• Melchie Dumornay (Lyon/Haiti)
• Emily Fox (Arsenal/US)
• Christian Rosiers (Juventus))
• Esther Gonzalez (NJ / The Gotham FC / Spain)
• Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona/Norway)
• Patri Guijarro (Barcelona/Spain)
• Amanda Gutierres (Palmeiras/Brazil)
• Hannah Hampton (Chelsea/England)
• Pernille Harder (Bavaria Munich/Denmark)
• Lindsey Heaps (Lyon/USA)
• Chloe Kelly (Arsenal/England)
• Frida Leonhardesen Maanum (Arsena/ Norway)
• Marta (Orlando Pride/Brazil)
• Clara Mateo (Paris FC/France)
• Ewas Pajor (Barcelona/Pondan)
• Claudia Pina (Barcelona/Spain)
• Alexia Whores (Barcelona/Spain)
• Alessia Russo (Arsenal/England)
• Johanna Rytting Kanyd (Chelsea/Sweden)
• Caroline Weir (Real Madrid/Scotland)
• Leah Williamson (Arsenal/England)

Men Kopa Trophy nominees

• Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille/France)
• Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona/Spain)
• Desire Doue (Paris Saint-Germain/France)
• Stem Willian (Chelsea/Brazil)
• Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid/Spain)
• Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal/England)
• Rodrigo Mora (Porto/Portugal)
• Joao Neves (Paris Saint-Germain/Portugal)
• Lamine Yamal (Barcelona/Spain)
• Kenan Yildiz (Juventus/Turkey)

Kopa Trophy from Ladieskopa nominees

• Michelle Sexvelled.
• Linda Caicedo (Real Madrid/Colombia)
• Wieke Kaptein (Chelsea/Netherlands)
• Claudia Martinez Ovando (Club Olimpia/Paraguay)
• Vicky Lopez (Barcelona/Spain)

Yashin Trophy’s nominated gentlemen

• Alisson Becker (Liverpool/Brazil)
• Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal/Morocco)
• Lucas Chevalier (Lille/France)
• Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid/Belgium)
• Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain/Italy)
• Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa/Argentina)
• Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid/Slovenia)
• David Raya (Arsenal/Spain)
• Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest/Belgium)
• Yann Summer (Inter/Switzerland)

Yashin Trophy for Women Nominees

• Ann-Katrin Berger (NJ / NY Gotham FC / Germany)
• Cata Coll (Barcelona/Spain)
• Hannah Hampton (Chelsea/England)
• Communication (Brighton / Nigeria)
• Daphne van Domselaar (Arsenal/Nederland)

Johan Cruyff Trophe’s from men

• Antonio Conte (Napoli))
• Luis Enrique (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Hansi Flick (Barcelona)
• Enzo Maresca (Chelsea))
• Arne Slot (Liverpool)

Johan Cruyff Trofie Women For Women

• Sonia Bompastor (Chelsea)
• Arthur Elias ((Brazil))
• Justine Madugu (Nigeria))
• Renee Slegers (Arsenal))
• Sarina Wiegman (England)

Nominees of Herenclub of the Year

• Barcelona (Spain))
• Botafogo (Brazil)
• Chelsea (England)
• Liverpool (England)
• Paris Saint-Germain (France)

Nominees of Women’s Club of the Year

• Arsenal (England)
• Barcelona (Spain)
• Chelsea (England)
• Ol Lyonnes (France)
• Orlando Proud (United States)