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2019 Ballon d’Or nominees named─── MORGAN PIEK 08:08 Tue, 22 Oct 2019
France Football and L’Équipe revealed the 70 nominees for the women’s and men’s Ballon d’Or as well as the Kopa and Yachine Trophies, which will reward respectively the best young player and the best goalkeeper in the world.
These four awards will be handed on December 2nd, during a ceremony that will take place at the Châtelet Theater and will be broadcast live on L’Équipe’s channel and in more than 120 countries.
THE 30 NOMINEES FOR THE BALLON D’OR
Sergio Agüero (ARG/Manchester City) - Trent Alexander-Arnold (ANG/Liverpool) - Alisson (BRE/Liverpool) - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (GAB/Arsenal) - Karim Benzema (FRA/Real Madrid) - Bernardo Silva (POR/Manchester City) - Cristiano Ronaldo (POR/Juventus Turin) - Kevin De Bruyne (BEL/Manchester City) - Frenkie de Jong (HOL/FC Barcelone) - Matthijs de Ligt (HOL/Juventus Turin) - Roberto Firmino (BRE/Liverpool) - Antoine Griezmann (FRA/FC Barcelone) - Eden Hazard (BEL/Real Madrid) - Kalidou Koulibaly (SEN/Naples) - Joao Felix (POR/Atletico Madrid) - Robert Lewandowski (POL/Bayern Munich) - Hugo Lloris (FRA/Tottenham) - Riyad Mahrez (ALG/Manchester City) - Sadio Mané (SEN/Liverpool) - Marquinhos (BRE/Paris-SG) - Kylian Mbappé (FRA/Paris-SG)- Lionel Messi (ARG/FC Barcelone) - Mohamed Salah (EGY/Liverpool) - Son Heung-min (CDS/Tottenham) - Raheem Sterling (ANG/Manchester City) - Dusan Tadic (SER/Ajax Amsterdam) - Marc-André ter Stegen (ALL/FC Barcelone) - Donny van de Beek (HOL/Ajax Amsterdam) - Virgil van Dijk (HOL/Liverpool) - Georginio Wijnaldum (HOL/Liverpool)
THE 20 NOMINEES FOR THE WOMEN’S BALLON D’OR
Kosovare Asllani (SUE/CD Tacon) - Sarah Bouhaddi (FRA/Lyon) - Lucy Bronze (ANG/Lyon) - Nilla Fischer (SUE/Linköpings) - Pernille Harder (DAN/VfL Wolfsburg) - Ada Hegerberg (NOR/Lyon) - Tobin Heath (USA/Portland Thorns) - Amandine Henry (FRA/Lyon) - Sofia Jakobsson (SUE/CD Tacon) - Sam Kerr (AUS/Chicago Red Stars) - Rose Lavelle (USA/Washington Spirit) - Dzsenifer Marozsan (ALL/Lyon) - Marta (BRE/Orlando Pride) - Lieke Martens (HOL/FC Barcelone) - Viviane Miedema (HOL/Arsenal) - Alex Morgan (USA/Orlando Pride) - Megan Rapinoe (USA/Reign FC) - Wendie Renard (FRA/Lyon) - Sari van Veenendaal (HOL/Atletico Madrid) - Ellen White (ANG/Manchester City)
THE 10 NOMINEES FOR THE KOPA TROPHY
Jadon Sancho (ANG/Borussia Dortmund) - Kai Havertz (ALL/Bayer Leverkusen) - Lee Kang-in (CDS/Valence CF) - Matthijs de Ligt (HOL/Juventus Turin) - Joao Felix (POR/Atletico Madrid) - Vinicius jr (BRE/Real Madrid) - Mattéo Guendouzi (FRA/Arsenal) - Moise Kean (ITA/Everton) - Samuel Chukwueze (NGA/Villarreal) - Andreï Lounine (UKR/Real Valladolid)
THE 10 NOMINEES FOR THE YACHINE TROPHY
Alisson (BRE/Liverpool) - Kepa Arrizabalaga (ESP/Chelsea) - Ederson (BRE/Manchester City) - Samir Handanovic (SLN/Inter Milan) - Hugo Lloris (FRA/Tottenham) - Manuel Neuer (ALL/Bayern Munich) - Jan Oblak (SLN/Atletico Madrid) - André Onana (CAM/Ajax Amsterdam) - Wojciech Szczesny (POL/Juventus Turin) - Marc-André Ter Stegen (ALL/FC Barcelone)