Ballon d’Or 2024: Stars Compete For Football’s Top Honor

The nominees for the 2024 Ballon d’Or awards have been announced, recognizing the outstanding achievements of football’s finest players and coaches over the past year.

Several players and coaches are in the running for the prestigious award, which will be presented at a ceremony in Paris on October 28.

The contenders for the men’s Ballon d’Or include:

1. Ademola Lookman – Atalanta

2. Alejandro Grimaldo – Bayer Leverkusen

3. Antonio Rudiger – Real Madrid

4. Artem Dovbik – Roma

5. Bukayo Saka – Arsenal

6. Cole Palmer – Chelsea

7. Dani Carvajal – Real Madrid

8. Dani Olmo – Barcelona

9. Declan Rice – Arsenal

10. Emiliano Martinez – Aston Villa

11. Erling Haaland – Manchester City

12. Federico Valverde – Real Madrid

13. Florian Wirtz – Bayer Leverkusen

14. Granit Xhaka – Bayer Leverkusen

15. Hakan Calhanoglu – Inter

16. Harry Kane – Bayern Munich

17. Jude Bellingham – Real Madrid

18. Kylian Mbappe – Paris Saint-Germain

19. Lamine Yamal – Barcelona

20. Lautaro Martinez – Inter

21. Martin Odegaard – Arsenal

22. Mats Hummels – Roma

23. Nicolas Williams – Athletic Bilbao

24. Phil Foden – Manchester City

25. Rodri – Manchester City

26. Ruben Dias – Manchester City

27. Toni Kroos – Real Madrid

28. Vinicius Jr – Real Madrid

29. William Saliba – Arsenal

In the women’s category, the nominees include:

1. Ada Hegerberg – Lyon

2. Alex Putellas – Barcelona

3. Aitana Bonmati – Barcelona

4. Barbra Banda – Shanghai RCB/Orlando Pride

5. Caroline Graham Hansen – Barcelona

6. Ewa Pajor – Wolfsburg/Barcelona

7. Gabi Portilho – Corinthians

8. Glodis Viggosdottir – Bayern Munich

9. Grace Geyoro – Paris Saint-Germain

10. Guilia Gwinn – Bayern Munich

11. Khadija Shaw – Manchester City

12. Lauren Hemp – Manchester City

13. Lauren James – Chelsea

14. Lea Schuller – Bayern Munich

15. Lindsey Horan – Lyon

16. Lucy Bronze – Barcelona/Chelsea

17. Mallory Swanson – Chicago Red Stars

18. Manuela Giugliano – Roma

19. Mariona Caldentey – Barcelona/Arsenal

20. Mayra Ramirez – Chelsea

21. Patricia Guijarro – Barcelona

22. Salma Paralluelo – Barcelona

23. Sjoeke Nüsken – Chelsea

24. Sophie Smith – Portland Thorns

25. Tabitha Chawinga – Paris Saint-Germain

26. Tarciane Lime – Houston Dash

27. Trinity Rodman – Washington Spirit

28. Yui Hasegawa – Manchester City

Men’s Club of the Year Nominees:

– Borussia Dortmund

– Girona

– Bayer Leverkusen

– Real Madrid

– Manchester City

Men’s Coach of the Year Nominees:

– Carlo Ancelotti

– Xabi Alonso

– Luis de la Fuente

– Gian Piero Gasperini

– Pep Guardiola

– Lionel Scaloni

Women’s Club of the Year Nominees:

– Barcelona

– Chelsea

– Lyon

– Paris Saint-Germain

Women’s Coach of the Year Nominees:

– Sonia Bompastor – Lyon/Chelsea

– Arthur Elias – Corinthians/Brazil

– Jonatan Giraldez – Barcelona/Washington Spirit

– Filipa Patao – Benfica

– Sarina Wiegman – England

– Emma Hayes – Chelsea/United States

Yachine Trophy Nominees (Best Goalkeeper):

– Diogo Costa

– Gianluigi Donnarumma

– Gregor Kobel

– Andrei Lunine

– Mike Maignan

– Giorgi Mamardachvili

– Emiliano Martinez

– Unai Simon

– Yann Sommer

– Ronwen Williams

Kopa Trophy Nominees (Best Young Player):

– Pau Cubarsi

– Alejandro Garnacho

– Arda Guler

– Karim Konate

– Kobbie Mainoo

– Joao Neves

– Savinho

– Mathys Tel

– Lamine Yamal

– Warren Zaire-Emery

The award ceremony will take place on October 28 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, where the winners will be announced. The event promises to be an exciting celebration of football excellence.