Lionel Messi not nominated for Ballon d'Or for first time since 2005
Lionel Messi has been left off Ballon d’Or 2022 shortlist revealed by France Football on Friday.
The nominees for the 2022 Ballon d'Or were revealed on Friday by France Football. The 2022 ceremony when the winner will be revealed is on 17 October 2022.
The biggest name who has missed out from the list is the seven-time winner
Lionel Messi. This is the first time since 2005 that Messi has been left off the 30-man list of Ballon d'Or nominees.
Messi's Paris Saint-Germain teammate
Neymaris also absent from this list while
Cristiano Ronaldowho has won five Ballon d'Or is nominated in 2022. Real Madrid star Karim Benzema is the favorite to win this year’s trophy.
The 35-year-old joined PSG from Barcelona last summer and only managed to score 11 goals in all competitions. It was Messi’s lowest single-season goal tally since 2005/06.
For the first time, the Ballon d'Or is being awarded based on a full season rather than a calendar year.
Ballon d'Or nominees
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Karim Benzema
Joao Cancelo
Casemiro
Thibaut Courtois
Cristiano Ronaldo
Kevin De Bruyne
Luis Diaz
Fabinho
Phil Foden
Erling Haaland
Sebastian Haller
Harry Kane
Joshua Kimmich
Rafael Leao
Robert Lewandowski
Riyad Mahrez
Mike Maignan
Sadio Mane
Kylian Mbappe
Luka Modric
Christopher Nkunku
Darwin Nunez
Antonio Rudiger
Mohamed Salah
Bernardo Silva
Son Heung-min
Virgil van Dijk
Vinicius Jr.
Dusan Vlahovic
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