Cristiano Ronaldo was far from the top.
34-year-old Karim Benzema won the Golden Ball for himself for the first time in his career. PDO
Football’s Ballon d’Or or Golden Ball was awarded on Monday evening in Paris. Real Madrid was crowned the best player in the world Karim Benzema. The achievement was the first for the Frenchman in his career.
The award was presented by his former head coach and French national team legend Zinedine Zidane.
Second was the striker who moved to Liverpool Sadio Mane. The third place was taken by a Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne From Manchester City. Robert Lewadowski was left fourth.
Played a difficult season at Manchester United Cristiano Ronaldo was only ranked 20th in the voting results. It is the worst result since 2005 for the five-time winner from Portugal.
Last year, the award was won by PSG Lionel Messi for the seventh time. This year, he was not nominated as a candidate at all.
Norwegian superstar Erling Haaland ranked tenth in the voting.
The title of the world’s best female soccer player was won by Barcelona for the second time in a row Alexia Putellas. The Englishman took second place Beth Mead.
Lewadowski the best striker
Manchester City was chosen as the club team of the year. Liverpool finished second and Real Madrid was third.
At the gala, the Socrates prize was also awarded, which went to Mane for his humanitarian work.
The Yashin award given to the best goalkeeper was picked up by Real Madrid’s Kassari Thibault Courtois.
He won the Gerd Muller award for the best striker Lewadowski, who scored 57 goals in Bayern Munich. For this season, the Pole changes scenery to La Liga’s Barcelona.
The Kopa award given to the best footballer under the age of 21 was given to the Barcelona midfielder To Gav.