2023 Ballon d’Or Contenders: Messi, Mbappé, Haaland, and More

The players who will compete for this prestigious award, which lists them as the best in the world last season, are:

Mbappé and Messi, candidates for the Ballon d’Or. | Photo: Photo: PSG / El PaísLionel Messi (PSG-Inter Miami, Argentina)Julián Álvarez (River Plate-Manchester City, Argentina)Lautaro Martínez (Inter, Argentina)Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa, Argentina)Erling Haaland (Manchester City, Germany) )Kylian Mbappé (PSG, France)Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid, Brazil)Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona, ​​Poland)Harry Kane (Tottenham-Bayern Munich, England)Victor Osimhen (Napoli, Nigeria)Luka Modrić (Real Madrid, Croatia)Kim Min-Jae (Napoli-Bayern Munich, South Korea)Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig-Manchester City, Croatia)André Onana (Inter-Manchester United, Cameroon)Karim Benzema (Real Madrid-Al Ittihad, France)Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt)Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich, Germany)Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund-Real Madrid, England)Bukayo Saka (Arsenal, England)Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium)Bernardo Silva (Manchester City, Portugal)Randal Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt-PSG, France)Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli, Georgia)Rúben Dias (Manchester City, Portugal)Nicolo Barella (Inter, Italy)Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City-FC Barcelona, ​​Germany)Martin Odegaard (Arsenal, Norway)Yassine Bounou (Sevilla -Al Hilal, Morocco)Rodri (Manchester City, Spain)Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid, France)

In this extensive list of stars, there are several players who take a slight advantage over the other competitors in the search for the Ballon d’Or.

One who stands as the top favorite is the Argentine star Lionel Messi, who after a good year with PSG and the long-awaited consecration in the FIFA World Cup in Qatar 2022 with the Argentine National Team, has plenty of chances to win a new Ball de Oro, would be the eighth in his showcase, the only player to obtain this amount.}

Lionel Messi, favorite to win the 2023 Ballon d’Or | Photo: Getty Images

Another name that appears on this list is Vinicius Junior, the Real Madrid player has just scored 26 goals and distributed 25 assists, and won the Copa del Rey, the Club World Cup and the European Super Cup.

Kylian Mbappe has three goals this season. | Photo: AP

Another of the big names nominated for the Ballon d’Or is Erling Haaland, the android, as he is known, comes from a historic season with English Manches City, the Norwegian comes from breaking several records in the Premier League, in addition, he raised the Champions League, the FA Cup, and the English league, where he scored a scandalous 56 goals.

Erling Haaland with the Uefa best player trophy. | Photo: Getty Images

Despite all these big names, the Argentine Lionel Messi seems to take the lead to win the prestigious award. Leo scored 42 goals and distributed 26 assists with PSG, in addition, he was the undisputed leader in the conquest of the Argentine National Team in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Linda Caicedo sticks up for Colombia

Recently, Linda managed to win the award for the best goal of the World Cup. Fifa made it known after a vote where the attacker shone. That one was against Germany for the second date of the group stage of the orbital appointment.

Linda Caicedo nominated. | Photo: L’Equipe

Now, to round off her dream year, Linda was announced as one of the candidates to win the Ballon d’Or, an award given by the prestigious magazine ‘France Fotball’.

The Colombian was announced in the first group of players who are called to obtain the historic milestone.

2023-09-06 23:15:33
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