The Golden Foot, a prize that recognizes the best players over 29 years of age, already knows its 50 final candidates to win the prize with important absences and striking names after the 2022 season.
Among the latest candidates, the favorite is undoubtedly Karim Benzema. The Frenchman was the best player in the Champions League and La Liga’s top scorer in Real Madrid’s double, but his teammate Thibaut Courtois, key in the Champions League final, is hot on his heels in the race for the prize .
Among the questionable presences is Gareth Bale, a striker who has just signed for Los Angeles FC and who barely had a role last season at Real Madrid, as well as Marcelo, another who was included in the final list.
Although more striking are the absences of Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United’s scorer with more than 30 goals, and Luka Modric, key in Real Madrid’s titles, in the list of 50. Both have already won the award before, but now they will not be considered despite its good seasons.
Next, this is the list of the 50 finalists to the Golden Foot:
– Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/Los Angeles FC)
– Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
– Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus Turin)
– Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus Turin / Los Angeles FC)
– Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
– Philippe Coutinho (FC Barcelona / Aston Villa)
– Juan Cuadrado (Juventus)
– Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)
– David de Gea (Manchester United)
– Paulo Dybala (Juventus de Turin / AS Roma)
– Memphis Depay (FC Barcelona)
– Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan)
– Cesc Fabregas (Monaco)
– Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)
– Olivier Giroud (AC Milan)
– Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain)
– Ciro Immobile (Lazio)
– Junya Ito (Genk)
– Jorginho (Chelsea)
– Shinji Kagawa (Paok Thessaloniki / Sint-Truiden)
– Harry Kane (Tottenham)
– N’Golo Kante (Chelsea)
– Kalidou Koulibaly (Nápoles / Chelsea)
– Chung-Yong Lee (Ulsan Hyundai)
– Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich / Barcelona)
– Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
– Sadio Mane (Liverpool/Bayern Munich)
– Juan Mata (Manchester United / …)
– Marcelo (Real Madrid / …)
– Edouard Mendy (Chelsea)
– Leo Messi (Paris Saint-Germain)
– Alvaro Morata (Juventus Turin / Atletico Madrid)
– Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich)
– Keylor Navas (Paris Saint-Germain)
– Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
– Neymar Jr. (Paris Saint-Germain)
– Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan / Tottenham)
– Paul Pogba (Manchester United / Juventus)
– Sergio Ramos (Paris Saint-Germain)
– Heung-Min Son (Tottenham)
– Thiago Silva (Chelsea)
– Luis Suarez (Atletico Madrid / …)
– Patrick Van Aanholt (Galatasaray)
– Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool)
– Raphaël Varane (Manchester United)
– Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain)
– Wu Lei (Spanish)
– Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham / Al-Ain)
– Burak Yilmaz (Lille / Fortuna Sittard)
– Zhi Zeng (Guangzhou Evergrande)
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