Real Madrid forward, Frenchman Karim Benzema, won the 66th Ballon d’Or for the first time in his career at a ceremony held by “France Football” magazine in Paris today, Monday.
Benzema overtook former and current Bayern Munich forward, Senegalese Sadio Mane, who finished second. Belgian Kevin De Bruyne finished third, followed by Polish forward Robert Lewandowski, and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah of Egypt finished fifth.
Here is the final classification of the Ballon d’Or for the 2021-2022 season:
1- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
2- Sadio Mane (Liverpool / Bayern Munich)
3- Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
4- Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich / Barcelona)
5- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
6- Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain)
7- Courtois (Real Madrid)
8 – Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
9 – Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
10. Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund / Manchester City)
11 Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur)
12- Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
16- Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
17- Luis Diaz (Liverpool)
17 – Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)
17- Casemiro (Manchester United)
21- Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
22- Phil Foden (Manchester City)
22 – Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
22- Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
25- Darwin Nunez (Liverpool)
25- Christopher Nikonko (Leipzig)
25- Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
25- Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea)
25- Mike Mainan (Milan)
25- Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
