The king of football has returned to the throne. Lionel Messi won the eighth Ballon d’Or in his career and is thus the best footballer in the world for 2023 according to the France Football poll. Representatives of the Czech Republic also vote in the poll.
Messi is the first ever winner of the prestigious award to be playing outside of Europe at the time he won it. Since this summer, he has been playing for David Beckham’s American club Inter Miami.
Otherwise, only players from European competitions, primarily from the Premier League, more precisely from Manchester City, which has a four-fold representation in the TOP 10, succeeded in the top ten of the Golden Ball. The top ten does not include any of the footballers who have gone for royal contracts in the Arab world in recent months, such as Cristiano Ronaldo or last year’s World Player of the Year Karim Benzema.
Ballon d’Or 2023
1. Lionel Messi (PSG / Inter Miami)2. Erling Haaland (Manchester City)3. Kylian Mbappé (PSG)4. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)5. Rodri (Manchester City)6. Vinícius Junior (Real Madrid)7. Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)8. Victor Osimhen (Naples)9. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)10. Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
Messi last won in 2021, so he is returning to the limelight with a one-year break. In the past year, he succeeded mainly as the captain of the world champions at the World Cup in Qatar, won the title in France and, after moving to Miami, started “Messimania” in the American league.
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Since last year, the Golden Ball has been awarded per season, not per calendar year as before. The eight-time winner Messi thus jumped even more than Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the Ballon d’Or five times, but is not even among the thirty nominees this year.
2023-10-31 05:12:36
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