The Ballon d’Or is the most prestigious award an individual footballer can win. On Wednesday, at the same time as Linköping’s Champions League meeting with Arsenal, the list of who can win the award was released and Amanda Ilestedt is nominated for the first time in her career.
Another Swede is on the list, namely Fridolina Rolfö. For Rolfö, it is not new to be nominated. She has been found before. However, Magdalena Eriksson, who was nominated in previous years, is not a candidate for the prestigious award.
Center back Ilestedt was successful during the World Cup with Sweden and was the player who scored the most goals in the national team shirt. In addition, she was steady at the back – something that was then rewarded with a first ever nomination for the Ballon d’Or.
– I heard about it before the match actually. It was a lot of fun of course. It’s huge and something I’m really happy about and have worked for for many years. So it is a receipt that you have done something well. It’s a new dividend after doing something good over a very long time, says Amanda Ilestedt.
Stina Blackstenius believes that it is great for Swedish football that two Swedes are nominated.
– It is something we should be very proud to have. There are two from the national team who are nominated both for what they have performed in the club team and the national team. It is big for Swedish football and big for Amanda and Fridolina who are individually nominated, she says.
Worth noting is that Alexia Putellas, who won the award the last two years, is not nominated.
The 30 nominees:
Dawn Rendondo
Kadidiatou Diani
Rachel Daly
Linda Caicedo
Fridolina Rolfö
Amanda Ilestedt
Olga Carmona
Hayley Raso
Georgia Stanway
Sophia Smith
Salma Paralluelo
Hinata Miyazawa
Lena Oberdorf
Millie Bright
Daphne van Domselaar
Patricia Guijarro
Sam Kerr
Eva Pajor
debinha
Guro Reiten
You Hasegawa
Aitana Bonmati
Jill Roord
Alexander Popp
Katie McCabe
Mary Earps
Wendie Renard
Mapi Leon
Asisat Oshoala
Khadija Shaw
2023-09-06 17:35:00
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