The awards ceremony was held on 17 October at the Châtelet Theater in Paris. Golden Ball (Golden Ball) for the best footballer of 2022. The prestigious award is awarded for the 66th time.
In Paris, the winner of the award for the best footballer of 2022 was determined.
The winner of the Ballon d’Or 2022 is the French Karim Benzema!
Karim Benzema won the Champions League and La Liga with Real Madrid, at the same time becoming the top scorer of these tournaments. Among the top 3 there was also a Senegalese Sadio Manè (Liverpool / Bayern) and Belgian Kevin De Bruyne (City of man).
As for the multiple award winners, Cristiano Ronaldo finished in 20th place and Lionel Messi was not even among the 30 nominees for the award.
Belgian Thibaut Courtois won the Yashin Trophy, an award for the best goalkeeper of the year. Hispanic Cow received the Copa Trophy as best young player in 2022. The best club of the season called English Manchester City. The Spaniard won the women’s Ballon d’Or for the second time in a row Alessia Putella.
Ballon d’Or 2022. Award winners:
A PHOTO. Zinedine Zidane presents the Ballon d’Or 2022 to Karim Benzema
The ranking of the last ten of the Ballon d’Or 2022
- 1. Karim Benzema (Royal, France)
- 2. Sadio Mane (Bavaria / Liverpool, Senegal)
- 3. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium)
- 4. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona / Bavaria, Poland)
- 5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt)
- 6. Kylian Mbappé (PSG, France)
- 7. Thibault Courtois (Real, Belgium)
- 8. Vinicius Junior (Real, Brazil)
- 9. Luka Modric (Reale, Croatia)
- 10. Erling Haaland (Man City / Borussia D, Norway)
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Karim Benzema and his NFT Golden Ball in the background!
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– Golden Ball #ballondor (@francefootball) October 17, 2022
