The renowned French publication, France Football has announced the nominees for the 2022 Ballon d'Or, women's, Kopa and Yashin trophy on Friday. The Ballon d'Or 2022 ceremony is scheduled to take place on October 17.
Shockingly, the record seven-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi failed to make it among the 30 nominees for the 2022 award. While this was the first time since 2005 that Messi, who won the 2021 award, was not named in the 30-man shortlist of the prestigious award, his arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo was included in the list.
Real Madrid's Karim Benzema is expected to win the award after his dream season with the Spanish giants and French National team. Here are the complete lists of nominees for men's, and women's Ballon d'Or, Kopa Trophy, and Yashin Trophy awards:
Complete list of the 2022 Ballon d'Or nominees (men):
Forwards:
Christopher Nkunku- RB Leipzig/France
Cristiano Ronaldo- Manchester United/Portugal
Darwin Nunez- Benfica (now Liverpool)/Uruguay
Dusan Vlahovic- Fiorentina-Juventus/Serbia
Erling Haaland- Borussia Dortmund (now Manchester City)/Norway
Harry Kane- Tottenham Hotspur/England
Karim Benzema- Real Madrid/France
Kylian Mbappe- PSG/France
Luis Diaz- Porto-Liverpool/Colombia
Mohamed Salah- Liverpool/Egypt
Phil Foden- Manchester City/England
Rafael Leao- AC Milan/Portugal
Robert Lewandowski- Bayern Munich (now Barcelona)/Poland
Riyad Mahrez- Manchester City/Algeria
Sebastien Haller- Ajax (now Borussia Dortmund)/Ivory Coast
Sadio Mane- Liverpool (now Bayern Munich)/Senegal
Son Heung-min- Tottenham Hotspur/South Korea
Vinicius Junior- Real Madrid/Brazil
Defenders:
Antonio Rudiger- Chelsea (now Real Madrid)/Germany
Joao Cancelo- Manchester City/Portugal
Trent Alexander-Arnold- Liverpool/England
Virgil van Dijk- Liverpool/Netherlands
Midfielders:
Bernardo Silva- Manchester City/Portugal
Casemiro- Real Madrid/Brazil
Fabinho- Liverpool/Brazil
Joshua Kimmich- Bayern Munich/Germany
Kevin De Bruyne- Manchester City/Belgium
Luka Modric- Real Madrid/Croatia
Goalkeepers
Mike Maignan- AC Milan/France
Thibaut Courtois- Real Madrid/Belgium
Complete list of the 2022 Ballon d'Or (Women's) nominees:
Forwards:
Ada Hegerberg- Lyon/Norway
Alex Morgan- Orlando Pride (now San Diego Wave)/USA
Alexandra Popp- VfL Wolfsburg/Germany
Asisat Oshoala- Barcelona/Nigeria
Beth Mead- Arsenal/England
Fridolina Rolfo- Barcelona/Sweden
Kadidiatou Diani- PSG/France
Marie-Antoinette Katoto- PSG/France
Sam Kerr- Chelsea/Australia
Trinity Rodman- Washington Spirit/USA
Vivianne Miedema- Arsenal/Netherlands
Defenders:
Selma Bacha- Lyon/France
Millie Bright- Chelsea/England
Lucy Bronze- Manchester City (now Barcelona)/England
Wendie Renard- Lyon/France
Midfielders:
Aitana Bonmati- Barcelona/Spain
Alexia Putellas- Barcelona/Spain
Catarina Macario- Lyon/USA
Lena Oberdorf- VfL Wolfsburg/Germany
Goalkeeper:
Christiane Endler- Lyon/Chile
Complete list of the 2022 Kopa Trophy nominees:
Forwards:
Bukayo Saka- Arsenal/England
Karim Adeyemi- Borussia Dortmund/Germany
Defenders:
Josko Gvardiol- RB Leipzig/Croatia
Nuno Mendes- PSG/Portugal
Midfielders:
Eduardo Camavinga- Real Madrid/France
Florian Wirtz- Bayer Leverkusen/Germany
Gavi- Barcelona/Spain
Jamal Musiala- Bayern Munich/Germany
Jude Bellingham- Borussia Dortmund/England
Ryan Gravernberch- Ajax/Netherlands
Complete list of the 2022 Yashin Trophy nominees:
Alisson Becker- Liverpool/Brazil
Yassine Bounou- Sevilla/Morocco
Thibaut Courtois- Real Madrid/Belgium
Ederson- Manchester City/Brazil
Hugo Lloris- Tottenham Hotspur/France
Mike Maignan- AC Milan/France
Edouard Mendy- Chelsea/Senegal
Manuel Neuer- Bayern Munich/Germany
Jan Oblak- Atletico Madrid/Slovenia
Kevin Trapp- Eintracht Frankfurt/Germany