{"id":12725,"date":"2022-08-12T23:48:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T23:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=12725"},"modified":"2022-08-12T23:55:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T23:55:58","slug":"ballon-dor-2022-20-man-nominees-confirmed-full-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=12725","title":{"rendered":"Ballon d\u2019Or 2022: 20-man Nominees Confirmed [Full List]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Ballon d\u2019Or 2022: 20-man Nominees Confirmed [Full List]<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A 20-man shortlist for this year\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or award has been announced, today,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Friday, 12 August 2022.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This was confirmed by France Football, who are organizers of the award, via their website.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Recall that Lionel Messi, who currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain, won the Ballon d\u2019Or last year after beating the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Karim Benzema.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Below are the nominees for this year\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Thibaut Courtois (BEL, Real Madrid), Rafael Leao (POR, AC Milan), Mohamed Salah (EGY, Liverpool), Joshua Kimmich (GER, Bayern Munich), Christopher Nkunku (FRA, RB Leipzig), Trent Alexander-Arnold (ANG, Liverpool), Robert Lewandowski (POL, Bayern Munich then FC Barcelona), Bernardo Silva (POR, Manchester City),Vinicius Junior (BRE, Real Madrid), Luis Diaz (COL, FC Porto then Liverpool), Karim Benzema (FRA, Real Madrid), Fabinho (BRE, Liverpool), Riyad Mahrez (ALG, Manchester City), Heung-min Son (CDS, Tottenham), Casemiro (BRE, Real Madrid), Phil Foden (ENG, Manchester City), Harry Kane (ENG, Tottenham), Sadio Man\u00e9 (SEN, Liverpool then Bayern Munich), Darwin Nunez (URU, Benfica then Liverpool), Mike Maignan (FRA, AC Milan), Kevin De Bruyne (BEL, Manchester City), S\u00e9bastien Haller (CIV, Ajax then Borussia Dortmund), Luka Modric (CRO, Real Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (POR, Manchester United), Antonio R\u00fcdiger (GER, Chelsea then Real Madrid), Joao Cancelo (POR, Manchester City), Erling Haaland (NOR, Borussia Dortmund then Manchester City), Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 (FRA, PSG), Virgil Van Dijk (HOL, Liverpool) and Dusan Vlahovic (SER, Fiorentina then Juventus).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Source: lnfodailyng.com<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ballon d\u2019Or 2022: 20-man Nominees Confirmed [Full List] A 20-man shortlist for this year\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or award has been announced, today, Friday, 12 August 2022. 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