Adebayo Samuel
Liverpool Football club of England continued their dominance of the European football scene with Mohammed Salah, Sadio Mane and Virgyl Van Dijk in a pack of 7 Players nominated in the top 30 for the 2019 Ballon d’Or.
Mane was among the first five nominees revealed by France Football on Monday evening, with team safe hands Alisson Becker, Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum and Forward Roberto Firmino also being named. Trent Alexander-Arnold was a surprise inclusion to round off Liverpool’s seven representatives.
Premier League winners Manchester City have five nominated players – Sergio Aguero, Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne – alongside Champions League runners-up Hugo Lloris and Heung-Min Son from Tottenham.
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Sadio Mane (Liverpool)
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham)
Dusan Tadic (Ajax)
Frenkie De Jong (Barcelona)
Sergio Aguero (Man City)
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal)
Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (Barcelona)
Donny van de Beek (Ajax)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
Alisson Becker (Liverpool)
Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool)
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
Bernardo Silva (Man City)
Heung-Min Son (Tottenham)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Riyad Mahrez (Man City)
Kevin De Bruyne (Man City)
Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli)
Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Eden Hazard (Real Madrid)
Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain)
Raheem Sterling (Man City)
Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid)
For young players under the age of 21, The Kopa Trophy is up for grabs and Nigerian Sensation Samuel Chukwueze of Villareal tops the list of prospective winners to dethrone PSG’s Kylian Mbappe
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Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal)
Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid)
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund)
Moise Kean (Everton)
Kang-In Lee (Valencia)
Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus)
Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen)
Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal)
Andrei Lounine (Real Valladolid)
Goalkeepers who made impact last season also have the Yachine trophy to vie for, a category in which Four Premier League goalkeepers have been included on the 10-man shortlist for the first ever to be given to the best ‘keeper of 2019.
Alisson, Ederson, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Lloris are among the nominees, with the Tottenham captain also nominated for the Ballon d’Or alongside Alisson and Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen.
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Alisson Becker (Liverpool)
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
Ederson (Man City)
Andre Onana (Ajax)
Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus)
Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid)
Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea)
Samir Handanovic (Inter Milan)
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham)
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (Barcelona)
2018 Winner Ada Hegerberg makes the Women’s Ballo d’Or shortlist alongside Rapinoe and Lucy Bronze despite her absence at the 2019 FIFA Women’s world cup
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Sam Kerr (Chicago Red Stars)
Ellen White (Man City)
Nilla Fischer (Wolfsburg)
Amandine Henry (Lyon)
Lucy Bronze (Lyon)
Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride)
Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal)
Dzenifer Marozsan (Lyon)
Pernille Harder (Wolfsburg)
Sarah Bouhaddi (Lyon)
Megan Rapinoe (Reign FC)
Lieke Martens (Barcelona)
Sari van Veenendaal (Atletico Madrid)
Wendie Renard (Lyon)
Rose Lavelle (Washington Spirit)
Marta (Orlando Pride)
Ada Hegerberg (Lyon)
Kosovare Asllani (CD Tacon)
Sofia Jakobsson (CD Tacon)
Tobin Heath (Portland Thorns)
The Ballon d’Or ceremony will take place on December 2 at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.
