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Ballon d’Or 2023: Who are the nominees?

Kieran Smith

Wed 6 September 2023 21:05, UK Updated Tue 24 October 2023 10:17, UK

It’s this week folks… were just days away from the newly crowned winner of the Ballon d’Or.

𓃲Itജ’s probably the pinnacle of a player’s individualistic career. It’s the one that everyone wants to win, but only the top names in world football will ever hold the honour.

The likes of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane have all done so in the past – but who will b𓆏e lucky enough to take home this year’s h🌞onour?

Here’s who could potentially be 🅷taking it home this Sunday😼.

READ: Bal๊lon d’Or 2023: Date, Ti🐈me, How to Watch UK, Venue & More

Ballon d’Or 2023 Nominees

Below you can find the , these were revealed on the 6th of September 2023.

André Onana – Manchester United/Cameroon
Josko Gvardiol – Manchester City/Croatia
Karim Benzema – Al Ittihad
Jamal Musiala – Bayern Munich/Germany
Mohamed Salah – Liverpool/Egypt
Jude Bellingham – Real Madrid/England
Bukayo Saka – Arsenal/England
Randal Kolo Muani – Paris Saint-Germain/France
Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City/Belgium
Bernardo Silva – Manchester City/Portugal
Emiliano Martínez – Aston Villa/Argentina
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia – Napoli/Georgia
Rúben Dias – Manchester City/Portugal
Nicolo Barella – Inter Milan/Italy
Erling Haaland – Manchester City/Norway
Yassine Bounou – Al Hilal/Morocco
Martin Ødegaard – Arsenal/Norway
Julián Álvarez – Manchester City/Argentina
Ilkay Gündogan – Barcelona/Germany
Vinícius Júnior – Real Madrid/Brazil
Lionel Messi – Inter Miami/Argentina
Rodri – Manchester City/Spain
Lautaro Martínez – Inter Milan/Argentina
Antoine Griezmann – Atletico Madrid/France
Robert Lewandowski – Barcelona/Poland
Kylian Mbappé – Paris Saint-Germain/France
Kim Min-jae – Napoli/South Korea
Victor Osimhen – Napoli/Nigeria
Luka Modric – Real Madrid/Croatia
Harry Kane – Bayern Munich/England

There can only be one winner… who will it be?

When does the Ballon d’Or take place?

You can find out the winner on ꦕOctober the 30th 2023. Who will be thiꦉs year’s victor?