European Championship winners Millie Bright, Lucy Bronze and Beth Mead are among the nominees for the Women’s Ballon d’Or.
Meade was top scorer and player of the tournament after England triumphed on home soil last month.
Chelsea’s Sam Kerr and Arsenal’s Vivian Miedema also make the shortlist, along with Barcelona star Alexia Poutelas, while the men’s nominations were headlined by the absence of seven-time winner Lionel Messi.
Messi won the award in 2021 and 2019 – in 2020 it was not held due to the Covid-19 pandemic – but following his move to Paris Saint-Germain, the Argentine was left out.
Messi’s long-time rival for the Ballon d’Or, Cristiano Ronaldo, is included as Manchester United’s sole nominee, while England trio Trent Alexander-Arnold, Phil Foden and Harry Kane also make up the 30-man squad.
Foden is one of six Manchester City players on the list, including new signing Erling Haaland, while Liverpool quintet Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz, Fabinho, Virgil van Dijk and Darwin Nunes – as well as the recently departed Sadio Mane – are also included.
Son Heung-min joins strike partner Kane, while Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema is the favorite to win first.
A quick guide
Ballon d’Or 2022 nominees
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Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool, England); Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, France); Joao Cancelo (Manchester City, Portugal); Casemiro (Real Madrid, Brazil); Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid, Belgium); Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium); Luis Diaz (Liverpool, Colombia); Fabinho (Liverpool, Brazil); Phil Foden (Manchester City, England); Erling Haaland (Manchester City, Norway); Sebastian Haller (Borussia Dortmund, Ivory Coast); Harry Kane (Tottenham, England); Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich, Germany); Rafael Leao (Milan, Portugal); Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona, Poland); Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City, Algeria); Mike Meignan (Milan, France); Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain, France); Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich, Senegal); Luka Modric (Real Madrid, Croatia); Darwin Nunes (Liverpool, Uruguay); Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig, France); Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Portugal); Antonio Rudiger(Real Madrid, Germany); Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt); Bernardo Silva (Manchester City, Portugal); Sin Hyun-min (Tottenham, South Korea); Virgil van Dyck (Liverpool, Netherlands); Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid, Brazil); Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus, Serbia)
WOMEN
Selma Bacha (Lyon, France); Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona, Spain); Milly Bright (Chelsea, England); Lucy Bronze (Barcelona, England); Kadidiatu Diani (Paris Saint-Germain, France); Christiane Endler (Lyon, Chile); Ada Hegerberg (Lyon, Norway); Marie-Antoinette Catoto (Paris Saint-Germain, France); Sam Kerr (Chelsea, Australia); Katarina Macario (Lyon, USA); Beth Mead (Arsenal, England); Vivian Miedema (Arsenal, Netherlands); Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave, USA); Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg, Germany); Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona, Nigeria); Alexandra Pop (Wolfsburg, Germany); Alexia Putelas (Barcelona, Spain); Wendy Renard (Lyon, France); Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit, USA); Fridolina Rolfe (Barcelona, Sweden)
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Champions League winners Real are well represented, with Thibaut Courtois, Casemiro, Luka Modric, Vinicius Junior and recent Chelsea signing Antonio Rudiger also included.
Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka and fellow England international Jude Bellingham of Borussia Dortmund are among the nominees for the Kopa Trophy for the best under-21 players.
Meanwhile, the Premier League is well represented on the shortlist for the Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper, with Man City’s Ederson, Liverpool’s Alisson Becker, Chelsea’s Eduard Mendy and Tottenham’s Hugo Lloris joining Courtois on the 10-man shortlist.
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