🏆 2023 Ballon d’or awards Ceremony Thread - Who will win tonight?

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The 2023 Balon d’or award Ceremony night is here!

Every year, the expectation around who will win it is intriguing, and the 2023 edition is no exception. Lionel Messi is the favorite to win it for the eighth time in his career, which would be a record-extending feat.

Join us in this thread for updates and analysis on the award!

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Jude Bellingham will WIN the KOPA Trophy tonight!

@MARCA

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Leo Messi will be the big winner of the 2023 Ballon d’Or.

(Source: @FabrizioRomano )

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Ballon d’Or fits never miss

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Lionel Messi will sit next to Argentina teammates Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez at the Ballon d’Or ceremony

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Jude Bellingham finishes 18th in the 2023 Ballon d’Or rankings

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Ballon d’Or official ranking.

Lautaro Martínez
Harry Kane
Jude Bellingham
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Karim Benzema

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Jude Bellingham ranked higher than any English player in the 2022/23 Men’s Ballon d’Or voting.

◉ Jude Bellingham (18th)
◎ Harry Kane (19th)
◎ Bukayo Saka (24th)

All eyes on 2023/24. #BallondOr

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Ballon d’Or official ranking.

Joško Gvardiol
Bukayo Saka
André Onana
Kim Min-jae
Antoine Griezmann

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A defender has not won the Ballon d’Or since Fabio Cannavaro since 2006.

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An English player has not won the Ballon d’Or since a 22-year-old Michael Owen in 2001.

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A Premier League player has not won the Ballon d’Or since Cristiano Ronaldo in 2008.

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List of recent Ballon d’Or winners:

2001 : Michael Owen
2002 : Ronaldo
2003 : Pavel Nedvěd
2004 : Andriy Shevchenko
2005 : Ronaldinho
2006 : Fabio Cannavaro
2007 : Kaká
2008 : Cristiano Ronaldo
2009 : Lionel Messi
2010 : Lionel Messi
2011 : Lionel Messi
2012 : Lionel Messi
2013 : Cristiano Ronaldo
2014 : Cristiano Ronaldo
2015 : Lionel Messi
2016 : Cristiano Ronaldo
2017 : Cristiano Ronaldo
2018 : Luka Modrić
2019 : Lionel Messi
2020 : Not awarded
2021 : Lionel Messi
2022 : Karim Benzema
2023 -

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The Messi Family.

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ALL OF THE TALENT ON STAGE AT THE BALLON D’OR CEREMONY!

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Jude Bellingham is the first English player to win the Trophée Kopa for best U21 player in the world.

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𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Jude Bellingham was won the Kopa Trophy at the Ballon d’Or ceremony. 💎

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Jude Bellingham: “I want to thank everyone. Birmingham City, Dortmund, Real Madrid. My team-mates and most importantly my family. Thank you and there’s more to come.”

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OFFICIAL: The 2022/23 Kopa Trophy top 10:

Jude Bellingham
Jamal Musiala
Pedri
Eduardo Camavinga (4th)
Gavi (5th)
Xavi Simons (6th)
Alejandro Baldé (7th)
António Silva (8th)
Rasmus Højlund (=9th)
Elye Wahi (=9th)

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Kopa trophy winners:

2018: 𝗞𝘆𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗕𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘́
2019: 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗷𝘀 𝗗𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗧
2021: 𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗜
2022: 𝗚𝗔𝗩𝗜
2023: 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗛𝗔𝗠