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

:rotating_light: 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Vini Jr. wins The Socrates Award 2023. :star:

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:rotating_light: 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Manchester City have won the Men’s Team of the Year award. :trophy::trophy::trophy:

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Rema performing at the Ballon d’Or :musical_note::nigeria:

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Her legend grows :star:

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Aitana Bonmatí is the first player to win the World Cup Golden Ball, the UEFA Women’s Player of the Year, and the Women’s Ballon d’Or.

The only Spanish player to be named Player of the Tournament at a senior World Cup.

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Best striker in the world :dart:

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:rotating_light: 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Aitana Bonmatí has won the Women’s Ballon d’Or. :sparkles:

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Emi Martínez receives his Yashin Trophy with his dad :pleading_face:

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Vinicius Junior is awarded the Socrates Award for his humanitarian work :clap:

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:trophy: | BONMATÍ WINS BALLON D’OR

Aitana Bonmatí in the 2022/23 UWCL and at the 2023 Women’s World Cup:

:tshirt: 18 apps
:soccer: 8 goals
:a: 9 assists
:key: 2.4 key passes p/g
:dash: 1.9 successful dribbles p/g
:chart_with_upwards_trend: 7.67 Sofascore Rating
:trophy: 2 trophies

Her first #BallonDor Féminin win. :clap::clap:

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Aitana Bonmatí in 2023:

:trophy: World Cup winner
:trophy: Champions League winner
:trophy: League winner
:trophy: Supercopa de España winner
:trophy: MVP UCL
:trophy: MVP World Cup
:trophy: MVP Supercup
:trophy: Ballon d’Or

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Some members of the audience booed when Emi Martinez’s World Cup final save was shown at the Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris :eyes:

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Jude Bellingham was the highest ranked English player in this year’s Ballon d’Or voting, finishing above Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka :chart_with_upwards_trend::star::england:

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2021: Barcelona
2022: Barcelona
2023: Barcelona

:red_circle::large_blue_circle:

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A THIRD STRAIGHT BALLON D’OR FOR SPANISH FOOTBALL :es::clap:

2023 - Aitana Bonmati :trophy:
2022 - Alexia Putellas :trophy:
2021 - Alexia Putellas :trophy:

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Jamal Musiala sent Jude Bellingham a congratulatory message after winning the Kopa Trophy :heart:

What a moment!

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Lionel Messi won his FOURTH consecutive Ballon d’Or at 25 years old.

There are NO active players in the world under the age of 35 with a single Ballon d’Or :flushed:

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EIGHT.

:trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy:

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Where current active Ballon d’or winners play:

Europe - 1
Asia - 6
North America - 8

The Messi effect :crown::goat:

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David Beckham joined MLS as a superstar, retired, became a co-owner in the league, brought Lionel Messi to play for him at Inter Miami and then handed Messi a Ballon d’Or as his player, all in the space of 17 years :exploding_head:

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