🏆 Race for the 2022 Balon d’or: Who has been the best player in Europe this season?

Lionel Messi fails to make the Ballon d’Or shortlist for the first time since 2005 :flushed:

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OFFICIAL: The nominees for the 2022 Yachine Trophy:

:morocco: Yassine Bounou
:brazil: Alisson Becker
:belgium: Thibaut Courtois
:brazil: Ederson
:fr: Mike Maignan
:senegal: Édouard Mendy
:de: Manuel Neuer
:slovenia: Jan Oblak
:de: Kevin Trapp
:fr: Hugo Lloris

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OFFICIAL: The nominees for the 2022 Women’s Ballon d’Or:

:fr: Selma Bacha
:sweden: Fridolina Rolfö
:netherlands: Vivianne Miedema
:england: Lucy Bronze
:australia: Sam Kerr
:chile: Christiane Endler
:de: Lena Oberdorf
:fr: Kadidiatou Diani
:us: Catarina Macario
:es: Alexia Putellas
:de: Alexandra Popp
:es: Aitana Bonmatí
:fr: Wendie Renard
:us: Alex Morgan
:england: Beth Mead
:nigeria: Asisat Oshoala
:fr: Marie-Antoinette Katoto
:england: Millie Bright
:us: Trinity Rodman
:norway: Ada Hegerberg

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The Kopa Trophy nominees are here:

:de: Karim Adeyemi
:england: Jude Bellingham
:fr: Eduardo Camavinga
:es: Gavi
:netherlands: Ryan Gravenberch
:portugal: Nuno Mendes
:de: Jamal Musiala
:croatia: Josko Gvardiol
:england: Bukayo Saka
:de: Florian Wirtz

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Karim Benzema’s 2021/22 season for club & country:

◉ 56 games
◉ 50 goals
◉ 16 assists
:trophy: LaLiga
:trophy: Supercopa
:trophy: Nations League
:trophy: Champions League
:medal_sports: UCL Player of the Season
:medal_sports: UCL Golden Boot
:medal_sports: Pichichi Trophy

Ballon d’Or winner?

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Mohamed Salah’s 2021/22 season for club & country:

◉ 66 games
◉ 33 goals
◉ 19 assists
:trophy: FA Cup
:trophy: EFL Cup
:medal_sports: PL Golden Boot
:medal_sports: PL Playmaker Award
:medal_sports: PL Goal of the Season
:medal_sports: PFA Players’ Player of the Year

Ballon d’Or winner?

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Robert Lewandowski’s 2021/22 season for club & country:

◉ 56 games
◉ 57 goals
◉ 10 assists
:trophy: Bundesliga
:trophy: DFL-Supercup
:medal_sports: European Golden Shoe
:medal_sports: Bundesliga Torjägerkanone

Ballon d’Or winner?

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Sadio Mané’s 2021/22 season for club & country:

◉ 67 games
◉ 33 goals
◉ 4 assists
:trophy: FA Cup
:trophy: League Cup
:trophy: Africa Cup of Nations
:medal_sports: AFCON Player of the Tournament
:medal_sports: African Footballer of the Year

Ballon d’Or winner?

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Cristiano Ronaldo has made the 30-man Ballon d’Or shortlist in every possible season since 2004. :wine_glass:

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Kylian Mbappé was directly involved in more goals (60) than any other player in top-flight European football in 2021/22:

◉ 46 games
◉ 39 goals
◉ 21 assists

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The 2022 Men’s Ballon d’Or nominees :sparkles:



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Karim Benzema was directly involved in more goals (40) than any other player in top-flight European football in 2021/22:

◉ 1 UEFA super cup goal
◉ 27 La Liga goals with 12 assists
◉ 15 UEFA champions league goals

No doubt he is the man

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:black_medium_small_square: Hat-trick against PSG in UCL round of 16 :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: Hat-trick against Chelsea in UCL quarter-final :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: Decisive goal against Chelsea in second leg :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: Brace against Manchester City in UCL semi-final :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: Decisive goal against Manchester City in second leg :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: Won his fifth Champions League trophy :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: UCL Player of the Season :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: La Liga Champion :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: Scored in Spanish Super Cup :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: Spanish Super Cup Winner :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: Champions League Topscorer with 15 goals :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: La Liga Topscorer with 27 goals :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: Most UCL knock-out goals in a season alongside Ronaldo :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: Third all-time Champions League Topscorer after Ronaldo and Messi :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: Second all-time Real Madrid Topscorer after Ronaldo :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: Ballon d’Or loading :hourglass:
One of the best individual seasons ever from Karim Benzema! :raised_hands::fr:

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The most nominations in Ballon d’Or history :clap:

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Kylian Mbappé reveals his top three candidates for the Ballon d’Or :trophy:

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Erling Haaland is this year’s youngest Ballon d’Or nominee :triumph:

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Cristiano Ronaldo has been shortlisted for the Ballon d’Or for the 18th year in a row.

Another record :goat:

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Lewandowski, Mbappe, Mo Salah and Sadio Mane in the Top 5 but without doubt Benzema deserves 2022 Ballon d’Or :trophy: With La Liga, Nations League and Champions League under his belt, it will be difficult for anyone to convince another winner.

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There are no doubts about this year’s Ballon d’Or for Messi :fr:

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:fr: Karim Benzema career stats:

:tshirt: 848 games
:soccer: 424 goals
:dart: 206 assists
:handshake:t4: 630 goal contributions
:trophy: 34 trophies

One of the best striker in history of Football. :fire: :clap:t4:

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