Ballon d'Or 2022

The event takes place in Paris this evening, with Frenchman Karim Benzema the clear favourite to win the men's award after he scored 44 goals in 46 games ...

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The Ballon d'Or, the Ballon d'Or Feminin, the Kopa Trophy and the Yashin Trophy will be awarded on October 17 in Paris in a lavish ceremony.

Darwin Nunez (Benfica - moved to Liverpool). =17: Luis Diaz (Porto / Liverpool). Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina / Juventus). Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea / Real Madrid). Tomorrow hopefully he can win the Ballon d'Or and we are going to congratulate him because a little bit of that Ballon is also ours." Want to know how the Ballon d'Or works for this year? 'I want to firstly thank my teammates, the club Real Madrid, to be part of this amazing team," he says. A shame that voting closed before Foden's hat-trick against Manchester United a fortnight ago. =25: Joao Cancelo (Manchester City). In third place, Champions League and La Liga winners Real Madrid. Mike Maignan (AC Milan). Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich).

Real Madrid and France forward Karim Benzema won the 2022 men's Ballon d'Or award, while Barcelona and Spain midfielder Alexia Putellas won the women's ...

It was a childhood dream for me and all the work I have done, I never gave up," he said after collecting the 2022 Ballon d'Or. "I am really proud of my journey here. "The whole team has to work in the same way, in the end I have to be in a good position to score the goals and ready to help my team-mates."

Putellas has become the first female player to win the Ballon dOr for two years in a row; Arsenal and England forward Beth Mead was voted as runner-up after ...

"Without my team-mates this would not have been possible," said Putellas after picking up the award. England's Beth Mead was the runner-up for the award after guiding the Lionesses to the European Championships title, with Chelsea's Sam Kerr having to settle for third. Putellas has become the first female player to win the Ballon d'Or for two years in a row; Arsenal and England forward Beth Mead was voted as runner-up after guiding the Lionesses to European Championships glory; Chelsea's Sam Kerr finished third

Putellas beat the likes of Chelsea forward Sam Kerr, Arsenal and England striker Beth Mead and Lyon's Ada Hegerberg to win the most prestigious individual award ...

- 8. - 9. - 19. "I injured my knee at a time I didn't think it could be possible. The truth is a year ago I was able to win this prize. Arsenal strike Beth Mead finished in second while Chelsea's Sam Kerr came in third.

Putellas retains her title as the world's best women's player after leading Barcelona to another Spanish title, scoring 18 goals in the process. Barça won all ...

Lewandowski, who joined Barcelona from Bayern Munich this summer, came fourth in the men’s ranking and also won the Gerd Müller trophy for the world’s best forward. The men’s judging panel was also reduced from 170 to 100, with 50 judges for the women’s prize. Thibaut Courtois won the Lev Yashin trophy for the world’s best goalkeeper and placed seventh overall, with his Real Madrid teammates Vinícius Júnior and Luka Modric in eighth and ninth place. Manchester City were named club of the year after Pep Guardiola’s side won their fourth Premier League title in five seasons. The 34-year-old scored 27 goals in La Liga and was also the top scorer in the Champions League with 15. Putellas retains her title as the world’s best women’s player after leading Barcelona to another Spanish title, scoring 18 goals in the process.

Karim Benzema has won the Ballon d'Or for the first time in his career. The Frenchman becomes only the second player aside from Lionel Messi and Cristiano ...

Last season, Benzema was in scintillating form. It is this drive that has kept me going and never allowed me to let up. Aged 34, Benzema is the oldest Ballon d'Or winner since Stanley Matthews in 1956. "There are a lot of people to thank. To be here today for the first time, I am happy, pleased for my work and want to keep going. Benzema's Real Madrid team-mate Luka Modric won the prize in 2018.

The results are in from the 2022 Ballon d'Or. Karim Benzema may have won the prize, but how did everyone fare in the voting?

- =14: Fabinho (Liverpool) He finished in joint 17th. Joao Cancelo was joint 25th. Robert Lewandowski - now a Barcelona player - was once again nominated after scoring more goals than he had appearances in both the Bundesliga and Champions League for Bayern Munich last season; 48 goals in 44 matches. He came fourth. Karim Benzema may have won the prize, but how did all 30 players nominated fare in the voting?

KARIM BENZEMA has won the 2022 Ballon d'Or award, with Sadio Mane and Kevin De Bruyne making up the top three.The Frenchman has played second fiddle t.

[Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.thesun.ie/who/cristiano-ronaldo/) throughout his career, but an astounding year as Real Madrid's main striker has seen him rocket to the one of the best players in the world. A worthy winner of the award, doing all he can to give back to the Senegalese people. One of the weirdest things of the evening had to be Esteban Ocon driving the trophy 200 yards in a Formula One car, wheel-spinning all the way. Chelsea and Liverpool can both attest to the abilities of the keeper. Arrival of the trophy We are edging closer to the pinnacle of the evening. Now we have the 'club of the year' award The player went on to speak about how it was a dream of his to be footballer and he kept trying and training to make this moment possible today. Man City were awarded the 'Club of the Year' accolade this evening. Sadio Mane built a hospital in his hometown, as the lack of facilities there led to his father's death. - Man City win Club of the Year [Manchester City](https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/team/247818/manchester-city/) the Club of the Year before Benzema won the big award of the night.

The ceremony starts at 19:30 UK time. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have won 12 of the last 13 Ballon d'Ors - with Real Madrid's Luka Modric winning as the ...

Darwin Nunez (Benfica - moved to Liverpool). =17: Luis Diaz (Porto / Liverpool). Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina / Juventus). Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea / Real Madrid). Tomorrow hopefully he can win the Ballon d'Or and we are going to congratulate him because a little bit of that Ballon is also ours." Want to know how the Ballon d'Or works for this year? 'I want to firstly thank my teammates, the club Real Madrid, to be part of this amazing team," he says. A shame that voting closed before Foden's hat-trick against Manchester United a fortnight ago. =25: Joao Cancelo (Manchester City). In third place, Champions League and La Liga winners Real Madrid. Mike Maignan (AC Milan). Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich).