Karim Benzema was declared the winner of the 2022 Ballon d’Or this Saturday, at the top of a podium completed with Sadio Mané (who left Liverpool last summer and signed for Bayern) and Kevin de Bruyne (always a benchmark for Manchester City ).
At 34 years old, the French striker for Real Madrid won this award for the first time on Monday, replacing Leo Messi, who in 2021 won it for the seventh time, a record. Fourth place went to Robert Lewandowski.
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Karim Benzema
real Madrid
Top scorer in the 2021-22 Champions League, with 15 goals, and in the 2021-22 League, with 27, the French striker, winner of the said Eurotournament and the Spanish championship, is the first Frenchman to win the Ballon d’Or since in 1998 (when Zinedine Zidane occupied it).
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Sadio Mane
Bayern/Liverpool
The second place and the Sócrates Trophy rewarded, on and off the pitch, the merits of a Sadio Mané world champion with Africa and winner of the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup with Liverpool, and his former team.
3
Kevin deBruyne
City of Manchester
The Belgian midfielder won his fourth Premier League with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in 2021-22.
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Robert Lewandowski
Barcelona / Bayern
The Barcelona star won the Gerd Müller Award for best striker last season at the Ballon d’Or gala and was fourth in the overall classification. Author of 57 goals in 56 games in all competitions.
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Mohammed Salah
Liverpool
The Egyptian star is the top scorer in the Premier League, tied with Son Heung-min, won the FA Cup and Carabao Cup and came within one point of winning the English championship.
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Kylian Mbappe
PSG
The PSG star, author of 28 goals in Ligue 1 which made him the top scorer in the Premier, shone again in a year in which he decided not to go to Real Madrid.
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Thibaut Courtois
real Madrid
The Real Madrid goalkeeper collected the Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper on Monday for his excellent season.
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Vinicius jr.
real Madrid
He scored 22 goals and 20 assists in all competitions last season with Real Madrid, where he won the Champions League (with his goal) and the Liga.
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Luka Modric
real Madrid
He added another Champions League and another Liga win with Real Madrid to his dream record.
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Erling Halland
Manchester City / Borussia Dortmund
The Norwegian sensation is the current top scorer in the Premier, with 15 goals, after signing for City from Dortmund.
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Song Heung Min
Tottenham
The South Korean winger, once again a key part of Spurs and his national team, was declared the ‘top scorer’ in the Premier, tied with Salah, on 23 goals.
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Riyadh Mahrez
City of Manchester
The Algerian star conquered the Premier with Manchester City.
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Sebastien Haller
Borussia Dortmund / Ajax
Author of 11 goals in the 2021-22 Champions League with Ajax, the current Borussia Dortmund striker is recovering from testicular cancer.
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Fabinho
Liverpool
Liverpool’s anchor, key for the ‘reds’ to win the FA Cup and Carabao Cup, in addition to staying one point behind the Premier.
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Rafael Leao
Milan
He was the key to Milan winning their first Serie A since 2010-11.
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Virgil van Dijk
Liverpool
Second after Messi in the 2019 Ballon d’Or, this 2022 has once again been key to Liverpool’s success after recovering from a serious injury.
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Casemiro
Manchester United / Real Madrid
Champion of Europe and the League with Real Madrid, the media has been defending the Real Madrid shirt since the summer
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louis diaz
Liverpool / Porto
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Dusan Vlahović
Juventus
He scored 24 goals in the last Serie A (second highest scorer after Ciro Immobile, with 27) split between Fiorentina and Juventus, where he signed in January.
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Cristiano Ronaldo
Man Utd
The player who has won the most Ballon d’Ors after Leo Messi (7), Cristiano Ronaldo (5), ranks 20th.
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the other nominees
From the 21st to the 30th
Harry Kane, Tottenham star and England captain, finished 21st. Three players tied for 22nd: Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool). And, in no particular order, Darwin Núñez (Liverpool/Benfica), Cristopher Nkunku (Leipzig), Joao Cancelo (Manchester City), Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid/Chelsea) and Mike Maignan (Milan) complete the list.
Source: La Verdad
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