BALLON D'OR 2017: NEYMAR, MESSI AND RONALDO AMONG 30 NOMINEES
The full 30-man list incorporates seven Real Madrid players following their second progressive Champions League win last season
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi lead a celebrated rundown of 30 players assigned for the 2017 Ballon d'Or grant.
The full rundown of best footballers was uncovered crosswise over Monday by coordinators France Football, with Champions League and La Liga victors Real Madrid overwhelming with seven candidates.
Following phenomenal consecutive Champions League wins, Real Madrid star Ronaldo is joined on the program by assailants Karim Benzema and Isco, safeguards Sergio Ramos and Marcelo, and midfielders Toni Kroos and Luka Modric.
Who has won the most Ballon d'Or awards?
Since its arrangement in 1956, the Ballon d'Or has been won by a wide range of players, however nobody has been as fruitful as Lionel Messi . The Barcelona star has won on five events, completing in the main three an aggregate of 10 times. Behind Messi is his long-term equal Cristiano Ronaldo with four honors and the Real Madrid charm is planning to pull level with the Argentine in 2017.
After Messi and Ronaldo, just hree players have won the Ballon d'Or three times, with Johan Cruyff sparkling in the 1970s, while Michel Platini and Marco van Basten ruled the 1980s. Franz Beckenbauer , Ronaldo , Kevin Keegan , Alfredo di Stefano and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge have each been given the honor twice.
Among the others to have won the honor are George Best , Zinedine Zidane , Michael Owen and George Weah , while Kaka , who won in 2007, was the last individual outside of Messi and Ronaldo to scoop the prize.
FULL LIST OF 2017 BALLON D'OR NOMINEES
Player | Teams |
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Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid & Portugal |
Eden Hazard | Chelsea & Belgium |
Leonardo Bonucci | AC Milan & Italy |
Isco | Real Madrid & Spain |
Kylian Mbappe | PSG & France |
Neymar | PSG & Brazil |
Luka Modric | Real Madrid & Croatia |
Paulo Dybala | Juventus & Argentina |
Marcelo | Real Madrid & Brazil |
N'Golo Kante | Chelsea & France |
Luis Suarez | Barcelona & Uruguay |
Sergio Ramos | Real Madrid & Spain |
Jan Oblak | Atletico Madrid & Slovenia |
Philippe Coutinho | Liverpool & Brazil |
Dries Mertens | Napoli & Belgium |
Kevin De Bruyne | Manchester City & Belgium |
Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich & Poland |
David de Gea | Manchester United & Spain |
Harry Kane | Tottenham & England |
Edin Dzeko | Roma & Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Antoine Griezmann | Atletico Madrid & France |
Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus & Italy |
Radamel Falcao | Monaco & Colombia |
Sadio Mane | Liverpool & Senegal |
Toni Kroos | Real Madrid & Germany |
Lionel Messi | Barcelona & Argentina |
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Borussia Dortmund & Gabon |
Edinson Cavani | PSG & Uruguay |
Mats Hummels | Bayern Munich & Germany |
Karim Benzema | Real Madrid & France |
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