Who are the 2021 Ballon d'Or nominees?

The magazine France Football published who are the nominees for the Ballon d’Or 2021, an award given each year to the best and best soccer player, as well as the best young player and goalkeeper of the year.

The awarding of the Golden Ball for both women and men will not be made until 29 November , but this Friday afternoon the names were known. Also to be the best young man and the best goalkeeper of the year.

From the male Golden Ball, France Football has revealed the 30 names that will compete for the award, including Barça Pedri, who will also fight for the award for the best young player, Leo Messi and Lewandowski , clear candidates for the trophy, and the long list of players from Chelsea, the champion of the last edition of the Champions. Also relevant is the presence of Gerard Moreno, Villarreal player and Europa League champion.

These are the 30 names: Mahrez, Kanté, Haaland, Bonucci, Mount, Kane, Donnarumma, Benzema, Sterling, Barella, Pedri, Messi, Bruno Fernandes, Chiellini, Modric, De Bruyne, Neymar, Rúben Dias, Lautaro, Kjaer, Lewandowski, Salah, Jorginho, Azpilicueta, Lukaku, Gerard Moreno, Cristiano Ronaldo, Foden, Mbappé and Luis Suárez.

Last year, due to the pandemic, it was not delivered. Lewandowski took the rest of the individual awards thanks to his great year , helping Bayern enormously to win it all. This year it is also a strong candidate on a list where there are surprises.

Also, the French magazine has also released the list of twenty players who will fight for the women’s Ballon d’Or. A list where up to five Barça players have entered: Sandra Paños, Irene Paredes, Alexia Putellas, Jennifer Hermoso and Lieke Martens.

These are the other fifteen candidates: Magdalena Eriksson, Marie-Antoinette Katoto, Sam Kerr, Stina Blackstenius , Wendie Renard, Samantha Mewis, Pernille Harder, Vivianne Miedema, Jessie Fleming, Ashley Lawrence, Christine Sinclair, Ellen White, Christiane Endler, Fran Kirby and Kadidiatou Diani.

As for the Kopa award, which honors the best Young player of the year, the presence of Barça Pedri stands out. But he will not be alone in a shortlist of candidates of a high level. This is the list of ten names: Mason Greenwood, Bukayo Saka, Pedri, Jérémy Doku, Ryan Gravenberch, Jamal Musiala, Florian Wirtz, Jude Bellingham, Giovanni Reyna and Nuno Mendes.

Finally, the Yashin trophy, which rewards the best goalkeeper of the year, ten are also the candidates to take him: Donnarumma, Ederson, Schmeichel, Edouard Mendy, Courtois, Keylor Navas, Emi Martínez, Neuer, Oblak and Handanovic.

(With information from Sport )