This Monday the Ballon d’Orone of the most coveted awards for any footballer. This award recognizes each year the best international footballer of the season.
The award carries, above all, prestige since only the best can win it and linked to the history of this award is written by great legends such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Leo Messi or the Spanish Aitana Bonmatí and Alexia Putellas.
The footballers who have the most Ballon d’Ors in history are Leo Messi, with eight awardsCristiano Ronaldo, with five, and Michel Platini and Johan Cruyff, with three each. This prestigious award was first presented in 1956 and was awarded to Stanley Matthews.
In the case of Women’s Ballon d’Or It has less history, although symbolically it has the same value as the male one. It was first awarded in 2018 and was awarded to Ada Hegerberg. Due to its recent history, only four players have it in their showcases. The last one, Aitana Bonmatí, winner in 2023. For her part, Alexia Putellas is the one who has won it the most times (2021 and 2022).
In football, it is common that when footballers achieve great success both at the national team level (European Championship, World Cup…) or at the club level (League, Champions League…) they usually receive a bonus. We tell you how much money the Ballon d’Or winners can pocket.
This year among the winners, names such as Vinicius, Rodri, Bellingham, Mbappé or Kroos resonate among the men, while among the women the winner could be between Aitana Bonmatí, Patri Guijarro, Carolina Graham or Mariona Caldentey.
How much money does the winner of the Ballon d’Or earn?
The Ballon d’Or is an award that weighs 7.2 kg, and measures 31 cm high, 23 cm long and 23 cm wide. The base can increase your weight up to 12 kilos. Furthermore, it is estimated that this trophy can have a value of about 3,000 euros.
However, the value of the sculpture is one thing and whether the winners receive a check for it is another. Neither the organization nor France Football pay the winners. In this way, the Ballon d’Or is an award that does not directly imply an economic benefit, that is, the winners do not take any money for winning it.
Although the Ballon d’Or in itself is simply an individual recognition that does not involve earning money, precisely for this reason, footballers can increase their earnings.
This happens thanks to sponsorships or clauses they may have in their contracts. For example, Karim Benzema, winner of 2022, could have taken half a million euros, while Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi could have taken three or four million.
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