He Ballon d’Or It is the most prestigious award in football at an individual level, awarded by France Football. The award recognizes the best international footballer of the season.
When thinking about the footballers who have achieved this recognition Throughout his career, names like Leo Messi (with eight, he is the highest winner in history), Cristiano Ronaldo (five) or Johan Cruyff and Michel Platini (three) emerge in mind. Among women, it is Alexia Putellas, with two, who has the most awards, taking into account that in the women’s category it has only been awarded since 2018.
Winning it is not easy at all, and to determine the person who has best affected the team’s game and also the one that has had the most impact on the pitch, whether due to number of goals, precision in passes or importance in the team’s playing system.
Although the men’s award has been awarded since 1956, it was in 2007 when it adopted the international configuration that we know today. To make it as fair as possible, experts in the game vote to award the prize.
This is the voting system for the Ballon d’Or
Those in charge of deciding who is the new Ballon d’Or is a international jury of expert football journalists from the top 100 countries in the FIFA ranking. In the women’s category the number is reduced to 50. For example, among all of them were Alfredo Relaño in the men’s category and David Menayo in the women’s category.
Voting is not done from scratch, but rather France Football – organizer of the award – gives these people a list of 30 names that acts as a filter. From there, the experts vote using a points system. Each jury member casts five votes.
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First choice: six points
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Second choice: four points
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Third choice: three points
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Fourth choice: two points
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Fifth choice: one point
Once the votes have been cast, the player on the list who scores the most points is the one who wins the Ballon d’Or. In the latest edition, Leo Messi obtained 462 points compared to Haaland’s 357. In addition, Aitana Bonmati obtained a score of 266 compared to Sam Kerr’s 67.
This year, among the favorites to win the award are, in the men’s category, Vinicius, Bellingham, Rodri, Fede Valverde, Nico Williams, Dani Olmo and Lamine Yamal.
In the female category, some of the favorites are Aitana Bonmatí, Trinity Rodman, Ada Hegerberg, Caroline Graham Hansen, Lucy Bronze, Alexia Putellas or Ewa Pajor.
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