France Football have announced the thirty nominees for the 2019 Ballon d'Or award.
The 30 nominees were announced in six sets, with five players in each of them.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Virgil van Dijk are the three favourites names in the list, with Neymar left out for the first time in a few years.
You can see all the nominees for the 2019 Ballon d'Or in the full list of contenders below:
FULL NOMINEES
Sadio Mane (Liverpool | Senegal)
Sergio Aguero (Man City | Argentina)
Frenkie de Jong (Ajax/Barcelona | Netherlands)
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham | France)
Dusan Tadic (Ajax | Serbia)
Kylian Mbappe (PSG | France)
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool | England)
Donny van de Beek (Ajax | Netherlands)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal | Gabon)
Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona | Germany)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus | Portugal)
Alisson Becker (Liverpool | Brazil)
Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax/Juventus | Netherlands)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid | France)
Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool | Netherlands)
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool | Netherlands)
Bernardo Silva (Man City | Portugal)
Heung-min Son (Tottenham | South Korea)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich | Poland)
Roberto Firmino (Liverpool | Brazil)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona | Argentina)
Riyad Mahrez (Man City | Algeria)
Kevin de Bruyne (Man City | Belgium)
Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli | Senegal)
Antoine Griezmann (Atletico/Barcelona | France)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool | Egypt)
Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Real Madrid | Belgium)
Marquinhos (PSG | Brazil)
Raheem Sterling (Man City | England)
Joao Felix (Atletico | Portugal)
The Ballon d'Or is considered the greatest personal accolade a player can achieve and this year's awards ceremony will take place in Paris on December 2.
The award, which is independent of FIFA since 2016, takes into account the performances of a player for the calendar year rather than the previous season.
Real Madrid playmaker Luka Modric broke a decade-long duopoly between Messi and Ronaldo when he won the 2018 edition.
Manfred_Maniche
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BREAKING: Neymar just got fouled and injured by the 2019 Ballon d'Or nominations.
SpecialStyle
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Christopher_Robin
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It's robbery if Messi doesn't win it.
raynknight
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when u realize Suarez is out but BenZema is in...
whykallar
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6 winners from the first six sets will be: 1. Lionel Messi ( Barcelona/Argentina) 2. Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool/Netherlands) 3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Portugal) 4. Kylian Mbappe 5. Sadio Mane
Kidcazz
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Neymar at barca: Top 3 x2 Neymar at PSG: not top 10 for the first time in years Neymar at PSG again : Isn't even a nominee while mbappe is nominated and is in fifa pro XI ahead of him. Kinda sucks when you don't follow advises 😉
Vapdpu
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I m a huge Ronaldo fan but I think Messi deserves it this year. just because Ronaldo was robbed last year by modric, I don't think another goat should be robbed this year. Van Dijk was good but Messi was better.
raynknight
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Modric the current BaLLon D'or hoLder right now......
Edoo87
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Benzema
Edoo87
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Finally Bernardo Silva nominated
the_truth_is_here
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let me tell u why vvd and messi have both won an award but not Ronaldo because fifa is saving the best for the last man..lets be sincere ronaldo deserved the award last season ..he did his individual best and fought to take his club and country to the top but modric was given yes we all know messi has been favoured more than ronaldo but that was wrong...now ronaldo didnt score much goals as of messi but did better lifting his team to the top both club and country ....its high time dey made it right and give the award to ronaldo cause he truly deserves it ....when his team needs him the most he delivers ..remeber he still.scored ajax home and away ucl last season ..just showed his team was not quality enough no player on earth works alone ....congrats CR7 no biased judgment i respect both goat
HamzaFaheem216
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Here's Your Ballon D'or Winner 2019...#RealGoatLionelMessi10
CabdiWahaabCeelaab
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Benzema!
Huwabopuy
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Breaking: Pogba has been nominated for saloon d'or
Locclopry
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No stealing no kante???
Amanda-
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Neymar got injured during the selections
Vumino
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VVD cannot even stop Rashford from scoring and gets nominated in 2019. the perfomance index should start from Jan 2019 and Close on 31 Dec 2019. Than in Jan 2020., the perfomance index summary should be totaled to determine the Best Player not by the number of trophies won but entirely by the contribution, skill and difference made to the team. for example if VVD Sat out the Man Utd match the other day it wouldn't be even noticed he was all at sea.Difference is like for example when Barcelona are in 10 th place in La Liga in the 2019 season without Messi , and than find themselves topping La Liga when Messi is back playing 3 games.That is the Balon D Or quality of a player.
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Ånotĥeŗ recơrd fǿr 🇰🇮🇳🇬 🇱🇪🇴 Messi
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King 🇲🇪🇸🇸🇮🇮🇮🇮⁉⁉
SINGAM23
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we have Trimmed to just "3 Nominees" (out of 30) for 2019 Ballon d'Or award and this looks better 😁 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾