On Wednesday, the famous “France Football” magazine announced the 30 football players nominated as in previous years. golden ball Selecting the best player of the season, this is the first time in 20 years that he was not found cristiano ronaldo.
The Portuguese forward plays for the 2022/23 season Manchester Uniteddeparting from his place of discord, and Al Nasr People from Saudi Arabia are not considered for the award.
Cristiano Ronaldo, five-time Ballon d’Or winner, second Lionel Messihas appeared in every nomination since 2004.
Calculated this way, the last time CR7 was not among the Golden Globe nominees was this year. Year 2003the champion at the time was Czech Pavel Nedved, and the Portuguese had just played his first season as a professional with Sporting Lisbon.
Since then, Cristiano has played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus and Al Nasr, winning numerous titles and goals, in addition to huge successes such as the European Cup and the Portuguese Nations League.
It is worth noting that the Portuguese is the most nominated football player in the history of the Ballon d’Or, with a total of 18 nominations, followed by Messi, who has been nominated for the Ballon d’Or 16 times this season and won the Ballon d’Or 7 times.