Ballon d'Or nominees announced: Erling Haaland may pip Lionel Messi this time

THE NOMINEES FOR Men's & Women's Ballon d'Or 2023 have been announced.

A worldwide voting by selected media members - from top 100 countries for the men's award and top 50 for the women's award - will follow to choose the winner.

Lionel Messi as usual remains a strong contender for what could be his 8th time winning this award. But Erling Haaland - who has been at the forefront of winning practically every trophy available in 2022-23 for Manchester City - is going to give him a run for his money.

The full list of nominees are as follows...

Men's nominees for Ballon d'Or 2023

Andre Onana - Inter-Manchester United/Cameroon
Josko Gvardiol - RB Lipsia-Manchester City/Croatia
Karim Benzema - Real-Madrid-Al Ittihad
Jamal Musiala - Bayern Munich/Germany
Mohamed Salah - Liverpool/Egypt
Jude Bellingham - Borussia Dortmund-Real Madrid/England
Bukayo Saka - Arsenal/England
Randal Kolo Muani - Eintracht Frankfurt-Paris Saint-Germain/France
Kevin De Bruyne - Manchester City/Belgium
Bernardo Silva - Manchester City/Portugal
Emiliano Martinez - Aston Villa/Argentina
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia - Napoli/Georgia
Rúben Dias - Manchester City/Portugal
Nicolo Barella - Inter Milan/Italy
Erling Haaland - Manchester City/Norway
Yassine Bounou - Sevilla-Al Hilal/Morocco
Martin Odegaard - Arsenal/Norway
Julian Álvarez - Manchester City/Argentina
Ilkay Gundogan - Barcelona/Germany
Vinícius Junior - Real Madrid/Brazil
Lionel Messi - Paris Saint-Germain-Inter Miami/Argentina
Rodri - Manchester City/Spain
Lautaro Martinez - Inter Milan/Argentina
Antoine Griezmann - Atletico Madrid/France
Robert Lewandowski - Barcelona/Poland
Kylian Mbappe - Paris Saint-Germain/France
Kim Min-jae - Napoli-Bayern Munich/South Korea
Victor Osimhen - Napoli/Nigeria
Luka Modric - Real Madrid/Croatia
Harry Kane - Tottenham-Bayern Munich/England

Women's nominees for Ballon d'Or 2023

Aitana Bonmati - Barcelona/Spain
Millie Bright - Chelsea/England
Linda Caicedo - Real Madrid/Colombia
Olga Carmona - Real Madrid/Spain
Rachel Daly - Aston Villa/England
Debinha - North Carolina-Kansas City/Brazil
Kadidiatou Diani - Paris Saint-Germain-Lyon/France
Mary Earps - Manchester United/England
Patricia Guijarro - Barcelona/Spain
Yui Hasegawa - Manchester City/Japan
Amanda Ilestedt - Paris-Saint Germain-Arsenal/Sweden
Sam Kerr - Chelsea/Australia
Mapi Leon - Barcelona/Spain
Katie McCabe - Arsenal/Republic of Ireland
Hinata Miyazawa - MyNavi Senday-Manchester United/Japan
Lena Oberdorf - Wolfsburg/Germany
Asisat Oshoala - Barcelona/Nigeria
Ewa Pajor - Wolfsburg/Poland
Salma Paralluelo - Barcelona/Spain
Alexandra Popp - Wolsburg/Germany
Hayley Raso - Manchester City-Real Madrid/Australia
Alba Redondo - Levante/Spain
Guro Reiten - Chelsea/Norway
Wendie Renard - Lyon/France
Fridolina Rolfo - Barcelona/Sweden
Jill Roord - Wolfsburg-Manchester City/Netherlands
Khadija Shaw - Manchester City/Jamaica
Sophia Smith - Portland Thorns/United States
Georgia Stanway - Bayern Munich/England
Daphne van Domselaar - Twente-Aston Villa/Netherlands
 

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