Spanish footballer Rodrigo Hernandez Cascant has won the Ballon d'Or 2024 award. He beat Real Madrid stars Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham to win the Ballon d'Or, football's biggest award.
Rodri, 28, started his senior career with Villa Real in 2015. He then moved to Atletico Madrid and has been part of Manchester City since 2019.
This is defensive midfielder Rodri's first Ballon d'Or award. Barcelona's Etana Bonamati won the Ballon d'Or in the women's category for the second consecutive year.
The 2023-24 season was a great one for Rodrigo Rodrigo produced the best performance of his career in the 2023–24 season. This year, he was instrumental in helping Manchester City win their fourth consecutive Premier League title. This time when Spain won the European Championship title for a record fourth time, Rodri was named the best player.
Messi-Ronaldo not in Ballon d'Or nomination after 21 years The nomination list for the Ballon d'Or 2024 was released in August. World champion Argentine footballer Lionel Messi and Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo are not in this list. This is after 21 years when both were not named in the list of the award, which happened earlier in 2003.
Messi received the award last year Lionel Messi won the 2023 Ballon d'Or award last year. The award was presented to him by Inter Miami club owner and football legend David Beckham. Messi won the award a record 8 times. He is the player who has won the Ballon d'Or the most times. At the same time, Ronaldo has won it 5 times. Both have 13 awards in their name. This year's award winners will be announced on October 28.
Messi-Ronaldo won this award for 10 consecutive years The award has been held by Messi and Ronaldo for 10 consecutive years. Both have won this award from 2008 to 2017. Talking about the nomination, the name of one of these two is in the nomination from 2003 to 2023.
What is the Ballon d'Or Award? The Ballon d'Or is football's most prestigious award, given to an individual player. The winner is selected based on voting. The top 100 countries in the men's FIFA rankings have the opportunity to select the top-5 players. This award is given to the player with the highest number of votes. Top 50 countries vote for women.
The Ballon d'Or is awarded annually to one player from the football club and national team based on the best performance. This tradition has been going on since 1956. Earlier it was given only to male players. Now it is being given to women players from 2018.
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