France Football announces candidates, and three Brazilians run

This Wednesday, the 6th, the magazine France Football announced the award nominees 2023 Ballon d’Or. The traditional award will crown the best male and female player in the world in the 2022/23 season. At the moment, Karim Benzema is the victor among men, while Alexia Putellas is the champion among women. This year’s ceremony will be held on October 30th.

The disclosure began with the nominees for the Kopa Trophywhich chooses the best under-21 players. Pedriwhich was the winner in 2021, and Gavi, which won in 2022, are also running this year. The magazine also revealed the goalkeepers who will compete in the Yashin Trophywhile the Brazilian ederson is among them.

The 30 candidates among the women have already been revealed, with the attacker debinha is the only Brazilian representative. The favorite player to take the prize is Aitana Bonmativoted best player of the world Cup. As for the men, the nominees have already been revealed and the Brazilian Vinicius Junior is among the nominees, even having the surprise of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen make up the list.

Here are all the 2023 Ballon d’Or nominees

🇭🇷 Josko Gvardiol
🇩🇪 @JamalMusiala
🇨🇲 @AndreyOnana
🇫🇷 @Benzema
🇪🇬 @MoSalah#ballondorpic.twitter.com/HGL0TqrvAw

— Ballon d’Or #ballondor (@ballondor) September 6, 2023

Here are all the 2023 Women’s Ballon d’Or nominees

🇫🇷 @kady944
🇨🇴 @Linda__caicedo
🇪🇸 @AFerrer_10
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @RachelDaly3
🇸🇪 @FridolinaRolfo#ballondorpic.twitter.com/VL9RCINcJW

— Ballon d’Or #ballondor (@ballondor) September 6, 2023

Here are all the 2023 Yachine Trophy nominees
🇲🇦 Yassine Bounou @Alhilal_EN
🇺🇸 Thibaut Courtois @real Madrid
🇫🇷 Mike Maignan @acmilan
🇩🇪 Marc-André ter Stegen – @FCBarcelona
🇺🇸 Ederson @ManCity
🇦🇷 Emiliano Martinez @AVFCOfficial
🇨🇲 Andre Onana @ManUtd
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aaron Ramsdale… pic.twitter.com/6urABZKYAp

— Ballon d’Or #ballondor (@ballondor) September 6, 2023