2019 Ballon d'Or

Summary

The 2019 Ballon d'Or (French: Ballon d'Or) was the 64th annual ceremony of the Ballon d'Or, presented by France Football, and recognising the best footballers in the world for 2019.[1] Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi won his record-breaking sixth award and broke the tie with Cristiano Ronaldo for most Ballon d'Or awards. Virgil van Dijk came in a very close second after a stellar year with Liverpool and Netherlands national team while Cristiano Ronaldo came in third with Juventus.[2][3][4]

2019 Ballon d'Or
2019 Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi
Date2 December 2019
LocationThéâtre du Châtelet, Paris
CountryFrance
Presented byFrance Football
Hosted bySandy Heribert
Didier Drogba
Highlights
Ballon d'OrArgentina Lionel Messi
(6th award)
Ballon d'Or FémininUnited States Megan Rapinoe
(1st award)
Kopa TrophyNetherlands Matthijs de Ligt
(1st award)
Yashin TrophyBrazil Alisson
(1st award)
Websitewww.francefootball.fr
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Ballon d'Or edit

The nominees for the awards were announced on 6 November 2019.[5][6]

Rank Player Club(s) Points
1   Lionel Messi   Barcelona 686
2   Virgil van Dijk   Liverpool 679
3   Cristiano Ronaldo   Juventus 476
4   Sadio Mané   Liverpool 347
5   Mohamed Salah   Liverpool 178
6   Kylian Mbappé   Paris Saint-Germain 89
7   Alisson   Liverpool 67
8   Robert Lewandowski   Bayern Munich 44
9   Bernardo Silva   Manchester City 41
10   Riyad Mahrez   Manchester City 33
11   Frenkie de Jong   Ajax
  Barcelona
31
12   Raheem Sterling   Manchester City 30
13   Eden Hazard   Chelsea
  Real Madrid
25
14   Kevin De Bruyne   Manchester City 14
15   Matthijs de Ligt   Ajax
  Juventus
13
16   Sergio Agüero   Manchester City 12
17   Roberto Firmino   Liverpool 11
18   Antoine Griezmann   Atlético Madrid
  Barcelona
9
19   Trent Alexander-Arnold   Liverpool 8
20   Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang   Arsenal 5
  Dušan Tadić   Ajax
22   Son Heung-min   Tottenham Hotspur 4
23   Hugo Lloris   Tottenham Hotspur 3
24   Kalidou Koulibaly   Napoli 2
  Marc-André ter Stegen   Barcelona
26   Karim Benzema   Real Madrid 1
  Georginio Wijnaldum   Liverpool
28   João Félix   Benfica
  Atlético Madrid
0
  Marquinhos   Paris Saint-Germain
  Donny van de Beek   Ajax

Ballon d'Or Féminin edit

Megan Rapinoe won the 2019 Ballon d'Or Féminin for best female player in the world.[7]

Rank Player Club(s) Points
1   Megan Rapinoe   Reign FC 230
2   Lucy Bronze   Lyon 94
3   Alex Morgan   Orlando Pride 68
4   Ada Hegerberg   Lyon 67
5   Vivianne Miedema   Arsenal 38
6   Wendie Renard   Lyon 32
7   Sam Kerr   Chicago Red Stars
  Chelsea
27
8   Rose Lavelle   Washington Spirit 19
9   Ellen White   Manchester City 18
10   Dzsenifer Marozsán   Lyon 16
11   Amandine Henry   Lyon 13
12   Sari van Veenendaal   Atlético Madrid 13
13   Tobin Heath   Portland Thorns 11
14   Pernille Harder   VfL Wolfsburg 10
  Lieke Martens   Barcelona
16   Kosovare Asllani   Tacón 6
  Nilla Fischer   Linköping
  Marta   Orlando Pride
19   Sofia Jakobsson   Tacón 4
20   Sarah Bouhaddi   Lyon 0

Kopa Trophy edit

Matthijs de Ligt won the 2019 Kopa Trophy for the best player in the world under the age of 21.[8]

Rank Player Club(s) Points
1   Matthijs de Ligt   Ajax
  Juventus
58
2   Jadon Sancho   Borussia Dortmund 49
3   João Félix   Benfica
  Atlético Madrid
41
4   Vinícius Júnior   Real Madrid 17
5   Andriy Lunin   Leganés
  Valladolid
9
6   Matteo Guendouzi   Arsenal 5
  Kai Havertz   Bayer Leverkusen
8   Moise Kean   Juventus
  Everton
3
9   Samuel Chukwueze   Villarreal 1
  Lee Kang-in   Valencia

Yashin Trophy edit

Alisson won the inaugural Yashin Trophy as the best goalkeeper in the world in 2019.[9]

Rank Player Club(s) Points
1   Alisson   Liverpool 795
2   Marc-André ter Stegen   Barcelona 284
3   Ederson   Manchester City 142
4   Jan Oblak   Atlético Madrid 131
5   Hugo Lloris   Tottenham Hotspur 80
6   Manuel Neuer   Bayern Munich 52
7   André Onana   Ajax 41
8   Kepa Arrizabalaga   Chelsea 29
9   Wojciech Szczęsny   Juventus 24
10   Samir Handanović   Internazionale 6

References edit

  1. ^ "Lionel Messi remporte le Ballon d'Or France Football pour la sixième fois de l'histoire" [Lionel Messi wins the France Football Ballon d'Or for the sixth time in history] (in English and French). France Football. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. ^ Clark, Gill. "Ballon d'Or 2019 Winner: Voting Results, Reaction to Lionel Messi's Victory". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Ballon d'Or: Final rankings for all 30 nominees | Goal.com US". www.goal.com. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. ^ "2019 Ballon d'Or Results". www.topendsports.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Les dix leçons à retenir de la liste des 30 du Ballon d'Or France Football 2019" [The ten lessons to remember from the list of 30 of the France Football Ballon d'Or 2019] (in French). France Football. 6 November 2019. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  6. ^ "De Ligt scoops Kopa Trophy for best young player". Diario AS. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Megan Rapinoe couronnée Ballon d'Or féminin France Football en 2019" [Megan Rapinoe crowned France Football Ballon d'Or féminin in 2019] (in French). France Football. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Matthijs de Ligt gagne le Trophée Kopa de meilleur joueur de moins de 21 ans" [Matthijs de Ligt wins the Kopa Trophy for best player under 21] (in French). France Football. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Alisson Becker remporte le premier Trophée Yachine de meilleur gardien du monde" [Alisson Becker wins the first Yachine Trophy for best goalkeeper in the world] (in French). France Football. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.