2018 Ballon d'Or

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2018 Ballon d'Or
2018 Ballon d'Or winner Luka Modrić
Date3 December 2018 (2018-12-03)
LocationParis, France
CountryFrance
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Ballon d'OrCroatia Luka Modrić
(1st award)
Ballon d'Or FémininNorway Ada Hegerberg (1st award)
Kopa TrophyFrance Kylian Mbappé (1st award)
Websitewww.francefootball.fr
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The 2018 Ballon d'Or was the 63rd annual award ceremony recognising the best

Champions League victory and Croatia's surprise journey to the 2018 FIFA World Cup final,[4] was awarded the Ballon d'Or. His win meant that it was the first time since Kaká in 2007 that a player other than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo won the award, ending the 10-year Messi–Ronaldo dominance.[5]

Ballon d'Or

The nominees for the awards were announced on 9 October 2018.[3]

Rank Player Club(s) Points
1 Croatia Luka Modrić Spain Real Madrid 753 [6]
2 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid
Italy Juventus 		478
3 France Antoine Griezmann Spain Atlético Madrid 414
4 France Kylian Mbappé France Paris Saint-Germain 347
5 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 280
6 Egypt Mohamed Salah England Liverpool 188
7 France Raphaël Varane Spain Real Madrid 121
8 Belgium Eden Hazard England Chelsea 119
9 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City 29
10 England Harry Kane England Tottenham Hotspur 25
11 France N'Golo Kanté England Chelsea 24
12 Brazil Neymar France Paris Saint-Germain 19
13 Uruguay Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona 17
14 Belgium Thibaut Courtois England Chelsea
Spain Real Madrid 		12
15 France Paul Pogba England Manchester United 9
16 Argentina Sergio Agüero England Manchester City 7
17 Wales Gareth Bale Spain Real Madrid 6
France Karim Benzema Spain Real Madrid 6
19 Brazil Roberto Firmino England Liverpool 4
Croatia Ivan Rakitić Spain Barcelona 4
Spain Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid 4
22 Uruguay Edinson Cavani France Paris Saint-Germain 3
Senegal Sadio Mané England Liverpool 3
Brazil Marcelo Spain Real Madrid 3
25 Brazil Alisson Italy Roma
England Liverpool 		2
Croatia Mario Mandžukić Italy Juventus 2
Slovenia Jan Oblak Spain Atlético Madrid 2
28 Uruguay Diego Godín Spain Atlético Madrid 1
29 Spain Isco Spain Real Madrid 0
France Hugo Lloris England Tottenham Hotspur 0

Ballon d'Or Féminin

Main article: Ballon d'Or Féminin
Rank Player Club(s) Points
1 Norway Ada Hegerberg France Lyon 136[7]
2
Pernille Harder
 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 130
3 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán France Lyon 86
4 Brazil Marta United States Orlando Pride 77
5 Australia Sam Kerr
Perth Glory
 61
6 England Lucy Bronze France Lyon 51
7 France Amandine Henry France Lyon 34
France Wendie Renard France Lyon 34
9 United States Megan Rapinoe
Seattle Reign
 30
10 United States Lindsey Horan United States Portland Thorns 28
11 Netherlands Lieke Martens Spain Barcelona 26
12 Japan Saki Kumagai France Lyon 25
13 France Amel Majri France Lyon 9
14 England Fran Kirby England Chelsea 5
15 Canada Christine Sinclair United States Portland Thorns 4

Kopa Trophy

Main article: Kopa Trophy
Rank Player Club(s) Points
1 France Kylian Mbappé France Paris Saint-Germain 110
2 United States Christian Pulisic Germany Borussia Dortmund 31
3 Netherlands Justin Kluivert
Roma
 18
4 Brazil Rodrygo Brazil Santos 12
Italy Gianluigi Donnarumma
Milan
 12
6 England Trent Alexander-Arnold England Liverpool 6
7 Italy Patrick Cutrone
Milan
 5
8 Algeria Houssem Aouar France Lyon 4
9
Ritsu Doan
 Netherlands Groningen 0
Mali Amadou Haidara Austria Red Bull Salzburg 0

References

  1. ^ "Le classement final du Ballon d'Or France Football 2018". France Football (in English and French). Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Ballon d'Or 2018: Luka Modric and Ada Hegerberg win awards – as it happened". Guardian. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b Dobson, Mark (8 October 2018). "Ballon d'Or 2018: contenders for football's global honour revealed | Football". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. ^ "The Modric supremacy: why Croatia's talisman should win the Ballon d'Or | Barney Ronay". the Guardian. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Ballon d'Or: Luka Modric breaks Ronaldo, Messi dominance". CNN. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  6. ^ "The definitive Ballon d'Or list: Modric, 753 points..." Marca. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  7. ^ Ballon D'Or 2018 Results: Modric, Hegerberg Win; Mbappe Takes Kopa Trophy
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