Lionel Messi

This list of finalists for the 2022 Ballon d'Or are out and Lionel Messi will not be in the mix for the first time since 2005. There are four main awards ...

Her missing out on the 2022 Euros due to a knee injury could hurt her chances. She joins three Americans, including Champions League winner Catarina Macario and rising star Trinity Rodman, who was a key figure in the Washington Spirit's NWSL title run. FW FW Ronaldo did make cut in 2022 and now has 18 Ballon d'Or nominations compared to Messi's 15. PSG's Argentine star controversially won the award last year, but he was not among the 30 players who will be up for the men's Ballon d'Or this time.

Sam Kerr short-listed for football's biggest prize – but Messi snubbed.

French international striker Karim Benzema is the overwhelming favourite after being the architect of Real Madrid’s 14th Champions League title. After leaving Barcelona in the summer of 2021, Messi was unable to stamp his genius on a PSG team desperate for a Champions League title. Instead, it is based on a season’s record highlighting “the individual performances” and the “decisive and impressive character” of the nominees, according to the criteria. Messi, who won the title last year, had been an ever-present among the nominations since 2006 and a regular feature in the top three since 2007 with the exception of 2018. Defending champion Alexia Putellas, who was ruled out of the Euros with a last minute injury, and Norwegian star Ada Hegerberg, the first winner of the prize in 2018, are also in the running. Matildas captain Sam Kerr has been named in a 20-strong list for the women’s Ballon d’Or – football’s greatest individual honour, while seven-time winner Lionel Messi was left off the 30-man list for the men’s award.

Paris Saint-Germain's Lionel Messi has not been nominated for the 2022 Ballon d'Or, but Man Utd's Cristiano Ronaldo has.

“In the Premier League, he has 18 goals including two hat-tricks. In total, 32 goals in 49 matches is not as many as in his best seasons but enough to be among the 30 best players in the world.” For the first time since 2006, Lionel Messi is not in the running to win the Ballon d’Or.

The England trio are in the running for the prestigious prize but Lionel Messi was left off the men's shortlist.

Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka and fellow England international Jude Bellingham of Borussia Dortmund are among the nominees for the Kopa Trophy for the best players aged 21 and under. Son Heung-min joins his strike partner Harry Kane while the favourite to win for the first time is Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema. Foden is one of six Manchester City players on the list including new signing Erling Haaland while Liverpool quintet Mohamed Salah, Luiz Diaz, Fabinho, Virgil van Dijk and Darwin Nunez – as well as the recently departed Sadio Mane – are also included.

The nominees for the Ballon d'Or were released Friday and two of the biggest names is soccer didn't make the cut. Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr. were not among ...

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The nominees for the Ballon d'Or were released Friday and two of the biggest names is soccer didn't make the cut. Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr. were not among ...

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FANS of Lionel Messi have shot to social media to declare their fury over the legend's Ballon d'Or snub.The 35-year-old left Barcelona last summer.

Following the news that Messi’s name was not on the shortlist for the first time since 2005, one fan tweeted: “Wtf man they can include ronaldo but not messi????? After he was not included on the initial list for the first time since 2005, they took to Twitter to show their disgust. Messi was not part of the 30-man shortlist released earlier today - and his legion of supporters were furious.

SportsBrief.com News ☆ A journalist from France Football has tried to break down the criteria used to snub Argentine Lionel Messi from the 30-man Ballon ...

“In the Premier League, he has 18 goals including two hat-tricks. A journalist from France Football has tried to break down the logic used to snub Lionel Messi from the 30-man Ballon d’Or shortlist in 2022. - For the first time since 2005, Messi was absent from the final 30-man shortlist of the prestigious awards

The organisers of the Ballon d'Or have explained that "new criteria" resulted in Lionel Messi's shortlist snub, while defending Cristiano Ronaldo's ...

Ballon d'Or “In the Premier League, he had 18 goals including two hat-tricks. Ballon d'Or

They also spoke about the decision to include Cristiano Ronaldo in the 30-man shortlist.

"In the Premier League, he has 18 goals including two hat-tricks. "The Argentinian was part of the discussions to integrate the 30, but the new criteria for the Ballon d'Or were unfavorable to him: disappearance of the criterion of a player's entire career, and new periodicity, modeled on a season of football and no longer over a calendar year, which does not make it possible to integrate the Copa America of July 11, 2021. And when the inevitable question about Messi's absence was brought up, he explained why the new criteria was "unfavourable" to the PSG forward, who scored 17 goals in 46 games last season.

Alexia Putellas, Ada Hegerberg, Sam Kerr and Vivianne Miedema were on the list of 20 female nominees. United States players Alex Morgan, Catarina Macario and ...

Among changes announced in March, the award is now being awarded based on performances over the course of a regular European season, rather than a calendar year. Neymar also missed the cut this time. France Football magazine has given out the award to men every year since 1956 and to women each year since 2018 — when Hegerberg became the first female winner — though both were canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic.