{"id":378935,"date":"2023-09-13T09:25:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T07:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betcentral.onpressidium.com\/?p=378935"},"modified":"2023-09-13T09:25:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T07:25:34","slug":"ballon-dor-2023-shortlist-messi-favourite-to-win-8th-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/soccer\/ballon-dor-2023-shortlist-messi-favourite-to-win-8th-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballon d&#8217;Or 2023 Shortlist: Messi Favourite To Win 8th Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Will Lionel Messi, a seven-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner, claim his eighth award, or will Erling Haaland of Manchester City secure the most prestigious football award for the first time? We look at the shortlist for the 2023 Ballon d&#8217;Or award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Messi led Argentina to a <a href=\"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/soccer\/world-cup-2022-team-of-the-tournament-2023-01-09\/\">2022 World Cup<\/a> victory in Qatar and clinched the Ligue 1 title with PSG. In contrast, Haaland achieved a historic treble with Manchester City, netting 52 goals in his debut season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HERE ARE ALL THE BALLON D&#39;OR NOMINEES! \ud83c\udf15\u2728<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ballondor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ballondor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hg1ZByzhDV\">pic.twitter.com\/hg1ZByzhDV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ballon d&#39;Or #ballondor (@ballondor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ballondor\/status\/1699492108141248954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ballon d&#8217;Or shortlist is heavily populated by Argentina and Manchester City players due to their World Cup and domestic titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo, a five-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner, is notably absent from the list for the first time since 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Ballon d&#8217;Or F\u00e9minin category, Aitana Bonmati of Spain is the standout favourite, having led La Roja to their maiden World Cup win and securing the Champions League title with FC Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award winners will be revealed at the Ballon d&#8217;Or ceremony on October 30th at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find the complete list of nominees for both men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s awards below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"green\">Men&#8217;s Nominees For Ballon d&#8217;Or 2023<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Andr\u00e9 Onana &#8211; Inter-Manchester United\/Cameroon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Josko Gvardiol &#8211; RB Lipsia-Manchester City\/Croatia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karim Benzema &#8211; Real-Madrid-Al Ittihad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jamal Musiala &#8211; Bayern Munich\/Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mohamed Salah &#8211; Liverpool\/Egypt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jude Bellingham &#8211; Borussia Dortmund-Real Madrid\/England<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bukayo Saka &#8211; Arsenal\/England<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Randal Kolo Muani &#8211; Eintracht Frankfurt-Paris Saint-Germain\/France<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kevin De Bruyne &#8211; Manchester City\/Belgium<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bernardo Silva &#8211; Manchester City\/Portugal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emiliano Mart\u00ednez &#8211; Aston Villa\/Argentina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Khvicha Kvaratskhelia &#8211; Napoli\/Georgia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R\u00faben Dias &#8211; Manchester City\/Portugal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicolo Barella &#8211; Inter Milan\/Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erling Haaland &#8211; Manchester City\/Norway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yassine Bounou &#8211; Sevilla-Al Hilal\/Morocco<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Martin \u00d8degaard &#8211; Arsenal\/Norway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez &#8211; Manchester City\/Argentina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ilkay G\u00fcndogan &#8211; Barcelona\/Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior &#8211; Real Madrid\/Brazil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lionel Messi &#8211; Paris 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