The Ballon d'Or award is displayed prior to the 2021 Ballon d'Or France Football award ceremony at the Theater du Chatelet in Paris on November 29, 2021. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP via Getty Images)
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Who gets the 2021 Ballon d'Or, the award for the best footballer of the year given by France Football magazine?
The Ballon d'Or is the most prestigious award that an individual player can win in world football.
In 2020 it was not delivered due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Ballon d'Or: women
Alexia Putellas (Spain, Barcelona)
Alexia Putellas (Credit: BJORN LARSSON ROSVALL / TT News Agency / AFP via Getty Images)
The other awards
Best scorer of the year trophy
Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Bayern Munich)
Kopa Trophy (best player under 21 years old)
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Pedri (Spain, Barcelona)
The 10 finalists
Lionel Messi (Argentina, PSG)
Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Bayern Munich)
Jorginho (Italy, Chelsea)
Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium, Manchester City)
Ngolo Kanté (France, Chelsea)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Manchester United),
Karim Benzema (France, Real Madrid),
Mohammed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool)
9. Kylian Mbappé (France, PSG)
10. Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy, PSG)
Winners of recent years
Here are the winners of the last ten years:
2020: There was no award
2019: Lionel Messi
2018: Luka Modric
2017: Cristiano Ronaldo
2016: Cristiano Ronaldo
2015: Lionel Messi
2014: Cristiano Ronaldo
2013: Cristiano Ronaldo
2012: Lionel Messi
2011: Lionel Messi
Golden Ball