Karim Benzema won today (Sunday) the title of player of the year in world football.
The French striker of Real Madrid put his stamp on being the best player in the past season after leading his team to win the Spanish Championship and the Champions League.
For the first time, the title was given based on the ability of the players during the game season, and not the calendar year as it was until now.
Benzema beat Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich) and Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) in the battle for the big title.
Robert Lewandowski wins the Gerd Müller Award!
The best striker of the year!
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Congrats @lewy_official!
#trophéeGerdMuller #ballondor pic.twitter.com/H3FolGSQaH
— Ballon d'Or #ballondor (@francefootball) October 17, 2022
Robert Lewandowski won the outstanding scorer award named after Gerd Müller, and Sadio Mane won the title named after Socrates - awarded to a footballer for his contribution to society and the community.
Gabi won the young player of the season award.
This is the second year in a row that a Barcelona player has won the award after Pedri.
Sadio Mane.
Receiving the degree, photo: AFP
Manchester City, who won the English Championship, was chosen as the Ballon d'Or team of the year.
Alexia Potias, the Barcelona player, won the Women's Ballon d'Or for the second year in a row.
The complete Ballon d'Or 2022 ranking:
1. Karim Benzema
2. Sadio Mane
3. Kevin de Bruyne
4. Robert Lewandowski
5. Mohamed Salah
6. Kylian Mbappe
7. Thibaut Courtois
8. Vinicius Jr.
9. Luka Modric
10. Erling Holland
11. Jung Min Son
12. Riyad Mahrez
13. Sebastian Haller
14. Fabinho
15. Raphael Lao
16. Virg Jelle
van Dijk
17. Casmiro
-.
Luis Dias
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Dushan Vlahovic
20. Cristiano Ronaldo
21. Harry Kane
22. Bernardo Silva
-.
Trent Alexander Arnold
-.
Phil Foden
25. Joao Cancelo
-.
Darwin Nunes
-.
Christopher Ankonko
-.
Yoshua Kimich
-.
Antonio Rudiger
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