World’s best battle for prestigious Ballon d’Or

The 30-man shortlist for the 2018 Ballon d’Or includes eight players from Real Madrid. Perennial winners Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, each with five awards, are also nominated


LEAGUE REPRESENTATION
14 players
La Liga (Spain)

8 Real Madrid
Team with most nominees

11 Premier League (England)

2 Serie A (Italy) 

3 Ligue 1 (France)

Total players nominated 30


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PLAYER NOMINEES 2018

Gareth Bale	Real Madrid
Karim Benzema
Thibaut Courtois
Isco
Marcelo
Luka Modric
Sergio Ramos
Raphael Varane

Diego Godin	Atletico
Antoine Griezmann
Jan Oblak

Lionel Messi	Barcelona
Ivan Rakitic
Luis Suarez

Alisson		Liverpool
Roberto Firmino
Sadio Mane
Mohamed Salah

Eden Hazard	Chelsea
N’Golo Kante

Sergio Aguero	Man City
Kevin de Bruyne

Harry Kane	Tottenham
Hugo Lloris

Paul Pogba	Man Utd

Edinson Cavani	PSG
Kylian Mbappe
Neymar

Mario Mandzukic	Juventus
Cristiano Ronaldo


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Source: France Football
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