{"id":39444,"date":"2023-10-30T22:48:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T22:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=39444"},"modified":"2023-10-30T22:48:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T22:48:27","slug":"ballon-dor-bonmati-and-messi-get-top-accolades-as-bellingham-acclaimed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2023\/10\/30\/ballon-dor-bonmati-and-messi-get-top-accolades-as-bellingham-acclaimed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballon d\u2019Or: Bonmat\u00ed and Messi get top accolades as Bellingham acclaimed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aitana Bonmat\u00ed and Lionel Messi have been named the 2023 Ballon d\u2019Or winners at the annual football awards ceremony in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonmat\u00ed\u00a0was widely considered the favourite after being named player of the tournament as Spain won their first World Cup and she was part of the Barcelona Femen\u00ed team that won the continental treble, scoring 118 goals and conceding just 10 in the league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the day the former Spanish FA chief Luis Rubiales\u00a0was banned from football activities for three years\u00a0by the Fifa disciplinary committee after an investigation into his conduct at the Women\u2019s World Cup final, Bonmat\u00ed chose to thank her family, teammates and the Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, for their role in her success and said players have a responsibility as \u201crole models\u201d to fight for equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have a responsibility on and off the pitch,\u201d Bonmat\u00ed said. \u201cWe should be more than athletes. Keep leading by example and keep fighting together for a better, peaceful and equal world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chelsea\u2019s Sam Kerr came third, with Bonmat\u00ed\u2019s Barcelona colleagues Salma Paralluelo and Fridolina Rolf\u00f6 rounding out the top four. England\u2019s Rachel Daly, Georgia Stanway, Millie Bright and Mary Earps were on the shortlist for the women\u2019s award following their run to the World Cup final\u00a0but were unable to attend\u00a0because of international commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stanway was frustrated there was not \u201cbetter planning\u201d to make sure the international break for the women\u2019s game did not clash with the ceremony. \u201cYou never know if you\u2019re ever going to get selected for such an accolade like that again, so it would be really nice to enjoy the experience and be there and feel like a star among the stars,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut, unfortunately \u2013 well, not unfortunately, because we\u2019ve got a game \u2013 but if it was planned a little bit better then it would be easier for a lot of female footballers to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earps finished highest among the England players in fifth, with Daly 10th and Bright directly behind her in 11th. Stanway finished 23rd, one place above a former teammate in the Jamaica international Khadija Shaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lionel Messi\u2019s World Cup\u2011winning campaign with Argentina made him the favourite and he was on hand to receive his record eighth award on what would have been the 63rd birthday of his legendary compatriot Diego Maradona. The Inter Miami owner, David Beckham, handed the forward the prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Messi\u2019s victory puts Argentina at the top of the rankings of wins by country with eight, ahead of France, Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal with seven. Messi said: \u201cI couldn\u2019t imagine having the career that I\u2019ve had. Everything that I\u2019ve achieved. The fortune I\u2019ve had playing for the best team in the world, the best team in history. It\u2019s nice to win these individual trophies. To win the Copa Am\u00e9rica and then the World Cup, to get it done is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The England midfielder Jude Bellingham, who came 18th in the overall vote, said there was \u201cmore to come\u201d as he won the Kopa trophy for the best male player under the age of 21, having claimed 15 goals and eight assists for Borussia Dortmund last season before beginning life at his new club Real Madrid in dazzling form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lyle<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Erling Haaland, who scored a remarkable 52 goals for Manchester City last season, won the Gerd M\u00fcller trophy and came second in the proceedings, with Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 in third, and Haaland\u2019s teammates Kevin De Bruyne and Rodri in fourth and fifth respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The S\u00f3crates prize to acknowledge humanitarian work championed by a footballer was handed to Vin\u00edcius Jr, who also placed sixth for the men\u2019s award, by Prince Albert II of Monaco for the Real Madrid forward\u2019s organisation, Instituto Vini Jr, which provides opportunities for underprivileged Brazilian youngsters. Accepting the award, the winger paid tribute to the late Brazil legend Pel\u00e9, calling him \u201ca God for all of us\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winner of the Lev Yashin trophy was Emiliano Mart\u00ednez. His father Alberto handed him the award after the goalkeeper\u2019s heroics during Argentina\u2019s victorious World Cup campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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