2019 Ballon d'Or

2019 Ballon d'Or
2019 Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi
Date2 December 2019
LocationThéâtre du Châtelet, Paris
CountryFrance
Presented byFrance Football
Hosted bySandy Heribert
Didier Drogba
Highlights
Ballon d'OrArgentina Lionel Messi
(6th award)
Ballon d'Or FémininUnited States Megan Rapinoe
(1st award)
Kopa TrophyNetherlands Matthijs de Ligt
(1st award)
Yashin TrophyBrazil Alisson
(1st award)
Websitewww.francefootball.fr
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The 2019 Ballon d'Or (French: Ballon d'Or) was the 64th annual ceremony of the Ballon d'Or, presented by France Football, and recognising the best footballers in the world for 2019.[1] Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi won his record-breaking sixth award and broke the tie with Cristiano Ronaldo for most Ballon d'Or awards. Virgil van Dijk came in a very close second after a stellar year with Liverpool and Netherlands national team while Cristiano Ronaldo came in third with Juventus.[2][3][4]

Ballon d'Or

The nominees for the awards were announced on 21 October 2019.[5][6]

Rank Player Club(s) Points
1 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 686
2 Netherlands Virgil van Dijk England Liverpool 679
3 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Italy Juventus 476
4 Senegal Sadio Mané England Liverpool 347
5 Egypt Mohamed Salah England Liverpool 178
6 France Kylian Mbappé France Paris Saint-Germain 89
7 Brazil Alisson England Liverpool 67
8 Poland Robert Lewandowski Germany Bayern Munich 44
9 Portugal Bernardo Silva England Manchester City 41
10 Algeria Riyad Mahrez England Manchester City 33
11 Netherlands Frenkie de Jong Netherlands Ajax
Spain Barcelona 		31
12 England Raheem Sterling England Manchester City 30
13 Belgium Eden Hazard England Chelsea
Spain Real Madrid 		25
14 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City 14
15 Netherlands Matthijs de Ligt Netherlands Ajax
Italy Juventus 		13
16 Argentina Sergio Agüero England Manchester City 12
17 Brazil Roberto Firmino England Liverpool 11
18 France Antoine Griezmann Spain Atlético Madrid
Spain Barcelona 		9
19 England Trent Alexander-Arnold England Liverpool 8
20 Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang England Arsenal 5
Serbia Dušan Tadić Netherlands Ajax
22 South Korea Son Heung-min England Tottenham Hotspur 4
23 France Hugo Lloris England Tottenham Hotspur 3
24 Senegal Kalidou Koulibaly Italy Napoli 2
Germany Marc-André ter Stegen Spain Barcelona
26 France Karim Benzema Spain Real Madrid 1
Netherlands Georginio Wijnaldum England Liverpool
28 Portugal João Félix Portugal Benfica
Spain Atlético Madrid 		0
Brazil Marquinhos France Paris Saint-Germain
Netherlands Donny van de Beek Netherlands Ajax

Ballon d'Or Féminin

Main article: Ballon d'Or Féminin

Megan Rapinoe won the 2019 Ballon d'Or Féminin for best female player in the world.[7]

Rank Player Club(s) Points
1 United States Megan Rapinoe United States Reign FC 230
2 England Lucy Bronze France Lyon 94
3 United States Alex Morgan United States Orlando Pride 68
4 Norway Ada Hegerberg France Lyon 67
5 Netherlands Vivianne Miedema England Arsenal 38
6 France Wendie Renard France Lyon 32
7 Australia Sam Kerr United States Chicago Red Stars
England Chelsea 		27
8 United States Rose Lavelle United States Washington Spirit 19
9 England Ellen White England Manchester City 18
10 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán France Lyon 16
11 France Amandine Henry France Lyon 13
12 Netherlands Sari van Veenendaal Spain Atlético Madrid 13
13 United States Tobin Heath United States Portland Thorns 11
14 Denmark Pernille Harder Germany VfL Wolfsburg 10
Netherlands Lieke Martens Spain Barcelona
16 Sweden Kosovare Asllani Spain Tacón 6
Sweden Nilla Fischer Sweden Linköping
Brazil Marta United States Orlando Pride
19 Sweden Sofia Jakobsson Spain Tacón 4
20 France Sarah Bouhaddi France Lyon 0

Kopa Trophy

Main article: Kopa Trophy

Matthijs de Ligt won the 2019 Kopa Trophy for the best player in the world under the age of 21.[8]

Rank Player Club(s) Points
1 Netherlands Matthijs de Ligt Netherlands Ajax
Italy Juventus 		58
2 England Jadon Sancho Germany Borussia Dortmund 49
3 Portugal João Félix Portugal Benfica
Spain Atlético Madrid 		41
4 Brazil Vinícius Júnior Spain Real Madrid 17
5 Ukraine Andriy Lunin Spain Leganés
Spain Valladolid 		9
6 France Matteo Guendouzi England Arsenal 5
Germany Kai Havertz Germany Bayer Leverkusen
8 Italy Moise Kean Italy Juventus
England Everton 		3
9 Nigeria Samuel Chukwueze Spain Villarreal 1
South Korea Lee Kang-in Spain Valencia

Yashin Trophy

Main article: Yashin Trophy

Alisson won the inaugural Yashin Trophy as the best goalkeeper in the world in 2019.[9]

Rank Player Club(s) Points
1 Brazil Alisson England Liverpool 795
2 Germany Marc-André ter Stegen Spain Barcelona 284
3 Brazil Ederson England Manchester City 142
4 Slovenia Jan Oblak Spain Atlético Madrid 131
5 France Hugo Lloris England Tottenham Hotspur 80
6 Germany Manuel Neuer Germany Bayern Munich 52
7 Cameroon André Onana Netherlands Ajax 41
8 Spain Kepa Arrizabalaga England Chelsea 29
9 Poland Wojciech Szczęsny Italy Juventus 24
10 Slovenia Samir Handanović Italy Internazionale 6

References

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  2. ^ Clark, Gill. "Ballon d'Or 2019 Winner: Voting Results, Reaction to Lionel Messi's Victory". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Ballon d'Or: Final rankings for all 30 nominees | Goal.com US". www.goal.com. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. ^ "2019 Ballon d'Or Results". www.topendsports.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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  6. ^ "De Ligt scoops Kopa Trophy for best young player". Diario AS. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Megan Rapinoe couronnée Ballon d'Or féminin France Football en 2019" [Megan Rapinoe crowned France Football Ballon d'Or féminin in 2019] (in French). France Football. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Matthijs de Ligt gagne le Trophée Kopa de meilleur joueur de moins de 21 ans" [Matthijs de Ligt wins the Kopa Trophy for best player under 21] (in French). France Football. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Alisson Becker remporte le premier Trophée Yachine de meilleur gardien du monde" [Alisson Becker wins the first Yachine Trophy for best goalkeeper in the world] (in French). France Football. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.