Ballon d’Or 2019 30-man Shortlist: See The FULL List

The France Football magazine has released the 30-man shortlist for the Ballon d’Or 2019 in 4 categories on Monday, October 21.

Champions League winners Liverpool dominate the nominations with seven players while Manchester City are behind with five players.

Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid have four and two nominees each.

Unfortunately, the holder of the men's award, Luka Modric, and the world's most expensive player, Neymar missed out of this year's award.

Megan Rapinoe remains the leading candidate for the second-ever women's Ballon d'Or.

See the 30 candidates for the Ballon d’Or below.

Ballon d’Or 2019 30-man shortlist

1. 1. Sadio Mane
   2. Sergio Aguero
   3. Frenkie de Jong
   4. Hugo Lloris
   5. Dusan Tadic
   6. Kylian Mbappe
   7. Trent Alexander-Arnold
   8. Donny van de Beek
   9. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
   10. Marc-Andre ter Stegen
   11. Cristiano Ronaldo
   12. Alisson Becker
   13. Matthijs de Ligt
   14. Karim Benzema
   15. Georginio Wijnaldum
   16. Virgil van Dijk
   17. Bernardo Silva
   18. Heung-min Son
   19. Robert Lewandowski
   20. Roberto Firmino
   21. Lionel Messi
   22. Riyad Mahrez
   23. Kevin de Bruyne
   24. Kalidou Koulibaly
   25. Antoine Griezmann
   26. Mohamed Salah
   27. Eden Hazard
   28. Marquinhos
   29. Raheem Sterling
   30. Joao Felix

The winner of the 2019 Ballon d’Or will be named in Paris on 2 December.

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