Saka earns first nomination as 2023 Ballon d’Or shortlist introduced
The 30-man shortlist is tonight being introduced by France Football and the England worldwide has been recognised, becoming a member of fellow Gunners gamers Martin Odegaard on the boys’s listing as Amanda Ilestedt and Katie Mccabe have been named among the many greatest feminine gamers on this planet.
Saka has twice been nominated for the Kopa Trophy, awarded to one of the best male participant underneath the age of 21, however missed out to Barcelona’s manufacturing line of younger expertise each time; Pedri in 2021 and Gavi in 2022.
The 22-year-old is now trying to turn into the primary English participant since Michael Owen in 2021 to select up the award. Only two different Englishman have been recognised; Bobby Charlton in 1966 and Kevin Keegan in 1978 and 1979.
Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale has been nominated for the Yashin Trophy for one of the best goalkeeper, rivaling the likes of Manchester City’s Ederson and Manchester United’s Andre Onana.
Manchester City dominate each shortlists, with 11 gamers included plus Ilkay Gundogan, who left to hitch Barcelona in the summertime. Harry Kane is once more nominated, joined by Bayern Munich team-mates Kim Min-jae and Jamal Musiala.
Five-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo, who now performs in Saudi Arabia for Al-Nassr, was not nominated for the primary time since 2003.
Chelsea don’t have any male gamers nominated however Sam Kerr, Guro Reiten and Millie Bright are up for the ladies’s prize. Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas, who has gained the ladies’s award for the previous two years, was not nominated this 12 months.
Men’s nominees
Julian Alvarez (Man City)
Nicolo Barella (Inter Milan)
Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid and Al-Ittihad)
Yassine Bounou (Sevilla and Al-Hilal)
Kevin De Bruyne (Man City)
Ruben Dias (Man City)
Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)
Ilkay Gundogan (Man City and Barcelona)
Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig and Man City)
Erling Haaland (Man City)
Harry Kane (Tottenham and Bayern Munich)
Kim Min-jae (Napoli and Bayern Munich)
Randal Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt and PSG)
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli)
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
Lionel Messi (PSG and Inter Miami)
Luka Modric (Real Madrid
Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)
Andre Onana (Inter Milan and Man United)
Victor Osimhen (Napoli)
Rodri (Man City)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Bernardo Silva (Man City)
Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
Women’s nominees
Khadija Shaw (Man City)
Mapi Leon (Barcelona)
Mary Earps (Man United)
Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona)
Wendie Renard (Lyon)
Katie Mccabe (Arsenal)
Jill Roord (Wolfsburg and Man City)
Yui Hasegawa (Man City)
Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg)
Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
Debinha (Kansas City)
Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
Guro Reiten (Chelsea)
Ewa Pajor (Wolfsburg)
Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona)
Daphne Van Domselaar (Twente and Aston Villa)
Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg)
Hinata Miyazawa (MyNavi Sendai and Man United)
Millie Bright (Chelsea)
Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona)
Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns)
Hayley Raso (Man City and Real Madrid)
Amanda Ilestedt (PSG and Arsenal)
Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich)
Olga Ramona (Real Madrid)
Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona)
Rachel Daly (Aston Villa)
Alba Redondo (Levante)
Linda Caicedo (Real Madrid)
Kadidiatou Diani (Lyon)
Yashin Trophy
Marc Andre Ter Stegen (Barcelona)
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
Yassine Bounou (Sevilla FC and Al-Hilal)
Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Andre Onana (Inter Milan and Man United)
Ederson (Man City)
Brice Samba (Lens)
Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb and Fenerbahce)