Korea produces the most candidates, and the 2025 Ballon d'Or is...30 people, including Yamalvinius Palmerhallan, will be revealed
Aug 08, 2025
|
According to the list of candidates released by French Football, a football magazine and host of the Ballon d'Or, Lamine Yamal, Hapinha (FC Barcelona), Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Elling Holan (Manchester City), and Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) were on the list. People from Europe, South America and Africa were nominated for the award, but Asian players were not included.
The Ballon d'Or, which began in 1956, is considered the most prestigious individual award. Men are selected by voting in the top 100 of the FIFA rankings, and women are selected by national reporters in the top 50. In addition to the Ballon d'Or, it is subdivided into the Johan Cruyff Trophy given to the club of the year and the best manager, the Yasin Trophy given to the best goalkeeper, and the Copa Trophy given to the under-21 men's player.
A total of four times a Korean player has been nominated for the Ballon d'Or. Seol Ki-hyun, who played for Anderrecht in 2002, was listed on the list of 50 candidates for the first time, and Park Ji-sung, who moved from PSV Eindhoven to Manchester United in 2005, was selected as a 50 candidate. Son Heung-min was named as the first player in Asia to be nominated twice for the Ballon d'Or, having been nominated for 30 people in 2019 and 2022. In particular, Son Heung-min was ranked 11th in the 2022 vote with the title of the top scorer in the English Premier League. In 2023, Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) was included in the 30 Ballon d'Or candidates for the first time as an Asian defender and ranked 22nd.
Korea has produced the largest number of Ballon d'Or candidates in Asia. In 2001, Hitetoshi Nakata, who played for AS Roma, was on the list of candidates and recorded the first record in Asia, but he failed to produce a candidate after that. In 2007, Eunice Mahmoud, who led Iraq to the Asian Cup, was on the list of candidates. Australia's only candidate list was Harry Cure in 2001, when he was a member of Oceania.
The team that produced the most candidates is Paris Saint-Germain, the winner of the 2024-2025 European Champions League. Usman Dembele, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Desiree Doue, Ashraf Hakimi, Kvitsa Kvaratskhelia, Nunu Mendes, João Neves, Fabian Ruiz, and Vitinya were included. FC Barcelona followed with four players: Ramin Yamal, Roberto Lewandowski, Pedri and Hafinha.
The 2025 Ballon d'Or Awards will be held on September 22.
|
▶Ummann Dembele (Paris Saint-Germain)
▶Zanluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain)
▶Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
▶Desiré Doué (Paris Saint-Germain)
▶Denzel Doom Price (Inter Milan)
▶Seru Girashi (Dortmund)
▶Elling Holan (Manchester City)
▶Victor Jockeres (Arnall)
▶ Ashraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain)
▶Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
▶Kvicha Kvaratskelia (Paris Saint-Germain)
▶ Roberto Lewandowski (Barcelona)
▶Alexis McAllister (Liverpool)
▶Routaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
▶Scott McTominay (Napoli)
▶Killian Mbappe (Real Madrid)
▶Nunu Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain)
▶Juan Neves (Paris Saint-Germain)
▶Pedri (Barcelona)
▶Call Palmer (Chelsea)
▶Michael Olise (Bayern Munich)
▶Hapinha (Barcelona)
▶Declan Rice (Arnall)
▶ Fabian Ruiz (Paris Saint-Germain)
▶Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
▶Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
▶ Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
▶Vitinya (Paris Saint-Germain)
▶Ramin Yamal (Barcelona)
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
