Ademola Lookman, a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Atalanta and the Super Eagles, has been nominated for the prestigious 2024 Ballon d’Or award
This recognition comes after his outstanding performance in the Europa League final, where he scored a hat-trick to help Atalanta defeat Bayer Leverkusen.
Lookman is the only African player among the nominees for the men’s player of the year award, which includes notable players such as:
– Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
– Rodri (Manchester City)
– Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
– Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
The full list of nominees for the 2024 Ballon d’Or award includes:
– Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
– Ademola Lookman (Atalanta)
– Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)
– Artem Dovbik (Roma)
– Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
– Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
– Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)
– Dani Olmo (Barcelona)
– Declan Rice (Arsenal)
– Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
– Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
– Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)
– Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
– Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen)
– Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan)
– Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
– Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
– Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
– Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
– Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)
– Mats Hummels (Roma)
– Nicolas Williams (Athletic Bilbao)
– Phil Foden (Manchester City)
– Rodri (Manchester City)
– Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
– Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
– Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
– Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain)
– William Saliba (Arsenal)
The award ceremony will take place on October 28 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, where the following awards will be presented:
– The Ballon d’Or (best male player)
– The Ballon d’Or Feminin (best female player)
– The Yashin Trophy (best male goalkeeper)
– The Kopa Trophy (best male player under the age of 21)
– The Gerd Muller Trophy (best male striker)
– The Socrates Award (one player for their humanitarian work)
– Men’s club of the year award
– Women’s club of the year award
– Men’s coach of the year award
– Women’s coach of the year award
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