Full List Of Nominees For The 2018 Ballon D’Or Award

Manchester City’s Belgium midfielder Kevin De Bruyne were listed among the first 10 nominees for the Ballon d’Or award announced on Monday, October 8, 2018.

Bale, who scored two goals in Real’s triumph in the final of the Champions League against Liverpool, joins his club teammate Karim Benzema among the first wave of 30 nominees for the year’s best player.

De Bruyne was nominated for helping his club win the Premier League and his country reach the World Cup semi-finals.

The winner of the prestigious award organised by France Football magazine will be announced on December 3.

Meanwhile, here is the full list of nominees for men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or award announced today:

Men’s nominees (30)
Sergio Aguero

Alisson Becker

Gareth Bale

Karim Benzema

Edinson Cavani

Thibaut Courtois

Cristiano Ronaldo

Kevin De Bruyne

Roberto Firmino

Diego Godin

Antoine Griezmann

Eden Hazard

Isco

Harry Kane

N’Golo Kante

Hugo Lloris

Mario Mandzukic

Sadio Mane

Marcelo

Kylian Mbappe

Lionel Messi

Luka Modric

Neymar

Jan Oblak

Paul Pogba

Ivan Rakitic

Sergio Ramos

Mohamed Salah

Luis Suarez

Raphael Varane

Women’s nominees (15)
Amandine Henry

Amel Majri

Wendie Renard

Dzsenifer Marozsan

Lucy Bronze

Ada Hegerberg

Saki Kumagai

Marta

Pernille Harder

Lindsey Horan

Fran Kirby

Sam Kerr

Lieke Martens

Megan Rapinoe

Christine Sinclair