
Topics: Ballon d'Or, Football, Vinicius Jr, Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham, Rodri
Topics: Ballon d'Or, Football, Vinicius Jr, Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham, Rodri
One journalist snubbed Vinicius Junior, Rodri and Jude Bellingham when voting for the 2024 Ballon d’Or.
On Monday night, Manchester City and Spain superstar Rodri was awarded the Ballon d’Or trophy after a stellar season for both club and country.
Speaking after clinching the prestigious award, Rodri said: “I try to be the best version of myself every day. I try to be a leader and learn every day from the best. I am a very calm person until I get upset. I am just a normal guy, you don't have to be crazy. I would like to thank God.
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“Manchester City, thank you so much, you are so special, I know I wouldn't have made this without you. For me this is the best club in the world. I would like to thank my national team and Luis [de la Fuente] for trusting me.”
In order to pick out a winner for the Ballon d’Or, one journalist from each of FIFA’s top 100 nations is asked to vote.
As reported by AS, some of the votes have now been made public.
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While most journalists voted for either Vinicius, Rodri or Bellingham as their winner, there was one who snubbed all three players.
Patricio Corneiro Garces of Ecuador voted for Germany and Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos to become the winner of the Ballon d’Or.
Garces did vote for Vinicius as the second choice, with Spain winger Nico Williams third.
Here is the full list below:
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El Salvador (Bruno Porzio)
Spain (Alfredo Relaño)
Ukraine (Igor Linnyk)
Mexico (Salvador Aguilera)
Ecuador (Patricio Corneiro Garcés)
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Croatia (Zdravko Reic)
Albania (Besnik Dizdari)
Chile (Danilo Díaz)
Scotland (John Greechan)
Brazil (Cleber Machado)
Italy (Paolo Condo)
Norway (Lars Tjaernaas)
Czechia (Stanislav Hrabe)
Venezuela (Francisco Blavia)
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China (Luo Ming)
Panama (Campo Estrada)
Mexico (Salvador Aguilera)
Morocco (Mostafa Badri)
Ecuatorial Guinea (Fernando Abeso)