Manchester City's Spaniard Rodri Becomes the Winner of Ballon d'Or in 2024
The voting was traditionally organised by the famous France Football magazine.
The winner of the 2024 Ballon d'Or was announced at a ceremony at the Châtelet Theatre in Paris - Manchester City and Spain midfielder Rodri. This was reported by the ceremony's account on X.
Rodri won the Euro 2024 football tournament with the Spanish national team, became the best player of the tournament, and also won the Premier League with Manchester City.
The top 3 also includes Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) and English midfielder Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid).
The list of 30 nominees also includes Ukrainian forward Artem Dovbyk of Italian side Roma, who scored 24 goals for Spanish side Girona last season, finished third in La Liga and won the Piccius trophy for the Spanish league's top scorer. Dovbyk was ranked 29th in the voting.
Other award winners were:
- Aitana Bonmati (Spain, Barcelona) - Women's Ballon d'Or, the best footballer of the year
- Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid, Spain) - the best coach of the year
- Amy Hayes, who won the 2024 Olympic Games with the US national team, is the best coach of the year.
Ukraine's goalkeeper Andriy Lunin came third in the poll for the Yashin Trophy, the world's best goalkeeper in 2024. The winner in this nomination was the Argentine from Aston Villa Emiliano Martinez.