Messi, Lewandowski, Salah, Jorginho...Ballon d'Or contenders

The 2021 Ballon d'Or will held on the evening of Monday 29 November 2021 at Théâtre du Châtelet, on the banks of the River Seine in the French capital. The theatre, inaugurated in 1862, held the 2019 ceremony and was rennovated a couple of years ago.

In addition to the Men's Ballon d'Or, other awards will be presented in Paris on Monday night, including the Women's Ballon d'Or, the Trophée Kopa and the Yachine Trophée, a recently created award, named in honor of the great Lev Yashin, the only goalkeeper to have won the standard Ballon d'Or.

2021 Men's Ballon d'Or nominees

Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Rúben Días (Manchester City), Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Jorginho (Chelsea), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund), Harry Kane (Tottenham), N’Golo Kanté (Chelsea), Simon Kjaer (AC Milan), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea), Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain), Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain), Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), Pedri (Barcelona), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Luis Suárez (Atlético Madrid).