BALLON D'OR
Women’s Ballon d’Or 2023: full list of candidates and nominees for the France Football award
The 2023 Ballon d’Or gala is to take place at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France, on Monday 30 October 2023.
The 2023 Ballon d’Or gala is to take place at the Théâtre du Châtelet in the French capital, on Monday 30 October 2023 with the ceremony is expected to get underway at 4pm ET/1pm PT.
In addition to the men’s and women’s Ballons d’Or prizes, a number of other awards are to be presented at the gala. They include the Kopa Trophy, for the best under-21 men’s player, and the Yashin Trophy, for the best men’s goalkeeper.
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With Lionel Messi in pole position to scoop an eighth award in the men’s category, in the women’s section Aitana Bonmati is highly tipped to win her first ever Ballon d’Or.
Bonmati hotly tipped
Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmatí, who starred for Spain as they clinched their first ever World Cup this summer in Australia, is tipped to succeed club and international team-mate Alexia Putellas as the winner of the Ballon d’Or Féminin in 2022. The 23-year-old has already been named UEFA Women’s Player of the Year and was instrumental in La Roja’s debut Women’s World Cup glory.
Three members of Spain’s 2023 World Cup-winning squad have also been nominated alongside Bonmati in Olga Carmona, the scorer of the final’s winning goal, Salma Paralluelo, the World Cup’s Young Player of the tournament and Levante’s Alba Redondo.
England keeper Mary Earps is another name cited as an outside favourite with the 30-year-old delivering a series of dazzling performances at the 2023 World Cup as the the Lionesses advanced to the final.
Two other Spaniards are featured in the shortlist, the Barcelona pair Mapi Leon and Patri Guijarro. The duo were two of 15 players who announced stepping back from the national team last September demanding structural changes within the national team staff.
Women’s Ballon d’Or 2023: full list of nominees
Australia: Hayley Raso (Manchester City/Real Madrid), Sam Kerr (Chelsea).
Brazil: Debinha (Carolina Courage/Kansas City Current).
Colombia: Linda Caicedo (Real Madrid).
England: Rachel Daly (Aston Villa), Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich), Millie Bright (Chelsea), Mary Earps (Manchester United).
France: Kadidiatou Diani (Paris Saint Germain/Olympique Lyon), Wendie Renard (Olympique Lyon).
Germany: Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg), Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg).
Ireland: Katie McCabe (Arsenal).
Jamaica: Khadija Shaw (Manchester City).
Japan: Hinata Miyazawa (MyNavi Sendai/Manchester United), Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City).
Netherlands: Daphne van Domselaar (Twente/Aston Villa), Jill Roord (Wolfsburg/Manchester City).
Nigeria: Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona).
Norway: Guro Reiten (Chelsea).
Poland: Ewa Pajor (Wolfsburg).
Spain: Alba Redondo (Levante), Olga Carmona (Real Madrid), Patri Guijarro (Barcelona), Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona), Mapi Leon (Barcelona) Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona).
Sweden: Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona), Amanda Ilestedt (Paris Saint Germain/Arsenal).
USA: Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns)