THE Ballon d’Or 2023 winner will be announced TONIGHT – and many believe it could be heading for Lionel Messi’s cabinet once again.
Manchester City goal machine Erling Haaland is also in the run-in after firing his side to a historic Treble by scoring 52 goals in all competitions last season
While Barcelona star Aitana Bonmati has been tipped to win the Women’s award following her World Cup win with Spain.
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Tonight’s winner ‘leaked’
The winner of this year’s Ballon d’Or appears to have been leaked to the public.
The famous and reliable Fabrizio Romano has made a huge claim already, suggesting one legend will take home the award.
Purnell’s men’s Ballon d’Or watch
In 2021 Purnell and Ballon d’Or teamed up to provide the winners with a unique watch.
For the first time, the male and female winners were each awarded a unique Ballon d’Or timepiece.
Below is this year’s men’s and women’s watch.
Who are the women’s Ballon d’Or nominees?
- Daphne Van Domselaar (Twente and Aston Villa)
- Lena Oberdorf (Vfl Wolfsburg)
- Hinata Miyazawa (MyNavi Sendai)
- Millie Bright (Chelsea)
- Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona)
- Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns)
- Hayley Raso (Manchester City and Real Madrid)
- Amanda Ilestedt (Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal)
- Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich)
- Olga Carmona (Real Madrid)
- Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona)
- Rachel Daly (Aston Villa)
- Alba Redondo (Levante)
- Lina Caicedo (Real Madrid)
- Kadidiatou Diani (Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Lyonnais)
- Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona)
- Ewa Pajor (Vfl Wolfsburg)
- Guro Reiten (Chelsea)
- Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
- Debinha (North Carlina Courage and Kansas City Current)
- Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
- Alexandra Popp (Vfl Wolfsburg)
- Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City)
- Jill Roord (Vfl Wolfsburg and Manchester City)
- Katie McCabe (Arsenal)
- Wendie Renard (Olympique Lyonnais)
- Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona)
- Mary Earps (Manchester United)
- Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw (Manchester City)
- Mapi Leon (Barcelona)
Who has won the most Ballon d’Or awards?
- Lionel Messi – 7: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021
- Cristiano Ronaldo – 5: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
- Michel Platini – 3: 1983, 1984, 1985
- Johan Cruyff – 3: 1971, 1971, 1974
- Marco van Basten – 3: 1988, 1989, 1992
- Franz Beckenbauer – 2: 1972, 1976
- Ronaldo – 2: 1997, 2002
- Alfredo Di Stefano – 2: 1957, 1959
- Kevin Keegan – 2: 1978, 1979
- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge – 2: 1980, 1981
What TV channel is the Ballon d’Or 2023 and can it be live streamed FREE?
The Ballon d’Or awards will be broadcast live on TNT Sports 2 this evening.
Fans will be able to live stream the ceremony for FREE via the L’Equipe YouTube channel.
UK viewers can also watch for FREE on TNTSports.co.uk.
What is the Ballon d’Or?
The Ballon d’Or is the highest individual accolade in the game of football.
Last year saw Karim Benzema win the prestigious award after a spectacular 2021/22 campaign.
This year many are of the opinion that Lionel Messi will be victorious for an astounding eighth time.
The football legend helped Argentina to victory at the Qatar World Cup in December 2022 and was also voted player of the tournament.
When is the Ballon d’Or 2023?
Football fans do not have long to wait as the Ballon d’Or 2023 will take place tonight!
The ceremony is expected to begin at 8pm BST.
The Theatre du Chatelet in Paris will play host to the prestigious event.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
