Ukrainian striker of Italian Roma Artem Dovbik was among the contenders for the Golden Ball 2024.
Artem DovbikThe press service of the award ceremony for the best player of the year has published a list of 30 nominees for the Ballon d'Or, and Dovbik's name is fifth on the list.
It should be noted that the Ukrainian footballer was included in the list of nominees for the "Golden Ball" for the first time since 2006, when the award was claimed by the former striker of Kyiv Dynamo, Italian Milan and London Chelsea Andriy Shevchenko.
Nominees for the Ballon d'Or -2024
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter)
Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)
Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
Artem Dovbik (Girona/Roma)
Phil Foden (Manchester City)
Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer)
Erling Holand (Manchester City)
Mats Hummels (Borussia D)
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
Ademola Lukman (Atalanta)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid/PSG)
Martin Edegaard (Arsenal)
Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig/Barcelona)
Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
Declan Rice (Arsenal)
Rodri (Manchester City)
Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
William Saliba (Arsenal)
Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)
Vinicius Júnior (Real Madrid)
Vitinha (PSG)
Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao)
Florian Wirz (Bayer)
Granit Xhaka (Bayer)
Lamine Yamal ("Barcelona").
We would like to add that the ceremony of awarding the "Golden Ball" 2024 will be held on October 28 in Paris.
