Full List of 2022 Ballon d’Or Nominees, Lionel Messi Left Out
A 30-man list of nominees for the 2022 Ballon d’Or award has been announced.
Seven-time Ballon d’Or winner, Lionel Messi, was left off the list for this year’s coveted football award.
Messi, who won the title last year, had been an ever-present amongst the nominations since 2006 and a regular feature in the top three since 2007 with the exception of 2018.
The nominees for this year’s Ballon d’Or are listed below:
Thibaut Courtois (BEL, Real Madrid)
Rafael Leao (POR, AC Milan)
Mohamed Salah (EGY, Liverpool)
Joshua Kimmich (GER, Bayern Munich)
Christopher Nkunku (FRA, RB Leipzig)
Trent Alexander-Arnold (ANG, Liverpool)
Robert Lewandowski (POL, Bayern Munich then FC Barcelona)
Bernardo Silva (POR, Manchester City)
Vinicius Junior (BRE, Real Madrid)
Luis Diaz (COL, FC Porto the...