Salah, Mane, Ronaldo, Messi, 26 Others Make 2018 Ballon d’Or Shortlist

Salah, Mane, Ronaldo, Messi, 26 Others Make 2018 Ballon d’Or Shortlist

France Football has released the 30-player shortlist for its Ballon d’Or award for 2018.

The two African players on the list are Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and Senegal’s Sadio Mane who both play for Liverpool.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar Jr., Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappe, Luka Modric, N’golo Kante, Luis Suarez, are also on the list.

Goalkeepers on the list include Belgium and Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois, France and Tottenham’s Hugo Lloris, Brazil and Liverpool’s Alisson and Slovenia and Atletico Madrid’s Jan Oblak.

The Ballon d’Or has been awarded since 1956, and in 2010, it merged with FIFA’s The Best Award to become the FIFA Ballon d’Or. This went on until 2016.

Cristiano Ronaldo has won the last two editions of the Ballon d’Or.

The award ceremony is scheduled to hold on December 3rd in Paris.

See full list below:

Sergio Aguero

30-PLAYER SHORTLIST FOR 2018 BALLON D’OR
	POSITION	COUNTRY	CLUB
Cristiano Ronaldo	Forward	Portugal	Juventus
Lionel Messi	Forward	Argentina	Barcelona
Gareth Bale	Forward	Wales	Real Madrid
Karim Benzema	Forward	France	Real Madrid
Kevin de Bruyne	Midfielder	Belgium	Manchester City
Edinson Cavani	Forward	Uruguay	Paris St-Germain
Thibaut Courtois	Goalkeeper	Belgium	Real Madrid
Roberto Firmino	Forward	Brazil	Liverpool
Diego Godin	Defender	Uruguay	Atletico Madrid
Antoine Griezmann	Forward	France	Atletico Madrid
Eden Hazard	Forward	Belgium	Chelsea
Isco	Midfielder	Spain	Real Madrid
Harry Kane	Forward	England	Tottenham
N’Golo Kante	Midfielder	France	Chelsea
Hugo Lloris	Goalkeeper	France	Tottenham
Mario Mandzukic	Forward	Croatia	Juventus
Sadio Mane	Forward	Senegal	Liverpool
Marcelo	Defender	Brazil	Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappe	Forward	France	Paris St-Germain
Alisson	Goalkeeper	Brazil	Liverpool
Luka Modric	Midfielder	Croatia	Real Madrid
Neymar	Forward	Brazil	Paris St-Germain
Jan Oblak	Goalkeeper	Slovenia	Atletico Madrid
Paul Pogba	Midfielder	France	Manchester United
Sergio Aguero	Forward	Argentina	Manchester City
Ivan Rakitic	Midfielder	Croatia	Barcelona
Sergio Ramos	Defender	Spain	Real Madrid
Mohamed Salah	Midfielder	Egypt	Liverpool
Luis Suarez	Forward	Uruguay	Barcelona
Raphael Varane	Defender	France	Real Madrid