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Ballon d’Or, no Italian candidate among men, there is Manuela Giugliano among women

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Golden Ball, no Italian candidate among men, there'è Manuela Giugliano among women

For the first time since è established the Golden Ball of women’s soccer, there's an Italian player among the 'finalists' that is, those from whom the name of the winner will emerge.

She is Manuela Giugliano, a 27-year-old from Castelfranco Veneto who wears the number 10 jersey of Roma and is also the 'director' of the national team.

Also on the list are five players from world champion Spain and five from the United States (including Trinity Rodman, daughter of Dennis, ace of the Chicago Bulls in their heyday) who won gold at the Paris Games.

On the other hand, there are no Italian soccer players in the list of 30 candidates for the 2024 Men's Golden Ball from which, through voting, the one who will receive the award next October 28 in Paris will be chosen. Last year in the list there had been one, the inter player Nicolò Barella.

For the first time since 2003 in the list of 'finalists' released by France Football there are neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Messi: in the last two decades at least one of the two had always been there.

On today’s list are five players from Italian teams, two of them, Roma players Dovbyk and Hummels, who have just arrived in Serie A (Hummels has yet to take the field, he signed today). Also present are Calhanoglu and Lautaro Martinez from Inter and Lookman from Atalanta.

These are the 'finalists'for the Ballon d'Or 2024: Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa/Arg), Federico Valverde (Real Madrid/Uru), Phil Foden (Manchester City/Ing), Ruben Dias (Manchester City/Por), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid/Ing), Erling Haaland (Manchester City/Nor), Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao/Spa), Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen/Svi), Artem Dovbyk (Girona-Roma/Ucr), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid/Ger), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund-Roma/Ger), Martin Odegaard (Arsenal/Nor), Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen/Ger), Dani Olmo (Leipzig-Barcelona/Spa), Vinicius (Real Madrid/Bra), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich/Ing), Rodri (Manchester City/Spa), Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain/Por), Declan Rice (Arsenal/Ing), Cole Palmer (Chelsea/Ing), William Saliba (Arsenal/Fra), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Inter/Tur), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal/Ing), Lamine Yamal (Barcelona/Spa), Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid/Spa), Kylian Mbappé (Psg-Real Madrid/Fra), Ademola Lookman (Atalanta/Nig), Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid/Ger), Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen/Spa), Lautaro Martinez (Inter/Arg).

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