Igor Linnik put Rodri in first place, who became the winner of the award.
On Monday, October 28, the ceremony of awarding the “Golden Ball 2024” took place at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The winner of the main individual award was the Spanish midfielder of Manchester City Rodri.
Famous journalist Igor Linnik took part in the voting for the best football player in the world from Ukraine.. He shared his choice on his Facebook page.
Linnik put Rodri in first place. But the Ukrainian representative did not even include Real Madrid's Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior, who was considered the main favorite for the award until the last moment, in the top 3.
2024 Ballon d'Or: Top 10 According to Igor Linnik
1. Rodri (Manchester City, Spain national team)
2. Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid, Spain national team)
3. Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid, England national team)
4. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid, Brazil national team)
5. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona, Spain national team)
6. Florian Wirtz (Bayer, Germany national team)
7. Lautaro Martinez (Inter, Argentina national team)
8. Phil Foden (Manchester City, England national team)
9. Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid, France national team)
10. Ademola Lookman (Atalanta, Nigeria national team)
It should be noted that Roma's Ukrainian forward Artem Dovbyk took 29th placein the voting for the winner of the “Golden Ball”. And the Ukrainian goalkeeper of Real Madrid Andriy Lunin came third in the list of the best goalkeepers on the planet.
Rodri became the winner of the “Golden Ball” for the first time in his career. The record holder for the number of Golden Balls won remains Inter Miami and Argentina national team forward Lionel Messi, who has received this prize eight times (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023).
The closest pursuer of the Argentine is Al-Nassr and Portugal national team forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who was recognized as the best footballer in the world five times (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017).
Earlier it was reported that the winners of the 2024 Golden Ball football award in all nominations have been determined.
Recall that Real Madrid boycotted the Ballon d'Or ceremony after learning that Vinicius Junior would not receive the top prize. Not a single representative of the Madrid club arrived in Paris for the ceremony.