.Lionel Messi as well as Cristiano Ronaldo were actually both ended the listing of candidates for this year's Ballon d'Or award, marking the first time neither celebrity was chosen due to the fact that 2003. Tape eight-time winner Messi, as well as his long time rivalrous Ronaldo, who has 5 Ballon d'Ors to his title, did certainly not attribute Wednesday in a list of 30 gamers in the running for this year's award, which will be presented Oct. 28. Editor's Picks1 RelatedVinicius Junior, Rodri, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappu00e9, Erling Haaland as well as Harry Kane are actually among the names nominated.Teammates Vinicius and also Bellingham assisted Actual Madrid gain LaLiga and the club's 16th Champions Game label last season, while Haaland led the Premier Game in objectives scored and also Kane performed the same for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.Earlier this summertime, Mbappu00e9 eventually secured his counted on relocate to Madrid after investing six seasons at PSG.Messi, who is actually working his back from personal injury along with group side Inter Miami, succeeded the award last year.Messi, 37, succeeded his very first Ballon d'Or in 2009-- the begin of a four-year streak of taking the best aim. He was very first nominated in 2006. Ronaldo and also Messi switched the competitors into an almost two-way contest in the course of the peak of their careers-- winning it a combined thirteen times from 2008. Ronaldo's 1st election was actually 2004. On the ladies's side, five united state stars made the listing of nominees, including leader and also midfielder Lindsey Horan, goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher and also ahead Trio Rodman, Sophia Johnson and also Mallory Swanson, a couple of weeks after aiding the Americans win the 2024 Olympic gold medal in females's soccer.Aitana Bonmatu00ed, Mariona Caldentey, Patri Guijarro, Salma Paralluelo and Alexia Putellas are actually the five Spanish gamers chosen for the honor. Spain ended up 4th at the Olympics, one year after succeeding the Globe Cup. The honor has gone to Spanish gamers in each of the past three years, twice to Putellas and also in 2014 to Bonmatu00ed.England, beaten by Spain in the 2023 Globe Cup ultimate, has three candidates-- Lauren Hemp, Lauren James and Lucy Bronze.Information coming from The Associated Push resulted in this record.