2022 Ballon d’Or award ceremony was held on the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France.
2022 Ballon d’Or award ceremony was held on the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France.
France striker Karim Benzema gained the Ballon d’Or at a ceremony in Paris on Monday, the reward coming after his gorgeous performances helped Real Madrid win the Champions League and La Liga final season.
Benzema, who’s the primary French winner of essentially the most prestigious particular person prize in soccer since Zinedine Zidane in 1998, scored 44 targets in 46 video games for his membership together with 15 within the Champions League.
Spain’s Alexia Putellas gained the ladies’s Ballon d’Or for the second 12 months working on Monday, the reward coming after a season through which she was the highest scorer as her membership Barcelona reached the Champions League last.
The 28-year-old Putellas noticed off stiff competitors, notably from three stars of the England workforce that gained the European Championship, to take the award following a marketing campaign which additionally noticed Barcelona win a home league and cup double.
The prize, awarded at a star-studded ceremony on the Chatelet Theatre in central Paris, is a comfort for Putellas who’s at the moment recovering from a severe knee harm.
The harm noticed her miss the Euro in England in July and means she is unlikely to play in any respect this season.
“It makes me even more annoyed to be injured, but I am very happy to be here,” Putellas mentioned.
“To retain the trophy is much harder. When I injured my knee I thought my chances of winning it had gone but in the end the jury based their decision on the whole of last season, of which I only missed one month.”
Putellas scored 11 targets within the Champions League final season as holders Barcelona reached the ultimate however misplaced to Lyon.
It is simply the fourth time {that a} ladies’s Ballon d’Or has been awarded, with Norway’s Ada Hegerberg profitable the inaugural prize in 2018 earlier than United States celebrity Megan Rapinoe succeeded her in 2019.
Robert Lewandowski acquired the award for final season’s prime goalscorer, renamed the Gerd Mueller Trophy, for the second straight 12 months on the Ballon d’Or ceremony on Monday.
The 34-year-old, who joined Barcelona from Bayern Munich within the shut season, scored 57 targets in 56 matches for membership and nation final time period.
He was the top-scorer within the Bundesliga with 35 targets.
Thibaut Courtois of Real Madrid gained the 2022 Yachine Award and FC Barcelona’s Gavi gained the Kopa Award. The Club of the Year Award was bagged by Manchester City
(With inputs from AFP)
