2019 Ballon d'Or

The 2019 Ballon d'Or (French: Ballon d'Or) was the 64th annual ceremony of the Ballon d'Or, presented by France Football, and recognising the best footballers in the world for 2019.^[1] Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi won his record-breaking sixth award and broke the tie with Cristiano Ronaldo for most Ballon d'Or awards. Virgil van Dijk came in a very close second after a stellar year with Liverpool and Netherlands national team while Cristiano Ronaldo came in third with Juventus.^[2][3][4]

2019 Ballon d'Or
2019 Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi
Date	2 December 2019
Location	Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
Country	France
Presented by	France Football
Hosted by	Sandy Heribert Didier Drogba
Highlights
Ballon d'Or	Lionel Messi (6th award)
Ballon d'Or Féminin	Megan Rapinoe (1st award)
Kopa Trophy	Matthijs de Ligt (1st award)
Yashin Trophy	Alisson (1st award)
Website	www.francefootball.fr
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Ballon d'Or

The nominees for the awards were announced on 6 November 2019.^[5][6]

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Points
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	686
2	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	679
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	476
4	Sadio Mané	Liverpool	347
5	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	178
6	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	89
7	Alisson	Liverpool	67
8	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	44
9	Bernardo Silva	Manchester City	41
10	Riyad Mahrez	Manchester City	33
11	Frenkie de Jong	Ajax   Barcelona	31
12	Raheem Sterling	Manchester City	30
13	Eden Hazard	Chelsea   Real Madrid	25
14	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City	14
15	Matthijs de Ligt	Ajax   Juventus	13
16	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	12
17	Roberto Firmino	Liverpool	11
18	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid   Barcelona	9
19	Trent Alexander-Arnold	Liverpool	8
20	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Arsenal	5
	Dušan Tadić	Ajax
22	Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur	4
23	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur	3
24	Kalidou Koulibaly	Napoli	2
	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona
26	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	1
	Georginio Wijnaldum	Liverpool
28	João Félix	Benfica   Atlético Madrid	0
	Marquinhos	Paris Saint-Germain
	Donny van de Beek	Ajax

Ballon d'Or Féminin

Main article: Ballon d'Or Féminin

Megan Rapinoe won the 2019 Ballon d'Or Féminin for best female player in the world.^[7]

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Points
1	Megan Rapinoe	Reign FC	230
2	Lucy Bronze	Lyon	94
3	Alex Morgan	Orlando Pride	68
4	Ada Hegerberg	Lyon	67
5	Vivianne Miedema	Arsenal	38
6	Wendie Renard	Lyon	32
7	Sam Kerr	Chicago Red Stars   Chelsea	27
8	Rose Lavelle	Washington Spirit	19
9	Ellen White	Manchester City	18
10	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Lyon	16
11	Amandine Henry	Lyon	13
12	Sari van Veenendaal	Atlético Madrid	13
13	Tobin Heath	Portland Thorns	11
14	Pernille Harder	VfL Wolfsburg	10
	Lieke Martens	Barcelona
16	Kosovare Asllani	Tacón	6
	Nilla Fischer	Linköping
	Marta	Orlando Pride
19	Sofia Jakobsson	Tacón	4
20	Sarah Bouhaddi	Lyon	0

Kopa Trophy

Main article: Kopa Trophy

Matthijs de Ligt won the 2019 Kopa Trophy for the best player in the world under the age of 21.^[8]

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Points
1	Matthijs de Ligt	Ajax   Juventus	58
2	Jadon Sancho	Borussia Dortmund	49
3	João Félix	Benfica   Atlético Madrid	41
4	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid	17
5	Andriy Lunin	Leganés   Valladolid	9
6	Matteo Guendouzi	Arsenal	5
	Kai Havertz	Bayer Leverkusen
8	Moise Kean	Juventus   Everton	3
9	Samuel Chukwueze	Villarreal	1
	Lee Kang-in	Valencia

Yashin Trophy

Main article: Yashin Trophy

Alisson won the inaugural Yashin Trophy as the best goalkeeper in the world in 2019.^[9]

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Points
1	Alisson	Liverpool	795
2	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona	284
3	Ederson	Manchester City	142
4	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	131
5	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur	80
6	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich	52
7	André Onana	Ajax	41
8	Kepa Arrizabalaga	Chelsea	29
9	Wojciech Szczęsny	Juventus	24
10	Samir Handanović	Internazionale	6

References

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8. "Matthijs de Ligt gagne le Trophée Kopa de meilleur joueur de moins de 21 ans" [Matthijs de Ligt wins the Kopa Trophy for best player under 21] (in French). France Football. 2 December 2019. from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
9. "Alisson Becker remporte le premier Trophée Yachine de meilleur gardien du monde" [Alisson Becker wins the first Yachine Trophy for best goalkeeper in the world] (in French). France Football. 2 December 2019. from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.