Here is the complete list of footballers that made the cut to be among 30-man Shortlist for the Ballon D’Or 2019 as announced by France Football.
Liverpool:Sadio Mane, Virgil van Dijk and Roberto Firmino, Alisson Becker, Georginio Wijnaldum and Trent Alexander-Arnold
Manchester City: Sergio Aguero and Bernardo Silva.
Tottenham: Hugo Lloris and Heung-Min Son \
Paris Saint-Germain/France: Kylian Mbappe
Arsenal: Pierre-emerick Aubameyang
Ajax/Juventus: Dusan Tadic, Donny van de Beek
Barcelona: Frenkie De Jong, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Lionel Messi
Juventus: Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid: Karim Benzema
The 30 nominees have been chosen by the editorial staff at France Football, while the winner will be determined by the votes of an international panel of journalists – one per country.
There are three main criteria that nominees are judged on. These are: individual and team achievements over the last 12 months, a player’s talent and flair, and a player’s wider career.
Every voting journalist will get five picks, each worth a different value. A top pick is worth six points, with subsequent choices getting four, three, two or one point. In the event of two players getting the same number of total points, the number of first place votes will be taken in account, followed by second place votes, third place votes, and so on.
