“France Football” magazine announced today, Thursday, the list of players nominated for the Golden Ball Award for the year 2025, almost a month before the start of the event that will be witnessed in the French capital, Paris, next September 22nd at the Du Shatée theater.

During the ceremony, the identity of the Cuba award winners will be announced for the best young player, the “Lev Yashin” award for the best goalkeeper, and the “Gerd Muller” award for the best striker, in addition to the Women’s Golden Ball Award. The number of prizes for women and men will be equal for the first time, according to the organizers.

The star Lionel Messi holds the record for the most winning players in the Golden Ball (8 times) as Manchester City midfielder Rodri won by Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior.

3 Arab players

It was striking that there are 3 Arab players on the list of candidates for the best awards in the football factor worldwide for this year: Egyptian Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool club player, Moroccan Ashraf Hakimi, player of Paris Saint -Germain, and Moroccan Yassin Bono, Al Hilal Saudi goalkeeper.

Mohamed Salah

Mohamed Salah became the star of the Egyptian national team and Liverpool club, one of the candidates to win the “Golden Ball” award this year, after he presented an exceptional season, after which his club Liverpool led to crowning the Premier League title “Premier League” for the twentieth time in its history, to equal the record number of Manchester United in the number of times the crowning of the local title.

Mohamed Salah was absent last year 2024, from the 30th list of the first time since 2018, as it was strongly present during the past years among the candidates to win the previous ball, and the list witnessed the absence of the legendary duo, the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina Lionel Messi, together for the first time since 2003.

Mohamed Salah won the Golden Boot Award as the best scorer in the English Premier League with 29 goals, for the fourth time in his career, equivalent to the number of Arsenal legend Thierry Henry.

The “Egyptian Pharaoh” became the second player in the history of the strongest league in the world that achieves the golden shoe 4 times, after Thierry Henry, who won the award in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006,

Mohamed Salah also won the award for the best player in the English Premier League from the English Book Association, and the best goal maker award in the same competition.

Ashraf Hakimi

The Moroccan star Ashraf Hakimi succeeded in putting his name on the list of players nominated for the Golden Ball Award 2025, in a precedent of its kind in his professional career.

Hakimi’s nomination is the culmination of an extraordinary season presented by the best right back in the world at the individual and group levels, and after the great levels he presented throughout the last season, where he achieved 4 titles with his club Paris Saint-Germain during the 2024-2025 season, including the French League, the Champions League, the French Cup, and the French Super Cup,

He also participated in the FIFA Club World Cup final, which was hosted by the United States of America, and arrived with his club for the final match in the tournament before losing it to Chelsea.

On a personal level, the 26 -year -old numbers were “exceptional”, where he played 63 games in the Paris Saint -Germain shirt, during which he scored 13 goals and presented 15 decisive passes, in a traditional defense position that often produces these offensive numbers.

Hakimi’s nomination is expected to be a source of pride for the Moroccan and Arab football, especially after the great performance that he has imprisoned, whether with his club or the Moroccan national team in recent years.

Yassin Bono

Another Arab and Moroccan player who was comfortable with the best list of Moroccan goalkeeper Yassin Bono, who will compete for the award for the best in the world, after the levels he presented with his Saudi club Al -Hilal and the Moroccan national team.

Puno will compete for the “Yashin” award, which is awarded to the best goalkeeper in the world, during the Golden Ball ceremony that will be held in the French capital, Paris.

Puno succeeded in grabbing attention at the global level in the recent period, especially after his recent brilliance with Al Hilal in the 2025 Club World Cup, which contributed greatly to the team’s qualification for the quarter -finals of the tournament.

Also at the international level, Bono appeared well with the Moroccan national team, which also interceded for him to be on the list of the best in the world in the most famous series of awards in the world of the witch.

Yassin Bono presented an exceptional season with Al -Hilal, despite the team’s failure to win any titles last season after the Saudi Super Cup championship at the start of the season.

Puno started very well with Al Hilal last season, but his performance fell normally in the middle of the season with the technical performance of the team as a whole.

But Asad Atlas returned again to his usual level at the end of the season and regained his brilliance with Al-Hilal, especially in his participation with the team in the Club World Cup after he saved the leader’s goal on several occasions, the most prominent of which was in the Manchester City match in the round of sixteen, which ended with the victory of Al-Hilal with a score of 4-3.

Pono’s spider’s response succeeded in leading the team to the quarter -finals, and his brilliance forced everyone to praise him as the most well -appeared goalkeeper in the tournament.

Yassin Bono is the main goalkeeper of Al Hilal, as he appeared in more than 90% of Al Hilal matches last season in all competitions. Puno participated with Al -Hilal in 49 games last season, during which he maintained the cleanliness of his net in 16 games, and the leader’s net received 58 goals in it.

At the international level, Asad Atlas played 9 games with Morocco in various competitions, and he received only 3 goals during the 2024/2025 season, and kept his nets clean in 5 games.

Candidates for the Golden Ball for Men

The list included 30 players, including 9 players from Paris Saint -Germain, which is a record, and Othman Dembele and Jamal Jamal are the most prominent candidates to win the prestigious prize, and the candidates are:

French Othman Dembele (Paris Saint -Germain)

French Lamine Jamal (Barcelona)

Italian Gianluigi Donnaroma (Saint -Germain)

English Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)

French Desire Duwa (Saint -Germain)

Dutch Denzel Dumavre (Inter Milan)

The Norwegian Erling Halland (Manchester City)

Swedish Victor Giukiris (Arsenal)

Moroccan Ashraf Hakimi (Saint Germain)

English Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)

Al -Georgian hidden expiation (Saint -Germain)

Polish Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)

Argentine Alexis McAl Alesster (Liverpool)

Argentine Latuaro Martinez (Inter Milan)

Scottish Scott McCotmeni (Napoli)

French Killian Mbappe (Real Madrid)

Portuguese Nuno Mendes (Saint -Germain)

Portuguese Joao Nevis (Saint -Germain)

Spanish Bedri (Barcelona)

English Cole Palmer (Chelsea)

French Michael Olisi (Bayern Munich)

Brazilian Ravenia (Barcelona)

English Diklan Rice (Arsenal)

Spanish Fabian Ruiz (Saint -Germain)

Dutch Virgil van Dick (Liverpool)

Brazilian Vinicius (Real Madrid)

Egyptian Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

German Florian Vertz (Liverpool)

Portuguese Vitenia (Saint -Germain)

The most fortunate

Frenchman Othman Dembele tops the candidates to win the Golden Ball this year, as the France team and Paris Saint -Germain club are the strongest candidate to win the award, after he contributed to crowning his team with the French League title and winning the French Cup and French Super, but the most important thing was to achieve the dream of the fans of the team and its management in crowning the Champions League title for the first time in their history at the expense of Inter Milan.

Othman also contributed to the arrival of Paris Saint -Germain to the FIFA Club World Cup final that was held in the United States of America during the period from June 14 to July 13 before losing in the final against Chelsea with three clean goals.

Criteria for choosing the winner

Standards and how the player who won the Golden Ball Award is chosen as follows:

– The goals scored by the player during the season with his team

– The championships that the player got with his team and his country, in addition to the competition (achievement of an advanced position in the championships)

– Critical contributions (goals industry) for the player

Clean nets are among the criteria for choosing the Golden Ball award for goalkeepers and defenders.

– The player’s behavior on the field

– The individual numbers of the player (decisive contributions to the championships, whether by scoring or industry)

Filters for the Best Player Award

English Michel Ajmang (Arsenal)

Colombian Linda Caesido (Real Madrid)

Dutch Vicky Kapin (Chelsea)

Paraguayan Claudia Martinez Uvando (Olympia)

Spanish Vicky Lopez (Barcelona)

Clubs nominated for the Best Men’s Club Award

Liverpool English

Chelsea English

French Saint -Germain

Barcelona Spain

Brazilian Potafogo

Candidates for the Best Guard award

Moroccan Yassin Bono (Saudi Crescent)

Brazilian Alison Baker (Liverpool)

Italian Gianluigi Donnaroma (Paris Saint -Germain)

Belgian Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)

Argentine Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)

Slovenian Yan Oblak (Atletico Madrid)

Spanish David Raya (Arsenal)

Belgian Mats Sils (Noteningham Forest)

Swiss Yan Sommer (Inter Milan)

Frenchman Lucas Shevali (Lil).

Candidates for the Best Coach of Men

Italian Antonio Conte (Napoli)

Spanish Luis Enrique (Saint -Germain)

German Hansi Felk (Barcelona)

Italian Enzo Marisca (Chelsea)

Dutch Arney Slot (Liverpool)

Candidates for the Best Young Player award

Spanish Lamine Jamal (Barcelona)

French Ayoub Wadi (Lil)

Spaniard Pao Cubarry (Barcelona)

French Desire Duwa (Saint -Germain)

Brazilian Estevo (Palmeiras, Chelsea)

Spaniard Dean Hoison (Bournemouth, Real Madrid)

English Miles Lewis-Skili (Arsenal)

Portuguese Rodrigo Mora (Porto)

Portuguese Joao Nevis (Saint -Germain)

Turkish Kinan Yildiz (Juventus)

The most fortunate

It is expected that Lamal Yamal will be the most fortunate for this award as the best young talent in Spain and the world, who played a pivotal role in Barcelona’s obtaining the local trio, which is the league, the Super Cup and the King of Spain Cup at the expense of the traditional rival Real Madrid, while contributing to the arrival of the Spain national team to the European Nations League final.

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