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Ballon D' or Winner 2022

Karim Benzema wins the Ballon d’Or award 2022

Karim Benzema wins the 2022 Ballon d’Or award, Sadio Mane takes second place, Kevin de Bruyne third, Robert Lewandowski fourth and Alexia Putellas of Barcelona's was given the Ballon d'Or Feminin at the ceremony on Monday night of October 17 2022.

Benzema won the La Liga and the Champions League with Real Madrid last year. He finished as the La Liga top-scorer last season with 27 goals and also the Champions League top-scorer with 15 goals.

Benzema on stage at the ceremony said, “This prize in front of me makes me really proud. When I was small, it was a childhood dream and I never gave up because I know Anything is possible,”

“There was a difficult period when I wasn’t in the French team but I never gave up. I’m really proud of my journey here. It wasn’t easy, it was a difficult time for my family as well.”

Karim Benzema has won the Ballon d'Or, becoming only the fifth Frenchman to do so at 34 years old, he is the oldest winner since Stanley Matthews in 1956.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi dominated the award winning 12 of the last 13 Ballon d’Ors in the last 15 years. It turns out that Messi who has 7 of the award was not nominated for the 2022 edition while Ronaldo finished at 20th in ranking.

The top 10 best in the ranking:
10. Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund for the 2021-22 season moved to Manchester City)
9. Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
8. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
7. Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
6. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
4. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich - moved to Barcelona)
3. Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)
2. Sadio Mane (Liverpool - moved to Bayern Munich)
1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

Awards Round-up 2022
Kopa Trophy - Gavi
Club of the Year - Manchester City
Socrates Award - Sadio Mane
Gerd Muller Trophy - Robert Lewandowski
Yashin Trophy - Thibaut Courtois
Ballon d'Or Feminin - Alexia Putellas
Ballon d'Or - Karim Benzema

The 34-year-old french national was awarded the 2022 Ballon d'Or after a sensational season with Real Madrid bagging 44 goals with 15 assists in 46 appearances en route to winning La Liga and the Champions League.

Benzema notched 15 goals in the latter competition alone, including a hat-trick against Paris Saint-Germain and crucial strikes against Manchester City in the knockout stages.

Ballon d'Or success saw Benzema become the first French player to win the award since Zidane in 1998, and only the fifth ever - Michel Platini, Jean-Pierre Papin and Raymond Kopa the illustrious company he has joined.