Messi, Kane & Mbappe all on Ballon d'Or shortlist, Vozinha gets Yashin nomination

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kane-harry/v5HSlEAa/"]Kane[/a] had a stunning season with ‌Bayern Munich and England, scoring 73 goals for club ‌and country in 65 matches and helped secure ‌a treble of the Bundesliga, German Cup, and German Super Cup, as well as leading his nation to the World ‌Cup semi-finals.[/p][infobox id="0e8bad0a-7630-46a8-afe3-fa090b228a06" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haaland-erling/UmV9iQmE/"]Haaland[/a] netted 58 goals in ⁠64 games for Manchester ‌City and Norway, while eight-time Ballon d'Or winner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/messi-lionel/vgOOdZbd/"]Messi[/a] ​had 75 goal contributions in 49 matches for Inter Miami and Argentina, who he helped ​to reach the World Cup final.[/p][p][b]Also among those on the shortlist are [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bellingham-jude/QNvlPm7s/"]Jude Bellingham[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbappe-kylian/Wn6E2SED/"]Kylian Mbappe[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dembele-ousmane/zsMC2Ec0/"]⁠Ousmane Dembele[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lamine-yamal/lAt3vEub/"]​Lamine Yamal,[/a] but not five-time winner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ronaldo-cristiano/WGOY4FSt/"]Cristiano Ronaldo,[/a] despite the Portugal forward lifting the Saudi Pro League title with Al Nassr.[/b][/p][embed guid="0787cf92-0130-43bf-a9c3-1d5300859a5a" url="https://x.com/Flashscorecom/status/2097343103770165606" social-type="twitter" /][p]The women's shortlist includes Poland's Barcelona quadruple-winner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pajor-ewa/WdX3NuHq/"]‌Ewa Pajor[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/putellas-alexia/ChQLd9ci/"]Alexia Putellas[/a], who featured for Barca and Spain but has now joined London City Lionesses, and Manchester City's prolific Jamaica striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shaw-khadija/QRxzRVrP/"]Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw[/a].[/p][h2]Vozinha among Yashin nominees[/h2][p]Cape Verde's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vozinha/Q9F1vw7H/"]Vozinha[/a] was nominated for the Yashin Trophy awarded to the best goalkeeper, with his standout World Cup performances putting him on the 10-man shortlist after he helped his country advance from the ‌tournament's group stage.[/p][p]He will compete against Spain's World Cup-winner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/simon-unai/Ao9Vw3hi/"]​Unai Simon[/a] and Argentina's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martinez-emiliano/ziCcc5jM/"]Emi Martinez,[/a] plus ‌fellow African nominees [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bono-bounou-yassine/ne0lafKc/"]Yassine Bounou[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mendy-edouard/8zpLkf6p/"]Edouard Mendy[/a].[/p][embed guid="a76400f4-a6f2-459e-806b-b2966f015c9d" url="https://x.com/ballondor/status/2097287064978850108" social-type="twitter" /][p]The 70th edition of the Ballon d'Or will be staged in London for the first time at a ceremony on October 26th as a tribute ⁠to Stanley Matthews, ⁠who won the first ‌Ballon d'Or.[/p]