HOW AWARDS WERE GIVEN OUT AS MESSI WINS HIS 8TH BALLOON D'OR

Lionel Messi the Argentina international has won the 2023 Ballon d'Or. He beats Kylian Mbappe who has emerged as the third and Erling Haaland the 2nd to win his 8th Ballon d'Or - a record.

In his words, he said that Kylian Mbappé & Erling Haaland will win one day win the Ballon d’Or 

AITANA BONMATI IS THE 2023 WOMEN’S BALLON D’OR.
The list goes as follows.

1.   Messi (winner)
2.  Erling Haaland (Gerd Müller Award winner)
3.   Mbappe. 
4.   De Bruyne
5.  Rodri.
6.   Vinicius Junior (Socrates Award)
7.   Julian Alvarez
8.   Victor Osimhen
9.   Bernardo Silva

10 Luka Modric

11  Mohammed Salah
12.  Roberto Lewandowski
13.   Yassine Bounou
14.   Iky Gundogan
15    Emiliano Martinez  (Yachine Trophy)

16.   Karim Benzema
17.    Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
18.   Jude Bellingham (TrophéeKopa winner)
19.    Harry Kane
20.    Lautaro Martinez

21.     Antoine Griezmann
22.     Kim Min-jae
23.      André Onana
24.      Bukayo Saka
25.     Josko Gvardiol

26     Jamal Musiala (Zweiter bei Kopa Trophy)
27.     Nicolo Barella
28.     Randal Kolo Muani
28.     Martin Ødegaard
30.    Ruben Dias

✓✓Back-to-Back winner Manchester City is the men club of the year

✓✓FC Barcelona Femeni is the women club of the year