The award ceremony for the most prestigious football award, the «Ballon d'Or» (Ballon d’Or), took place at the London Palladium theatre.
England national team captain Harry Kane was recognized as the best footballer this year, having scored 12 goals for the national team and 61 goals for Munich's «Bayern» last season.
English footballers had not received the «Ballon d'Or» for the past 25 years, since Michael Owen became the laureate in 2001.
Among women, Spain national team forward Alexia Putellas was named the best. With «Barcelona», this season she won the Spanish Championship, the UEFA Champions League, the Spanish Cup, and the country's Super Cup. For Putellas, this is already her third «Ballon d'Or» of her career.
For the third time, the award for the best young footballer was received by 19-year-old «Barcelona» forward Lamine Yamal, who this summer became a world champion with the Spanish national team. In the women's category, the prize went for the second consecutive year to Vicky López — a forward for «Barcelona» and the Spanish national team.
The jury named Luis de la Fuente, who heads the Spanish national team, and Pere Romeu, coach of the «Barcelona» women's team, as the best coaches for men's and women's teams. In women's football, «Barcelona» was also recognized as the club of the year, while among men's teams, the French «Paris Saint-Germain» won.
The anniversary ceremony took place in London for the first time, not in Paris. In this way, the organizers honored the memory of the first «Ballon d'Or» winner — Englishman Stanley Matthews, who received this award in 1956. The award to Harry Kane was presented by the famous Brazilian Ronaldo, who was prominent in the 1990s and 2000s.
By the way, a few hours before the ceremony, a message appeared on the official «Ballon d'Or» website stating that Harry Kane had received the award for best footballer. Later, journalists found similar publications there with the names of other contenders — Lamine Yamal and Frenchman Kylian Mbappé from Madrid's «Real». A representative of the award explained that these were pre-prepared texts about all the main favorites.
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