Super Eagles and Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen, has been nominated alongside 29 others for the 2023 Ballon d’Or.
The 30-player nomination list for the award handed out by French magazine France Football was revealed Wednesday.
The Nigerian forward was nominated following his starling performance last season which saw him scoring 26 goals for Napoli and leading the Italian side to their first league title in more than 3 decades.
Osimhen’s nomination means he will now compete with the likes of Argentina and Inter Miami forward, Lionel Messi and Manchester City star, Erling Harland for the highly coveted football award.
The Ballon d’Or event is scheduled to take place at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France on October 30, during which the recipients of the Ballon d’Or 2023 will be unveiled.
Check the full list below.
Julian ALVAREZ
Nicollo BARELLA
Jude BELLINGHAM
Karim BENZEMA
Yassine BOUNOU
Kevin DE BRUYNE
Ruben DIAS
Antoine GRIEZMANN
Ilkay GÜNDOGAN
Josko GVARDIOL
Erling HAALAND
Harry KANE
Randal KOLO MUANI
Khvicha KVARATSKHELIA
Robert LEWANDOWSKI
Emiliano MARTINEZ
Lautaro MARTINEZ
MBAPPÉ
Lionel MESSI
Kim MIN-JAE
Luka MODRIC
Jamal MUSIALA
Martin ØDEGAARD
André ONANA
Victor OSIMHEN
RODRI
Bukayo SAKA
Mohamed SALAH
Bernardo SILVA
VINICIUS Jr.
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