The Ballon d'Or will be announced a month earlier than usual this year: while the last ceremonies were held at the end of October. The evening will take place in the same prestigious venue: the Theatre du Chatelet, in the heart of Paris. The players nominated for the trophies will be announced in the first half of August.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The trophy is organized by France Football and 30 players are nominated for the Ballon d'Or and their names will be submitted to the vote.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The votes are made by journalists. There are 100 for the men's Ballon d'Or, and 50 for the women's Ballon d'Or. Each country in the top 100 of the FIFA rankings (top 50 for women) has a journalist representative who votes for the winner of the most prestigious individual trophy in the world of football. Each journalist must elect a top 10, each place of which awards points to the nominated player. The player with the most points is named Ballon d'Or.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Three hierarchical criteria are considered by Ballon d'Or voters. First, individual performances and decisive and impressive character. Second, the team aspect and trophies won. Finally, class and fair play. The criterion related to an individual's entire career has disappeared from the voting process since the 2024 edition.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
At the 2024 edition of the awards, Rodrigo won the 2024 Men\u2019s Ballon d'Or trophy and in doing so, became the first Manchester City player. Barcelona\u2019s Aitana Bonmati became the second woman to win the Women\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or consecutively. Lamine Yamalt won the Kopa trophy for his incredible breakout season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
US Women\u2019s national team head coach Emma Hayes and Los Blancos\u2019 Carlo Ancelotti had won the honour of women\u2019s and men\u2019s coach of the year respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Aston Villa\u2019s Emi Martinez won the Yashin Trophy for his heroics that won Argentina their second consecutive Copa America honour.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
US Women\u2019s national team head coach Emma Hayes and Los Blancos\u2019 Carlo Ancelotti had won the honour of women\u2019s and men\u2019s coach of the year respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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