.Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were each ended the list of candidates for this year's Ballon d'Or honor, marking the very first time neither celebrity was actually chosen given that 2003. Tape eight-time victor Messi, as well as his long time competing Ronaldo, who has 5 Ballon d'Ors to his name, performed certainly not component Wednesday in a listing of 30 players in the running for this year's reward, which will definitely exist Oct. 28. Editor's Picks1 RelatedVinicius Junior, Rodri, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappu00e9, Erling Haaland and also Harry Kane are actually one of the labels nominated.Teammates Vinicius and also Bellingham aided Actual Madrid gain LaLiga and also the group's 16th Champions League label final time, while Haaland led the Premier League in targets racked up and also Kane carried out the same for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.Earlier this summer, Mbappu00e9 ultimately closed his counted on relocate to Madrid after devoting 6 periods at PSG.Messi, that is operating his way back coming from injury along with group side Inter Miami, won the award final year.Messi, 37, succeeded his initial Ballon d'Or in 2009-- the start of a four-year touch of taking the leading aim. He was actually 1st nominated in 2006. Ronaldo and Messi turned the competition right into a nearly two-way competition during the course of the height of their occupations-- gaining it a bundled 13 opportunities from 2008. Ronaldo's first nomination was actually 2004. On the girls's side, 5 U.S. stars made the listing of candidates, including captain and midfielder Lindsey Horan, goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher as well as ahead Triad Rodman, Sophia Johnson and also Mallory Swanson, a few weeks after aiding the Americans gain the 2024 Olympic gold award in women's soccer.Aitana Bonmatu00ed, Mariona Caldentey, Patri Guijarro, Salma Paralluelo and Alexia Putellas are the 5 Spanish players chosen for the award. Spain ended up 4th at the Olympics, one year after succeeding the Planet Cup. The honor has mosted likely to Spanish gamers in each of recent 3 years, two times to Putellas as well as in 2015 to Bonmatu00ed.England, defeated by Spain in the 2023 Globe Mug last, has 3 nominees-- Lauren Hemp, Lauren James as well as Lucy Bronze.Information coming from The Associated Press helped in this document.