2018 Ballon d'Or

2018 Ballon d'Or
Date3 December 2018 (2018-12-03)
LocationParis, France
CountryFrance
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Ballon d'OrCroatia Luka Modrić
(1st award)
Ballon d'Or FémininNorway Ada Hegerberg (1st award)
Kopa TrophyFrance Kylian Mbappé (1st award)
Websitewww.francefootball.fr
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The 2018 Ballon d'Or was the 63rd annual award ceremony recognising the best footballer in the world for 2018. The winners were announced on 3 December 2018,[1][2] and for the first time in its history, the Ballon d'Or Féminin and Kopa Trophy were awarded to the best female footballer and male under-21 footballer, respectively.[3] Luka Modrić, who was integral to Real Madrid's Champions League victory and Croatia's surprise journey to the 2018 FIFA World Cup final,[4] was awarded the Ballon d'Or. His win meant that it was the first time since Kaká in 2007 that a player other than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo won the award, ending the 10-year Messi–Ronaldo dominance.[5]

  1. ^ "Le classement final du Ballon d'Or France Football 2018". France Football (in English and French). Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Ballon d'Or 2018: Luka Modric and Ada Hegerberg win awards – as it happened". Guardian. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. ^ Dobson, Mark (8 October 2018). "Ballon d'Or 2018: contenders for football's global honour revealed | Football". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. ^ "The Modric supremacy: why Croatia's talisman should win the Ballon d'Or | Barney Ronay". the Guardian. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Ballon d'Or: Luka Modric breaks Ronaldo, Messi dominance". CNN. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

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