BREAKING: Best players, goalkeepers for 2024 Ballon d’Or revealed [SEE FULL LIST]

Nominees for 2024 Ballon d’Or, being the 68th edition of the awards, were unveiled on Wednesday. The Ballon d’Or is presented by France Football, recognising the best footballers in the world.

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TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) recalls Lionel Messi won the 2023 Ballon d’Or to become the most crowned Ballon d’Or winner, having won the award a record eight times.

See full list of the 2024 Ballon d’Or nominees below:

Nominated for the 2024 Men’s Ballon d’Or are:

• Jude Bellingham
• Erling Haaland
• Ademola Lookman
• Kylian Mbappe
• Lamine Yamal
• Nico Williams
• Florian Wirtz
• Granit Xhaka
• Emiliano Martinez
• Lautaro Martínez
• Martin Odegaard
• Mats Hummels
• Harry Kane
• Toni Kroos
• Hakan Calhanoglu
• Dani Carvajal
• Ruben Dias
• Artem Dovbyk
• Phil Foden
• Alejandro Grimaldo
• Dani Olmo
• Cole Palmer
• Declan Rice
• Rodri
• Antonio Rüdiger
• Bukayo Saka
• William Saliba
• Federico Valverde
• Vinícius Junior
• Vitinha

Nominated for the 2024 Women’s Ballon d’Or are:

• Barba Banda
• Aitana Bonmati
• Lucy Bronze
• Mariona Caldentey
• Tabitha Chawinga
• Grace Geyoro
• Manuela Giugliano
• Caroline Graham Hansen
• Patricia Guijarro
• Giulia Gwinn
• Yui Hasegawa
• Ada Hegerberg
• Lauren Hemp
• Lindsey Horan
• Lauren James
• Marie-Antoinette Katoto
• Alyssa Naeher
• Sjoeke Nüsken
• Ewa Pajor
• Salma Paralluelo
• Gabi Portilho
• Alexia Putellas
• Mayra Ramírez
• Trinity Rodman
• Lea Schüller
• Khadija Shaw
• Sophia Smith
• Mallory Swanson
• Tarciane
• Glódis Viggósdóttir

Nominated for the 2024 Ballon d’Or best goalkeeper are:

• Diogo Costa
• Gianluigi Donnarumma
• Gregor Kobel
• Andreï Lunin
• Mike Maignan
• Giorgi Mamardashvili
• Emiliano Martinez
• Unai Simon
• Yann Sommer
• Ronwen Williams

Nominated for the Men’s Club of the Year are:

• Borussia Dortmund
• Girona
• Bayer Leverkusen
• Real Madrid
• Manchester City

Nominated for the 2024 Men’s Team Coach of the Year Trophy are:

• Xabi Alonso – Bayer Leverkusen
• Carlo Ancelotti – Real Madrid
• Luis de la Fuente – Spain
• Gian Piero Gasperini – Atalanta Bergame
• Pep Guardiola – Manchester City
• Lionel Scolani – Argentina

Nominated for the 2024 Women’s Team Coach of the Year Trophy are:

• Sarina Wiegman
• Filipa Patao
• Jonatan Giraldez
• Arthur Elias
• Sonia Bompastor
• Emma Hayes

Nominated for the Women’s Club of the Year are:

• FC Barcelona
• Chelsea
• NY/NJ Gotham
• Lyon
• PSG

Nominated for the 2024 Ballon d’Or best U21 footballer in the world are:

• Joao Neves
• Savinho
• Mathys Tel
• Lamine Yamal
• Warren Zaire-Emery
• Pau Cubarsi
• Alejandro Garnacho
• Arda Guler
• Karim Konate
• Kobbie Mainoo

TNG reports the eventual winners of the world’s most prestigious individual football players awards would be announced at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France on 28 October.