.Lionel Messi and also Cristiano Ronaldo were both ended the listing of candidates for this year's Ballon d'Or honor, marking the first time neither celebrity was nominated given that 2003. Capture eight-time victor Messi, and also his longtime rivalrous Ronaldo, that possesses five Ballon d'Ors to his label, carried out certainly not function Wednesday in a checklist of 30 gamers in the competing this year's award, which will exist Oct. 28. Publisher's Picks1 RelatedVinicius Junior, Rodri, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappu00e9, Erling Haaland as well as Harry Kane are actually among the names nominated.Teammates Vinicius as well as Bellingham helped Actual Madrid win LaLiga and also the club's 16th Champions Game title last season, while Haaland led the Premier League in objectives racked up and Kane carried out the exact same for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.Earlier this summer months, Mbappu00e9 eventually secured his anticipated move to Madrid after devoting 6 times at PSG.Messi, that is working his way back coming from injury with group side Inter Miami, gained the award last year.Messi, 37, succeeded his first Ballon d'Or in 2009-- the beginning of a four-year touch of taking the top prize. He was 1st chosen in 2006. Ronaldo and Messi transformed the competition into an almost two-way competition throughout the top of their occupations-- succeeding it a consolidated 13 times from 2008. Ronaldo's very first election was actually 2004. On the ladies's edge, five U.S. stars made the checklist of nominees, consisting of captain and also midfielder Lindsey Horan, goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher as well as ahead Triad Rodman, Sophia Smith as well as Mallory Swanson, a few weeks after helping the Americans gain the 2024 Olympic gold award in girls's soccer.Aitana Bonmatu00ed, Mariona Caldentey, Patri Guijarro, Salma Paralluelo and also Alexia Putellas are actually the 5 Spanish players chosen for the honor. Spain ended up fourth at the Olympics, one year after gaining the World Cup. The award has actually headed to Spanish players in each of recent 3 years, twice to Putellas as well as in 2015 to Bonmatu00ed.England, trumped by Spain in the 2023 World Mug final, possesses 3 nominees-- Lauren Hemp, Lauren James and also Lucy Bronze.Information coming from The Associated Push added to this record.